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<br><blockquote>Reminder: the TRIGGERING CHANGE conference is NEXT WEEKEND!<br><div class="EC_gmail_quote">A tentative schedule is now posted -- the conference is FREE and in the Amherst area:<br><div><br></div><div><a href="http://triggeringchange08.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://triggeringchange08.blogspot.com/</a></div>
<br>To volunteer contact Vanessa Snow <<a href="mailto:vanna.snow@gmail.com">vanna.snow@gmail.com</a>><br><br>See you there!<div><div></div><div class="EC_Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="EC_gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Mishy Leiblum <<a href="mailto:mleiblum@gmail.com">mleiblum@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="EC_gmail_quote" style="padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br>~save the date & forward widely~<span style="font-size: 20pt; color: red;"> </span></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: red;">TRIGGERING CH<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">A</span>NGE</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red;">:</span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;">HIP-HOP, MEDIA
JUSTICE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">NATIONAL HIP-HOP CONFERENCE</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 24pt;">AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS<br>APRIL 25<sup>TH</sup>-26<sup>TH</sup>
2008</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: Hei; color: black;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Featuring Musical Guests REBEL DIAZ & DEAD PREZ! </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">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! </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="4"><br><b>~ Conference Schedule ~</b></font><b style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>
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~ ALL EVENTS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ~</b><span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<b style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Friday 4/25, 4pm</b><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Meet & Greet: </span>Live Music and Book Signings (<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Food for Thought Books, downtown Amherst)</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Saturday 4/26, 9am - 6pm: </b><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Workshops, Panels & More (School of Management Building, UMass Amherst)</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Saturday 4/26, 9pm: </b><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">REBEL DIAZ & DEAD PREZ (at Hampshire College)</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
</p><p style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center"><font size="4">~ <a href="http://www.triggeringchange08.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.triggeringchange08.blogspot.com/</a> ~</font></p>
</div><p style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center"><font size="4"> ~ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10486727163" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10486727163</a> ~<br>
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<p style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><a href="mailto:triggeringchange08@gmail.com">triggeringchange08@gmail.com<br>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: black;"></span><p style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center">For a jpeg of the flyer, email us. For transportation options from Holyoke & Springfield, contact 413.545.7676 </p>
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<div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">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.<br><br><font size="4"><b>~ Background Information ~</b></font><br>
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<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">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.</p>
<p style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This <b>two-day
conference</b> (April 25<sup>th</sup>-26<sup>th</sup>,
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.<span> </span>This conference
will engage youth in the area to think critically about media practices
nationally and globally.<span> </span>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.</p><p style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">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.<span> </span>The conference will culminate with a concert featuring
local talent and invited national artists.<br></p><p style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center"><font size="4">~ <a href="http://www.triggeringchange08.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.triggeringchange08.blogspot.com/</a> ~</font></p>
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