Feb 21 2015 – 1st Annual International Hip Hop Activism Conference
The Institute for Critical Animal Studies is proud to sponsor and support the 1st Annual International Hip Hop Activism Conference, which will have a strong focus on the anti-police brutality movement that arose from Ferguson. Our goal is that people speak about veganism, environmental justice, ethical treatment to nonhuman animals, and food justice at the conference, which ICAS plans to table at.
1st Annual International Hip Hop Activism Conference
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1404781933147270/
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
9:00am to 5:00pm
February 21, 2014
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This event is FREE to all and open to the public like all Hip Hop should be.
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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
In reaction to systemic U.S. police brutality toward People of Color, the global mass demonstrations for Mike Brown and Eric Garner, and the many unknown victims of police brutality, this conference wants to mobilize and organize those involved in Hip Hop to work to end these acts and systems of violence, torture, and oppression. Taking place on February 21 to observe the horrific assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, this conference is dedicated to the history, research, practice, and theory of Hip Hop activism. The conference will host workshops, roundtables, teach-ins, panels, and lectures. We plan for this conference to be a mixture of political analysis and practical street-line skill building. Hip Hop activism uses the four elements of Hip Hop for justice and peace and is most often concerned with defending youth, self-expression, and claiming space. The topics that Hip Hop activism most often covers include, but is not limited to, police brutality, the war on drugs, mass incarceration, racism, poverty, education, and the criminalization of Hip Hop culture. All are invited to attend and present, and we hope to make this a yearly event held at different locations across the globe.
Topics we are very interested in include:
Religion and Hip Hop
Nonprofit Industrial Complex
Prison Industrial Complex
Police Brutality
Colonialism
Mass Demonstrations and Protests
Transformative Justice
Non-U.S. Hip Hop Activism
Community Empowerment
Youth Organizing
Prisoner Support
Political Prisoner Support
People of Color Community Organizing
Disability and Hip Hop
Queer People of Color Hip Hop Organizing
LGBTTQI Hip Hop
White Supremacy
School Transformation
School to Prison Pipeline
School Pushout
Food Justice
Environmental Justice
Black Liberation
Revolution vs. Reform
Capitalism Vs. Mutual Aid
Battling
Political Graffiti, Banners, Wheat Pasting, and Stenciling
Poetry, Slam, and Spoken Word
Claiming Space
Cop Watch
Death Penalty
Social Media Organizing
Sexism, Women, and Hip Hop Organizing
Security Culture
Corporate Hip Hop
White Washing Hip Hop
Cultures of Resistance
Community Programs and Centers
Defining and Building Solidarity
Networking and Global and National Actions
How to Organize and activism 101
Media and Hip Hop
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Submission Guidelines:
If you would like to present please attached in one Word Doc. the following:
1. Title of Presentation
2. Abstract – Short One Paragraph Summary of Presentation
(100 to 200 words, third person in one paragraph)
3. Biography (80 to 100 words, third person in one paragraph).
4. E-mail Subject Title: “1st International Annual Hip Hop Activism Conference”
5. Format: panel, roundtable, presentation, teach-in, workshop, and then length needed.
Send to: instituteforhiphopactivism
Deadline: January 15, 2014
Acceptance: January 20, 2014
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EACH SESSION and accessible room will have a projector, computer, Skype, LiveStream, video-recording, and photographer.
(not all rooms will have Skype/Stream capability, please note that in your presentation submission if you need this tech.)
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Room A – Panels and Lectures
Room B – Workshops and Teach-Ins
Room C – Roundtables and Facilitated Discussions
Room D – Booths and Tables
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SCHEDULE
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8:30am – REGISTRATION
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9:00 – WELCOMING
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9:20 – 10:50 – SESSION ONE
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11:00 12:30 – SESSION TWO
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12:30 – 1:30 – LUNCH
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1:30 – 3:00 – SESSION THREE
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3:00 – 4:30 – FILM
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4:30 – 5:00 – CLOSING AND PHOTOS
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5:00 – 6:00 – RALLY
8:00pm – Twin Cities Dilla Day
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Registration: TBA
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Tabling or Booths:
Save the Kids
Animal Rights Coalition
To Table Contact: LesleyAnne Crosby – lesleyanne102877@gmail.com
Or 612-990-2756 by text.
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Lodging: TBA
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Presentation Questions:
Dr. Anthony J. Nocella II – 315-657-2911, nocellat@yahoo.com
Space, Direction, and Campus Logistics:
Reies Romero 651-270-7592, romeror@augsburg.edu
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Host:
Augsburg College Save the Kids
Sponsors:
Twin Cities Save the Kids
University of Minnesota Save the Kids
Progress Foundation
Prosaic Minds Movement
Academy for Peace Education
Institute for Critical Animal Studies, North America
The Minnesota Hip Hop Coalition
Institute for Hip Hop Activism
Journal of Hip Hop Studies
Arissa Media Group
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Committee Members:
Reies Romero, Malick Ceesay, LesleyAnne Crosby, Luke Reynolds, Truth Maze, StepChild, Amber Gay, Caleb Murphey, Bertrand Shoberg, Chris Lollie, Lynn Harper,
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