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Workshops



            Garden Tour and Workshop                              Edward Matthew Drummond;
                                                                  This Is The Way We Do It
            Beauty In the Community - Homewood Garden
            Tour and Workshop
            As part of Harambee Ujima, United Black Book                                 My first football
            Clubs of Pittsburgh (UBBCP) would like to bring                              experience began in the
            people together for a discussion on how to                                   Homewood area of
            promote the positive aspects of Homewood and                                 Pittsburgh, playing for the
            how to highlight beauty, peace, harmony and                                  Homewood-Brushton
            quality in the community. At this workshop                                   Stingers midget league
            participants would discuss:                                                  football team in Pittsburgh.
              l "sharing ideas on using space:  Our Lives
                  Matter to Live in Beauty, Peace &                                      I also participated in
                  Harmony                                                                summer track, being
                                                                                         coached by one of the best,
              l Where do the people go to shop? to get                                   Mr. Albert Kennedy. I
                  some refreshments? to browse? to look at        attended a prep-private school known as Linsly
                  beauty? to feel the true culture and history    High School in Wheeling, West Virginia and was a
                  of the community?
                                                                  letterman in football and track etc….
              l How do you make a community look, feel
                  and act like a community?                       Edward Matthew Drummond, (born April 12, 1980
                                                                  in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an 8 year National
            What are visions for the future?                      Football League (NFL) wide receiver and return
              l resources needed to help set up and/or            specialist. He was signed by the Detroit Lions as an
            maintain the community                                undrafted free agent in 2002. He played college
                                                                  football at Penn State University. A Pro Bowl
              l possibility of garden contest with criteria       selection with the Lions in 2004, Drummond has
            and/or standards for judging an outstanding           also been a member of the Kansas City Chiefs,
            yard/garden
                                                                  Pittsburgh Steelers and Las Vegas Locomotives
              l motivating others to maintain attractive          (UFL). ). As a dedicated humanitarian and
            gardens/ yards/space                                  philanthropist, Eddie has dedicated his life to

              l a virtual tour of urban gardens                   Impacting the youth of our future.
              l planning and organizing a Grassroots              Ed Deummond will be coming back in time for the
            Homewood Development Committee
                                                                  for this Harambee legacy; the reunion of the Black
                                                                  Diaspora as neighbor, community friends and
            Join in the discussion. Join the tour of beauty       family. It was not hard for Harambee Ujima to get
            in the community. Meet at Homewood YMCA.              him to stay a while  be with community again and
                                                                  greeted to sign autographs, so return  your self to
            UBBCP is an association of librarians, readers        the festival and speak with Ed Drummond and let
            and book clubs in Pittsburgh. Through a united        him know this is the way we do it.
            effort, UBBCP was formed to promote literary
            activities and events, to provide community
            outreach programs and to spread the love of
            reading throughout the community. You may visit
            us on our website:
            www.unitedblackbookclubsofpittsburgh.org


            Sincerely,
            Rena Amos Brock, President of United Black
            Book Clubs of Pittsburgh
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