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2007 Bruce is one of the founders of an anti-violence/poverty initiative entitled "The American Experiment Peace Project"
www.myspace.com/theamericanexperiment
2007 - Bruce is the Executive Consultant of Gumbo For The Soul Publications. www.gumboforthesoul.com
2007- Bruce is the Executive Consultant/VP of Business Development of the "International Hip-Hop Speakers Bureau." www.hiphopspeakersbureau.com
2006- Bruce is on the Host Committee of Kevin Powell’s 6th Annual Holiday Party Clothing Drive to benefit the homeless at “The Safe Horizon Street Work Project.”
2006- Bruce is the Executive Consultant for Audible, Inc. creating/providing "Top Tier" Podcasting-i-Tune & i-Pod content of celebrities (Spoken Word Artists, rappers, authors, comedians, singers etc.
2006- Bruce is a "Panelist" for American Idol Underground's Spoken Word competition: www.idolunderground.com
2006 – Bruce is the Founder/Executive Director of Ebony Energy Talent Network (EETN) (Speakers Bureau/Talent Network including Dr. Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Malik Yoba, The Last Poets, Umi (Mos Def’s mother), Tray Chaney (HBO’s the Wire), Black Ice (HBO’s Def Poetry)) Within (EETN) Bruce created the “Stop the Violence to Increase the Peace, Anti-Gang Violence Initiative.”
2006 – Bruce has partnered with Ray Mapp of Purpose Publishing, Inc: www.blackmiracles.com Purpose Publishing specializes in Black Inventors (Tee-Shirt series/Posters), publishing, advanced silkscreen printing etc.
2006 – Bruce is the Executive Consultant for Rebel Poetry Spoken Word: www.rebelpoetryspokenword.com
2005 – Bruce is the Executive Consultant for Ebony Energy Publishing: www.ebonyenergy.com Bruce created Ebony Energy’s Speaker’s Bureau/Talent Network including artists such as Amiri Baraka, Dr. Sonia Sanchez, The Last Poets, Malik Yoba, Tray Chaney of HBO’s “The Wire” etc.
2005 - Bruce is the Executive Consultant for “Step to The Mic” based in Stockton, CA.
2005- Bruce is the Executive Consultant for the Honorable Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr.'s "Rainbow Push Coalition (Spoken Word Initiative.)
2005 – Bruce is on the “Spoken Word Committee” of the New York Chapter of the Recording Academy (Grammy’s).
2004 – Bruce is the Executive Producer/Segment Producer of Focused Digizine, which is the worlds first Digizine to provide edutainment for the Hip-Hop nation.
2003- Bruce is the Founder/Managing Editor of: “The Bandana Republic, an Anthology of Poetry and Prose by Gang Members and Affiliates.”
2003- Bruce is the Co-CEO of BGC Entertainment, LLC
2003-Executive Consultant for Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway (2003 Tony Award Winner).
2001-2003 Executive Producer /Talent Executive Producer of Russell Simmons, Presents Def Poetry (HBO) 1st & 2nd Seasons.
2003- Bruce is the CEO of SHHH! LLC
2003- Bruce is the Executive Producer of: The Underground Poets Railroad.
2000- Bruce is the Founder/CEO of Bone Bristle Entertainment, LLC
1999- Bruce is the Co-Founder of Def Poetry Jam.
1997- Bruce is the Founder/Executive Producer of: Bone Bristle, a Spoken Word Documentary (Feature length film, in post-production).
AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS:
2006- Bruce was one of the recipients of the “Audience Famous Award” by “The New York Independent Film Festival” for his part in the Spoken Word Documentary Film entitled ““Red Bull Word Clash Film.” http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8144907555045453768&hl=en
2006 – Bruce was awarded the “2006 Honorary Membership, Rhyme N Chat Interactive Poetry Organization.” This award was in appreciation for his support given in 2005 by Rhyme N Chat for Bruce continuing to be a positive force in the continued growth of RNC.
2006 – Bruce was honored by Disilogold Soul Magazine as one of the “Top Twenty Five Men of The Year,” in a category with fellow honorees Michael Baisden, Bill Cox, Omar Tyree, Bill Mc Creary etc.
2005 – Recipient of the distinguished “Trail Blazer Award” presented by Great Publishing Company, LLC
2004- Honorable Recipient of the “Disilgold Soul Magazine’s Most Sought After Poet by The Media.”
2004- Recipient of the “YouNity Reviewers Guild Living Legendary Spoken Word Artist of The Year.”
2004-Recipeint of the “Disilgold Soul Magazine’s Most Innovative Anthology of the New Year.” The Bandana Republic’s Anthology of Poetry and Prose from Gang Members and Their Affiliates.
2004- Bruce has been given an award in his name entitled: “The Bruce George YouNity Reviewers Guild Award of Excellence” presented by Disilgold Soul Literary Review Magazine.
2003- Co-recipient of the Nuyorican Poetry Café’s First Annual “Miky Award” for Def Poetry Jam.
2003- Co-recipient of the ”62nd Annual “Peabody” Award” for Def Poetry Jam (HBO).
1999- “Brooklyn Moon Café” Slam Team Winner- Apollo Theater.
1999- “Brooklyn Moon Café” Slam Team Winner against the “Nuyorican Poets Café’s” Slam Team.
1998- Winner of the “African Poetry Theatre’s” annual poetry contest
1998- Super Slam Winner of the “Hottest Poets” slam contest.
1998- Received a Certificate as a Member in Good Standing with the “International Society of Poets.”
1996- Winner of “Upscale Entertainment’s” talent contest (won for poetry).
1994- Winner of the “African Poetry Theatre’s” annual poetry contest.
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- http://www.myspace.com/brucegeorge
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Submission Guidelines for Street Smarts: An Anthology of Urban Survival Strategies
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Street Smarts:
An Anthology of Urban Survival Strategies
From the Editors (Louis Reyes Rivera & Bruce George) of the critically acclaimed “The Bandana Republic, a Literary Anthology by Gang Members and their Affiliates” comes their latest anthology entitled “Street Smarts: An Anthology of Urban Survival Strategies”
Street Smarts: An Anthology of Urban Survival Strategies is a literary first that addresses the ways in which the lower echelons of labor make do to enh… Continue
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Street Smarts:
An Anthology of Urban Survival Strategies
From the Editors (Louis Reyes Rivera & Bruce George) of the critically acclaimed “The Bandana Republic, a Literary Anthology by Gang Members and their Affiliates” comes their latest anthology entitled “Street Smarts: An Anthology of Urban Survival Strategies”
Street Smarts: An Anthology of Urban Survival Strategies is a literary first that addresses the ways in which the lower echelons of labor make do to enh… Continue
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