Past Events:

International Day Of Climate Action

On October 24th, 2009, nearly 2,000 events will be held around the world and mobilizing tens of thousands of people for the International day of Climate Action.

Visit 350.org to see what events are going on in your part of the world and get involved.

The Hip Hop Caucus, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, 350.org, along with over 20 partners, are organizing a Day of Climate Action in the Nations Capital. See the information below for details!!!

WHEN: Saturday, October 24th from 12:00pm to 5:00pm

WHERE: Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park, 16th and Euclid Streets NW Washington, DC. Following the rally there will be a march to Lafayette Park in front of the White House.

WHAT: We will gather for a rally in Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park at 16th and Euclid Streets NW. Following speakers, music, exhibits, displays and cultural performers in the park, we will move to the White House and form a “circle of hope” across from it. Groups will march, bicycle, come in buses or take public transportation from all over the greater D.C. region and beyond to this day of action. We anticipate thousands of people taking part, a multi-racial, multi-generational mix.

Speakers and Performers:
Backyard Band

DJ SOYO

Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers and the Intelligent Seedz
Gidon Bromberg, Director, Friends of the Earth Middle East
Alec Loorz, 2009 Brower Youth Award winner and Co-founder of Kids vs. Global Warming
Young Women's Drumming Empowerment Project
Purple Crown

WHO: Initiated by the Hip Hop Caucus and Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Other groups involved include: 350.org, 1Sky, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, African American Environmental Alliance, AVAAZ Climate Action Factory, Campus Progress, Carbonfund.org, Code Pink, D.C. Metro Science for the People, Energy Action Coalition, Environmental Justice Climate Change Initiative, Friends of the Earth, Gray Panthers, Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light, Green DMV, Helping Inner City Kids Succeed, National Wildlife Federation, Organic Agriculture Recycling, Planet Restoration, Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program, Students for a Democratic Society, Sustain US, Ward 8 Environmental Council, and the Washington Peace Center.

Statement of Purpose

Working with people around the world, we have joined together to organize a major action on Saturday, October 24th in Washington, D.C. to address the related issues of global warming pollution and poverty.

It is our responsibility to speak up, organize and take action to demand that our government move now to make this happen. We need a clean, green economy that affirmatively improves the lives of all of humanity, especially those who have been negatively impacted by the fossil fuel economy--people of color and low-income people.

We will work to deeply root our actions leading up to and on October 24th in local D.C. communities. We will reach out to religious, health, community, labor, student and other groups, a broad cross-section. We support the call for a strong, science-based, just and equitable international climate treaty that gets us on the path toward reducing world carbon emissions to 350 parts per million (they're now at 387 and climbing). This should come out of the United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in December. We support the passage of strong, science-based legislation by Congress and President Obama before that conference.

Thursday June 25, 2009 7:00 pm EDT

I am proud to be one of the 300 women to be named in the Book!

The Hip-Hop Association, in collaboration with the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs at New York University, proudly presents the Womanhood Passage Fundraiser, a special evening acknowledging the strength, beauty, leadership, challenges, and successes of women in Hip-Hop.

Special guests represent Hip-Hop artists, as well as executives, activists, media makers, and entrepreneurs. Confirmed speakers include: MONIE LOVE, ROCKAFELLA, BARAKA SELE, TOOFLY, MARCELLA RUNELL HALL, DJ BEVERLY BOND, KIM OSORIO, DJ JAZZY JOYCE, RACHEL RAIMIST, THEMBISA MSHAKA, DR. ROXANNE SHANTE, MARTHA COOPER, and CINDY CAMPBELL, the Mother of Hip-Hop. The Womanhood Passage Fundraiser is meant to serve as a safe space where we can address issues affecting women. The youngest guest speaker is 15 year-old P-STAR, who will talk about her documentary P-Star Rising, recently screened at the TriBeCa Film Festival. The event kicks off the Hip-Hop Association’s 2009 Womanhood Learning Project (WLP) initiatives.

The Womanhood Learning Project magnifies women’s roles and leadership positions within Hip-Hop culture and the community. The two main goals for the WLP in 2009 are a resource book entitled, FRESH, BOLD, AND SO DEF: WOMEN IN HIP-HOP CHANGING THE GAME and THE LADIES FIRST FUND, the first grant for women in Hip-Hop. Fresh, Bold, So Def: profiles over 300 artists, activists, and entrepreneurs, while the Ladies First Fund is an initiative that offers a $5,000 grant to a candidate dedicated to social entrepreneurship in the Newark, New Jersey area. The WLP is supported by the likes of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development at Rutgers Business School, New York Liberty, Ford Foundation, Union Square Awards, and the NYU Office of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Student Services (LGBTSS).

“This event is more than just honoring those that have paved the way, it is also promoting intergenerational healing amongst women,” says Martha Diaz, Founder of the Hip-Hop Association. “Too often the negative associations of women in Hip-Hop go unresolved; we hope to have the Womanhood Passage Fundraiser move us toward a resolution while promoting some of the most positive women in Hip-Hop.”

About the Hip-Hop Association: Formed in 2002, the Hip-Hop Association [H2A] is an award winning 501(c)(3) non-profit community building organization. The H2A fosters social change through the use of media, popular culture, social entrepreneurship, leadership development and diplomacy. We are dedicated to facilitating social justice, education reform, cross-cultural unity and civic engagement, while preserving Hip-Hop culture for scholarship and future generations.

For more information on the Womanhood Learning Project initiatives and to receive Press Credentials for the Womanhood Passage Fundraiser please contact Shana Louallen at Shana@hiphopassociation.org or 646.359.8448

I was lucky enough to DJ part of the DC Slam.....

March 7th SATURDAY NYC

Momma's Hip Hop Kitchen

Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture

In collaboration with
Rebel Diaz Arts Collective, Casa Atabex Ache, Trabajadoras por la Paz &
Vamos a la Pena del Bronx
presents

Momma's Hip Hop Kitchen:
The Soup Kitchen for the Hip Hop Soul 2
Faith, Feminism and Hip Hop
From the times of indigenous colonization, slavery and rise of womyn's rights movements up to today's third wave feminist activism, women of color have been at the forefront using art and music as a form of spirituality. This in turn has given voice to centuries of oppression that have silenced them. Hip Hop's elements: DeeJaying, Emceeing, Break Dancing, Graffiti ,and Knowledge have provided women with the room to articulate the complexity of women's demands for social, economic and political justice.

What:
A free safe space for women -especially women of color who seek social justice through HIP HOP.
(Men can attend)

Featuring:
Every element of Hip Hop! La Bruja, Lah Tere of Rebel Diaz, Patty Dukes, Bless Roxwell, Nene Ali, Misnomer(s), Eagle Nebula, Big Nay, Rokafella, Bombayo,
DJ Soyo and many more.....

"the good thing about music is that when it hits you....you feel no pain"

BoB Marley