Russell Simmons Named UN Goodwill Ambassador
May 26, 2009 Hip Hop, Russell Simmons
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B.J.
Russell Simmons has been appointed be to a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador in New York City last week. The hip hop impresario’s duties will include raising awareness of global slavery. A trust fund has already been launched to construct a Permanent Memorial honoring the victims of slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Russell commented on his new duties saying “My commitment in life is to be of service to the empowerment of young people living in struggle, who undoubtedly have been effected by this legacy. I look to the future with inspiration and faith as we work every day to bring freedom and equality to all young people around the world.”
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