MANDEL SCHOOL
NEWS AND EVENTS

Date: Tuesday, 4.29.08
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Trinity Cathedral Commons
2330 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
Entrance to the program and free parking is accessible through the Prospect Street entrance of Trinity Commons.

Have you ever wondered what political issues matter most to the hip-hop generation?

Young people, do you want to learn how you can mobilize the hip-hop vote?

Join hip-hop scholars, voting experts, youth and city leaders for a conversation about hip-hop and politics.
Program panelists include:
Bakari Kitwana, the executive director of Rap Sessions and moderator of the discussion, is the author of The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture

Rosa Clemente is the Executive Director of REACH Hip-Hop and an organizer with the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement

Billy Wimsitt is the co-founder of the League of Pissed off Voters and author of Bomb the Suburbs and No More Prisons. Best known in hip-hop circles as Chicago graffitti writer, Upski he is also the co-editor of How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office.

M-1 also goes by the name Mutulu Olugbala. The last name he shares with his rhyme comrade comes from the Yoruba culture and means "for the love of people." M-1's political consciousness was sparked when he read Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

Maya Rockeymoore is CEO of Global Policy Solutions and adjunct professor in the Women in Politics Institute at American University. She is the author of The Political Action Handbook: A How to Guide for the Hip-Hop Generation.

Carrie Davis, is the lobbyist and staff attorney for the ACLU of Ohio. Prior to her work with the ACLU she worked for the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education.
This event is free and open to the public.
Reservations are suggested and may be made by calling (216) 472-2200 or by clicking on the link above.
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