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HIP HOP ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE <> Wed <> Apr 30 <> 8pm <> 26-152
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (gangolan@MIT.EDU)
Tue Apr 29 01:55:24 2003
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 01:52:21 -0400
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** HIP HOP ACTIVISM FOR SOCIAL CHANGE **
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On Wednesday, April 30, James Bernard will be coming to MIT to speak about 'Hip
Hop Activism for Social Change'. James Bernard is the founder of both The
Source magazine and XXL magazine, and he will be discussing the dynamic role
that youth are playing in urban politics, tackling issues from Racial
Inequality, to Police Brutality, to Environmental Justice, as well as many
others. He will focus on how hip-hop music and popular culture play a central
role in youth organizing strategies.
The wider MIT and Boston area community is invited to join this discussion,
which aims to include the voices of youth, local activists, slam poets, and
other performers as part of the event. Please contact us for more information
or to participate.
WHEN: 8pm, Wednesday, April 30
WHERE: Room 26-152 (aka the TEAL room)
**Food and drinks will be served.
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Contacts:
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Gan Golan (gangolan@mit.edu)
James Alexander (jalex@mit.edu) DUSP Students of Color Co-Chair
Annis Whitlow (awhitlow@mit.edu) DUSP Student Council Co-Chair
This event is sponsored by the DUSP Students of Color Committee, The DUSP
Student Council, The PlanArchists Collective, the Black Graduate Students'
Association, and the Black Women's Alliance at MIT.
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James Bernard is executive coordinator of the Project Forum on Race and
Democracy and is the senior communications fellow at PolicyLink. He co-founded
The Source and is the founding editor of XXL, two hip-hop magazines, and has
written about music and pop culture for the New York Times, the Village Voice
and Entertainment Weekly. He is co-author of The Book of Rock and Rap Lists.
Mr. Bernard sits on the board of the Fortune Society, which provides social
services for young people who have been through the criminal justice system. He
has organized health care workers in northern California and has been a
consultant for the Rockefeller Foundation. He has also served as a member of
the Advisory Board of the National Voting Rights Institute and as a
commissioner
of the National Criminal Justice Commission.
Mr. Bernard hails from Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated with honors from
Brown University and earned a Juris Doctor cum laude from Harvard Law School in
1992. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, NY.
