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Omar Wasow Delivers the Keynote Speech at the Race and New Media Conference

Omar Wasow delivering the keynote speech at the Race and New Media Confernce

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On Saturday May 3rd, 2008 the first annual Race and New Media conference was held at the CUNY campus of New York City College of Technology. The conference was held as a platform for panel discussions on topics of race, new media, politics and religion, and included an insightful keynote speech by Omar Wasow, omarwasow.com. Wasow is a co-founder and ongoing strategic advisor of BlackPlanet.com. Under Wasow's leadership, BlackPlanet.com became the leading website for African Americans, reaching over three million people a month. Wasow has been featured on TV segments for NBC's Today Show and public radio's Tavis Smiley Show, exposing modern issues of technology.

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I saw John Edwards and Barack Obama at the DNC Fall Meeting: an adventure

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