[Antiracism] TRIGGERING CHANGE CONFERENCE ~ April 25 - 26, 2008 ~ Amherst MA

[Mishy Leiblum]

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TRIGGERING CHANGE:






HIP-HOP, MEDIA
JUSTICE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

NATIONAL HIP-HOP CONFERENCE





AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS
APRIL 25TH-26TH
2008



Featuring Musical Guests REBEL DIAZ & DEAD PREZ!  



Also
featuring Dr. Jared Ball, Rosa Clemente, KET, Pop Master Fabel, Tools
of War, Davey D, Conscious Women Rock the Page, Toni Blackman, Roddy
Rod, Dave Stovall, Tableek, Video Vanguard and many MORE! 
~ Conference Schedule ~






~ ALL EVENTS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ~



Friday 4/25, 4pm: Meet & Greet: Live Music and Book Signings (Food for Thought Books, downtown Amherst)


Saturday 4/26, 9am - 6pm: Workshops, Panels & More (School of Management Building, UMass Amherst)



Saturday 4/26, 9pm: REBEL DIAZ & DEAD PREZ (at Hampshire College)



~ http://www.triggeringchange08.blogspot.com/ ~

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triggeringchange08 at gmail.com







For a jpeg of the flyer, email us. For transportation options from Holyoke & Springfield, contact 413.545.7676 



Triggering
Change is sponsored by TRGGR Media in association with UMass Student
Government Association, Black Mass Communication Project, UMass Sport
Mgmt., WMUA 91.1fm, Student Bridges, Center for Educational Policy
Advocacy, Hip Hop Collective at Hampshire College, and Food For Thought
Books.

~ Background Information ~



In
light of the recent (Dec. 18, 2007) FCC ruling allowing media conglomerates to
control more media outlets, on the heels of the Jena Six case, and the two-year
commemoration of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, among other critical social
issues, we are in need of discussions with national artists, activists,
journalists, students and scholars about the ramifications of these historic
events and the implications for organizing communities across the country.

This two-day
conference (April 25th-26th,
2008) will put scholars, artists, activists and intellectuals in conversation
with each other and the student body about the political mission of Hip Hop
culture.   This conference
will engage youth in the area to think critically about media practices
nationally and globally.  These
activists, artists, and intellectuals will discuss such topics as independent
media, race and Hip Hop, political organizing among youth of color,
commoditization and sexuality in Hip Hop, and Hip Hop aesthetics, among other
subjects that may come up in the course of discussion.A
meet and greet event will kick-off the conference where students and local
youth will be able to meet and talk with invited guests about ways they can
actively participate in media justice efforts.   The conference will culminate with a concert featuring
local talent and invited national artists.
~ http://www.triggeringchange08.blogspot.com/ ~







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