Released on: January 29, 2008, 5:06 am

Press Release Author: RB Riddle

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Leila Steinberg started the Microphone Sessions, a weekly
workshop where young musicians and hip-hop artists write and perform new material,
get feedback and launch discussions about pressing issues in their lives and in
their communities.


Press Release Body: Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan 29,2008--Leila Steinberg started the
Microphone Sessions, a weekly workshop where young musicians and hip-hop artists
write and perform new material, get feedback and launch discussions about pressing
issues in their lives and in their communities.. She started working with hip hop
and rap icon Tupac (2Pac) in 1989 and was his first manager. Steinberg\'s
collaboration with Tupac deeply influenced the way she developed her workshops

One of the main forces behind Tupac\'s (2Pac) success and the lasting impact of his
work is the confessional nature of his lyrics. His writings have been used in
curriculums from the University of Berkeley to middle schools in the South.

The poems published posthumously in The Rose That Grew From Concrete, were written
by Tupac (2Pac) while he attended Leila Steinberg\'s workshop. He entrusted her with
original copies of his work to safe-keep. Along with Tupac\'s mother, Afeni, Leila
was instrumental in getting them published. Leila Steinberg was Co-Executive
Producer of the spoken-word album of the same name, released on Interscope Records,
with performances by Quincy Jones, Run D.M.C. and Danny Glover. She also produced
and appears in the Tupac documentary, \"Thug Angel,\" with Executive Producer Quincy
Jones III.

Watch the NEW 'The Microphone Sessions' live at www.TheMicrophoneSessions.com this
Monday at 8pm, by clicking the \"live stream\" link or by directly visiting
http://www.TheMicrophoneSessions.com/livestream

*Assemblies In Motion is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to serving
at-risk youths. We use writing workshops and performance to help youth learn
self-expression and gain confidence. We believe the social skills they develop can
empower them to transcend hardship and pain. AIM is committed to diversity with
their work.

AIM (Assemblies in Motion) was founded by Leila Steinberg in 1998. This year AIM
moved from a volunteer effort into an organization with paid staff members,
expanding Steinberg\'s Heart Education programs and their reach in the community. AIM
puts these programs into environments where they are most needed. Inner-city youth
must have alternative ways to experience and envision their lives.

AIM programs confront juvenile crime and victimization, drug abuse and gang violence
and other pressing issues facing at-risk youth in a workshop format that combines
creative arts with an open dialogue. We encourage participants to take
responsibility for their actions and get in touch with their emotions. Steinberg
helps them connect with their hearts and turn anger and pain into creativity.

AIM promotes artistic expression as a way to handle problems as opposed to choosing
violence, drugs or other forms of escape. As the program facilitator, Steinberg sees
confronting pain as the best way to move past it. She believes self-awareness is a
key to making better choices.

The only way to stop overcrowded juvenile halls and jails, and to correct the
misperception that the solution is to build more prisons, is by providing successful
countermeasures to the problems that lead to incarceration. Steinberg\'s Heart
Education is one successful answer to this very complex and mounting issue. Her two
decades in rap music have provided an extraordinary foundation for facilitating
communication with at-risk and high risk youth.

To find out more on AIM (Assemblies in Motion) please visit -
http://hearteducation.org/index.html

And be sure to watch The Microphone Sessions live at www.TheMicrophoneSessions.com
this Monday at 8pm, by clicking the \"live stream\" link or by directly visiting
http://www.TheMicrophoneSessions.com/livestream

Also look for Leila Steinberg in the upcoming Tupac book titled: 'TUPAC REMEMBERED
Bearing witness to life and legacy'
Authored By: Molly Monjauze With Gloria Cox & Staci Robinson.

More on 'TUPAC REMEMBERED Bearing Witness to a Life and Legacy' can be found at
http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=4145

More on the The Microphone Sessions and Leila Steinberg at
http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=4146
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Contact:

RB Riddle
Assemblies in Motion
Cincinnati, Ohio 45216
USA
513-673-3144
Administrator@ThugLifeArmy.com
http://www.ThugLifeArmy.com

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Contact Details: RB Riddle
Assemblies in Motion
Cincinnati, Ohio 45216
USA
513-673-3144
Administrator@ThugLifeArmy.com
http://www.ThugLifeArmy.com