Media Kit - Urban Cusp

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www.UrbanCusp.com
ABOUT
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rban Cusp is a cutting-edge online life.style magazine
highlighting progressive urban culture, faith, social
change and global awareness. We offer a platform
for young adult perspectives, profile inspirational
visionaries and artists, and serve as an online
community for like-minded change agents. Founded
in 2011 by Rahiel Tesfamariam, Urban Cusp highlights voices, ideas
and images not commonly found in mainstream media. Urban Cusp’s
audience is not your typical urban market. Our readers reflect a widerange of experiences and interests. Their lifestyles range from Sunday
church-goers to independent artists to university scholars to grassroots
activists. Our demographic is inter-generational, ranging from twenty
somethings to forty somethings. If there is a box, Urban Cusp readers
will find a way out of it. They’re many things, but the one thing they’re
not is a reflection of the norm.
Don’t delay in sharing your products and services with Urban Cusp’s
cutting-edge community! We offer display advertisements, small
business ads, editorial promotion via sponsored posts and social
media mentions, and event sponsorship options. Please be sure to
offer basic information about your company, specify what type of
advertising you are interested in, how long you would like to advertise
for, and how immediate your needs are. You can email us directly at:
contact@urbancusp.com
SOCIAL
MEDIA
REACH
Primary Audience:
Women 25 - 44 Yrs
5K
13K
240K
15,626,328
AV E R A G E M O N T H LY R E A C H
Numbers current as of October 2015
Rahiel Tesfamariam is a social activist, public theologian, writer and speaker.
She is Founder / Publisher of Urban Cusp and a former columnist for The
Washington Post.
Rahiel holds degrees from Stanford University and Yale Divinity School,
where she was the inaugural William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Scholar for Peace
and Justice. Prior to attending Yale, she served as the youngest editor-inchief in the history of The Washington Informer, at age 23. She went on
to work as a community organizer for anti-violence youth initiatives before
launching Urban Cusp in 2011.
Rahiel has traveled the world on various delegations and humanitarian
projects and has spoken at prestigious universities and historic churches
throughout the nation. As a leading generational voice, she has been featured
in countless media outlets and is the recipient of several distinguished national
awards. Rahiel is also a contributing author to the NIV Bible for Women by
Zondervan and Talking Taboo: American Christian Women Get Frank About
Faith.
Responding to the 2014 Ferguson non-indictment decision, Rahiel led
a national Black Friday economic boycott supported by dozens of
celebrities called #NotOneDime. She has been listed in The
Root 100, featured in Ebony and Revolt TV amongst
“Leaders of the New School” and was one
of six women Essence Magazine
FOUNDER
named “The New Civil
Rights Leaders.” Black
Girls Rock honored Rahiel
in 2013, saluting “her
tireless dedication to global
issues, community activism
and youth advocacy.”
HONORS
2015
THE ROOT
The 2015 Root 100 List
2015
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS
National Leadership Award
ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS
2014 NATIONAL
Salute to Excellence Digital Media Award
FOR THE FUTURE
2014 INSTITUTE
Future for Good Fellow
ACTION NETWORK
2014 NATIONAL
“Who’s Got Next” Award
GIRLS ROCK!
2013 BLACK
Awards Show on Black Entertainment Television
PROJECT
2012 GIVE1
Global Leadership Fellow
2012 IMPACT
Leader of the Year
SOCIETY
2012 BEATITUDES
Inaugural Fellow
NOTABLE
INTERVIEWS
FILMMAKER ISSA RAE
CHUCK D OF THE LEGENDARY RAP GROUP PUBLIC ENEMY
ACTOR, AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST ISAIAH WASHINGTON
HIP-HOP MC AND DJ BAHAMADIA
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST VAN JONES
RAPPER AND AUTHOR J. IVY
NFL VETERAN CHRIS DRAFT
AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR KENNY LEON
GRAMMY-NOMINATED ARTIST MAIMOUNA YOUSSEF
www.UrbanCusp.com
Urban Cusp is more than a
magazine. It's a cultural, spiritual,
intellectual and social movement.
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rban Cusp’s events have ranged from networking mixers
to thought-provoking conversations and workshops. Past
panels have included “Black Identity and Culture in Mass
Media” and “Myth or Maybe: Men Need Respect - Women
Need Love.” Our events have been featured by various
online and radio media outlets - most notably our 2012
Election Watch Party in collaboration with The Washington Post.
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- Lauren N. Williams, news editor of
Essence Magazine
“In the same spirit that inspired civil rights pioneers like Ella
Baker, Urban Cusp has created a cutting-edge platform for
thought-provoking dialogue on the most pressing social and
cultural issues of our day. I am excited about its potential for
challenging individuals from all walks of life to think more
critically and to live their lives in service of community uplift.
I believe that Urban Cusp is truly ‘on the cusp’ of something
prolific!”
–Van Jones, globally recognized pioneer in human rights
“
- Bakari Kitwana, author of “The Hip-Hop Generation” and
executive director of Rap Sessions
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Urban Cusp is a
necessary outlet
for our young
people.
“From reading essays by major intellectuals and key cultural
influencers like Tricia Rose and Otis Moss III on her site and
increasingly hearing praise for UrbanCusp.com coming from folks
within the Black academic and activist communities, it was clear
that Rahiel was correct that what she lacked in deep pockets in
getting Urban Cusp off the ground, she could broker in relationships
by getting folks to buy into the need for the idea. And whereas my
initial instinct was that Rahiel’s idea of marrying the concept of
“faith” to this vision would be a liability, it became clear that it was
an asset for more thoroughly engaging 20-and 30-somethings, as
she had imagined.”
Urban Cusp is
beautiful, brilliant
and bold.
- Tricia Rose, professor and cultural critic
www.UrbanCusp.com
PRESS & PARTNERS
CONTACT
FOR SPONSORSHIP AND ADVERTISING INQUIRIES, EMAIL CONTACT@URBANCUSP.COM
FOR MEDIA AND SPEAKING REQUESTS, VISIT WWW.RAHIEL.COM/BOOKING
www.UrbanCusp.com
Social Media
@UrbanCusp / @RahielT
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