BONUS: PRN Alumni Foundation 5-year Anniversary (#PRNAlumni5) Overview
MASSIVE THANKS!
THANK YOU to every single special Prince guest, the core four plus one music snob, presenter, attendee, Jacqui Thompson and Robin Stevens of the PRN Alumni Foundation for their trust and collaboration with this event, and last but definitely not least, Krysta Battersby for always answering my call even on extremely short notice!
#PRNAlumni5 The Truth: Thank You and Recap!
If U missed the PRN Alumni Foundation's 5-Year Anniversary (#PRNAlumni5), you can relive most of it (minus the keynote featuring PRN Alumni special guests who were involved in the creation of The Truth: Engineer Hans-Martin Buff; Guitarist Kat Dyson; Bassist Rhonda Smith; Guitarist Mike Scott; Photographer Steve Parke; PRN Alumni's Jacqui Thompson; and a special guest moderator Author & Music Journalist Alan Light) by either reading about it or watching the video archives below, on YouTube, or the media page on the event website! You can also find all speaker bios and presentation abstracts on the symposium website: https://prnalumni5.polishedsolid.com
On Saturday, 13 November 2021, we held a one-day virtual event to commemorate five years of the PRN Alumni Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit founded by former Prince staff who share the global icon’s philanthropic mission in supporting youth programs dedicated to the education, enrichment, and expression of music and the arts, supporting urban farming initiatives, and helping alumni members in need.
This event centered Prince’s acoustic album The Truth, originally released as an accompaniment to the 1996 triple CD set Crystal Ball, which finally received its own spotlight when released as a limited edition standalone for Record Store Day, earlier this year. It’s worthy of further conversation and introspection.
A PRN Alumni Association + Polished Solid Co-Production.
Donate to the PRN Alumni Foundation: https://prnalumni.org!
PRN Alumni Foundation, officially formed in 2017, is comprised of former employees of Paisley Park and the international icon Prince. The group’s mission is to continue the generosity of their late boss who supported opportunities for underprivileged youth to grow in music, tech, arts, and education, and helped alumni members in-need. The foundation also supports urban farming initiatives that create sources of healthy foods where they are otherwise scarce.
The Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson is not affiliated, associated, or connected with ‘#PRNAlumni5,’ nor has it endorsed or sponsored ‘#PRNAlumni5.’ Further, the Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson has not licensed any of its intellectual property to the producers, advertisers, or directors of ‘#PRNAlumni5.’
#PRNAlumni5 The Truth Roundtable: "The Core Four" feat. the core four: Zaheer Ali, Anil Dash, Miles Marshall Lewis, Elliott Powell, and one Music Snob, Arthur Turnbull, & De Angela L. Duff, Moderator.
#PRNAlumni5 The Truth Presentation: Don’t Play Me: Prince’s Black Literary Aesthetic by Kamilah Cummings
#PRNAlumni5 The Truth Presentation: Prince Continuing To Seek Higher Ground In The Truth by C Liegh McInnis
#PRNAlumni5 The Truth Presentation: Growth, Grief, And Getting Back To The Roots: Prince's The Truth by Rhonda Nicole
#PRNAlumni5 The Truth Presentation: Canvasing The Truth: Navigating The Digital Age In A World Of Misinformation by KaNisa Williams
#PRNAlumni5 Presentation Panel Q&A with Kamilah Cummings, C Liegh McInnis, Rhonda Nicole & KaNisa Williams, moderated by Zaheer Ali