WHAT UP SPELMAN???

Liam here with some digital shout outs to the amazing ladies of spelman as they have sent me some awesome pictures from the cool conference, and I felt the need to give them some support for the awesome seminar i went to that they ran. (they actually did two but I was unable to attend the other one)
I will start with the pics of the seminar and go from there






Now if you look closely at these two pics you can see why i posted them...because I am in them!!!!!
I attended the seminar "hipadvocacy" a work shop dealing with the political power of hip hop, and how it can be a tool for change
I will evaluate the work shop in the following plus and minus format...
PLUS-

fun format
great activity
interesting content
well prepared presenters
amazing creativity
did i mention i got to shake my booty?
over all great presentation
Minus
nelly

so i think that about says it, a very well put together seminar, and I was very impressed.
MORE PICS!!!




Oh spelman, how shall i deal with thou coolness?
Again I was only able to attend one of the workshops done by the spelman ladies, but if they were anything like this one I am sure they were amazingly good.
I also want to point out the spelman bonner blog link now in our links section. Spelman were the pioneers for bonner's in the blogosphere, and you should check theirs out.
well liam out, but with a question...well two
1. what were some awesome workshops you went to at cool?
2. what are some awesome workshops we should be thinking about for sli?
oh one more
3. why am I so cool?
I mean really?

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