National Black United Front - From Black Power to Hip Hop Conference :: Fri., Nov. 2-4 :: Howard U.
From Black Power to Hip Hop - Who's Going to Take the Weight? A National Intergenerational Dialogue on Black Power & Hip Hop :: Howard University :: November 2nd – 4th, 2012
The objective is to have an intergenerational dialogue between elders that made the Black Power movement and the hip hop generation. With the hip hop generation, taking this primary source information, applying it to their daily lives and continuing on the struggle for self-determination, self-respect and self-defense.
This will be a three day event that will take place at Howard University, with the collective participation of area students and community organizers committed to practicing Sankofa, in spirit and in truth. Over the course of three days, the youth organizers will spend extensive time sitting at the feet of the elders listening, absorbing, and receiving information, advice, and strategy. Strengthening the weakened relationship between our elders and our youth is the responsibility of any organization committed to the uplift and empowerment of Black people in the United States. Through structured dialogue, workshops, and communal discussion, the youth will have the opportunity to learn what no textbook, no university course, nor museum exhibit could convey about the Black Power Movement. In turn, the elders will have the opportunity to call upon the energy of the youth to revive the Black Power Movement and once again instill a collective fight towards Black empowerment and self-determination.
Conference Agenda
Friday November 2, 2012
Taking Our Movement to the Streets
4:30 pm - Black Power Hip Hop Rally & Parade on Building Political Power
Location - African American Civil War Memorial (1000 U St. North West)
6:30 pm - Black Political Power Town Hall Meeting
Location – Howard University Blackburn Center - Digital Auditorium
9 pm Old School Hip Hop Part & Feed the Hood Fundraiser $5
Location – Big Chair Bar & Grill 2122 MLK Ave SE Washington DC
Saturday November 3, 2012
Sitting at the Feet of the Elders:
Intergenerational Dialogue on Black Power (Panel Discussions)
Location Howard University Blackburn Center – Forum
9 am – Opening Ceremony
• Drum Call
• Libation
• Pledge to the Red, Black & Green
• National Anthem – Lift Every Voice & Sing
10:00 am -Transition of a Movement: From Civil Rights to Black Power
11:30 am - Contributions of Women During the Black Power Movement
1:00 pm - Black Power Era’s Influence on Hip Hop
2:30 pm Success and Failures of the Black Power Movement
4:00 pm - From the Campus to the Community: The Role of Black Studies in Developing Community Power
5:30 pm Networking/Community Building
7:30 pm Shades of Blackness Visual & Performing Art Show - Dedicated to the Ancestors of the Black Power Movement $10
Location Emergence Community Art Collective (733 Euclid Ave North West)
Sunday November 4, 2012
Black Power Strategy Sessions
Location – Howard University Blackburn Center – Hill Top Lounge
10:00 am – Opening Ceremony
• Drum Call
• Libation
• Pledge to the Red, Black & Green
• National Anthem – Lift Every Voice & Sing
10:30 am Creating a Black United Front – Building a Movement from the Ground Up
12:30 pm Political Prisoners Teach In
2:00 pm Internationalizing Our Movement – Organizing with Continental Organizations
3:30 pm Spirituality, Hip Hop & Black Power
5 pm Conference Wrap Up
7:00 pm - Sounds of Sankofa – Black Power Hip Hop Show $10
Location Sankofa Bookstore & Café (2714 Georgia Ave North West)
******All events are located at Howard University Blackburn Center and free unless noted******
Participants include
Kofi Taharka NBUF
Salim Adofo – NBUF
Marimba Ani – SNCC
Baba Zulu – SNCC, Ujamaa Shule
Nkechi Taifa RNA
Chokwe Lumumba RNA
Omali Yeshitela – Uhuru Movement
Dr. Jared Ball MXGM, WPFW
Muhammad Ahmed RAM
Akinyele Umoja RNA
Khadir Muhammad -NOI
Ras Baraka Newark City Councilman
Charles Barron NBUF, BPP
Dequi Kioni-Sadiki – Malcolm X Commemoration Committee
Kolanji Changa FTP Movement
Fayemi Shakur
Autumn Marie
Taalam Acey – International Spoken Word Artist
Bomani Armah
Emcee Jermaine
Cornel West Theory
Malcolm X Drummers & Dancers
NSAA Dance Ensemble
Kuumba Kids
Darryl Moch
Iresha Picot
Mjiba Frehiwot - AAPRP
Kymone Freeman We Act Radio
Zarinah Shakir - WPFW
Naji Mujahid - WPFW
Divine Allah NBPP
Fuse Box Radio
Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle
Ubiquity Inc
Enoch 7th Prophet
DJ 360 Degreez
DJ Wise
Entaty
Sponsored by:
Kwame Ture Society
Ubiquity
Nation of Islam Student Association
Nation of Gods & Earths
FTP Movement
The Society of Holistic Living and Meditation
P.E.A.C.
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