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UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Actor and Former N.Y. Giants Football Player To Speak During UMDNJ Male Empowerment Conference

Actor Derek Luke, star of "Antwone Fisher" and "Biker Boyz," returns to New Jersey to deliver a keynote address during a Male Empowerment Conference, which is being sponsored by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). Luke, who was raised in Jersey City, will attend the conference that is being held on Saturday, June 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Deliverance Evangelistic Temple, 621 Clinton Avenue, Newark.

Former New York Giants All Pro Linebacker Harry Carson will provide opening remarks during the "Empowering Men, Strengthening Families, and Creating Healthier Communities" conference which is being coordinated by Derek Luke's uncle Charles Dixon, director of the Young Father's Program at the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. Conflict resolution, anger and stress management, spirituality, time management, and health issues that concern men will be discussed during workshops.

United Way of Essex and West Hudson Counties and Public Service Electric and Gas (PSEG) collaborated with UMDNJ to present this conference. For more information, call Charles Dixon, director of the Young Father's Program at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, at either (973) 972-0669 or (973) 972-6198. This event is free and open to the public.

WHAT: Actor and Former N.Y. Giants Football Player To Speak During UMDNJ Male Empowerment Conference

WHEN: Saturday, June 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE: Deliverance Evangelistic Temple

621 Clinton Avenue

Newark, New Jersey



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