Community Action Council presents keynote speaker Melissa Harris-Perry at The Poverty Forum, on Thursday, August 8, at the Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center. The event is designed to facilitate a community conversation about poverty. Melissa Harris-Perry is a Professor of Political Science at Tulane University, MSNBC Host, Columnist for The Nation, and author of Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought. Melissa V. Harris-Perry is host of MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry.”