City and State Electeds to Join Rising Star & Teenage Author Nikhil Goyal for Launch

NEW YORK - March 15, 2013 - PRLog -- WHO:  State Assemblyman Karim Camara, City Council Member Robert Jackson, Nikhil Goyal (17 year old author, and recipient of the 2013 Freedom Flame Award), Young professionals from NYC’s public and private sector industries

WHAT: Launch of Education: Unplugged, a new platform to bring awareness and access to innovative programs in education

WHEN: Saturday, March 16, 2013, 7 p.m.

WHERE: American Flatbread (205 Hudson Street, Manhattan)

New York, NY – Young professionals from across the city, within the private and public sectors, will gather for an intimate evening for the launch of Education: Unplugged, a new platform to bring awareness and access to innovative programs in education. The launch will be introduced by featured guest, Nikhil Goyal, a 17 year old author (http://nikhilgoyal.me/book/) and recipient of the 2013 Freedom Flame Award, who has been lauded as a future U.S. Secretary of Education. The launch event is sponsored by Creme Magazine, Women's Information Network (WIN-NYC), and Young, Professional & Politically Engaged.

The event will focus on leadership, and encouraging young professionals to play a role in community and social innovation, while taking a stand for New York City’s children.

The launch’s diverse Host Committee includes: Tara Martin, RWDSU; Roy Paul, Journalist/Commentator; Sheena Foster, Curiousiteas; Tonya Holt, 32BJ; Stephanie Thomas, iPolitics365; Cory Provost, Brooklyn District Leader; Madalyn Gainey; Rochelle Haynes, NYCHRA; Jenifer Rajkumar, Lower East Side District Leader; Micah Owino, Young Movement; and Adenike Huggins, CUNY.

About Sophia James

As an education consultant, with over five years’ experience of public service at the state and local level, Sophia James has helped guide significant initiatives and policies that address the coordination and efficiency of education and health services for children and families. As a 2008 Fellow with the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, she recognized how policy can affect the lives of young people, and how it must be more responsive to their needs. She has also trained at the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University, a prestigious leadership program that seeks to increase the number and influence of women in elected and appointed office in the United States and around the globe.  Sophia, a native New Yorker, has a Master of Science in Educational Psychology from the School of Education, State University at Albany. She participates in numerous emerging leader networks for women and education.