Turn It Up: Using Hip-Hop to Mobilize in 2012
Session Type(s): Panel
Starts: Saturday, Jun. 9 3:00 PM
Ends: Saturday, Jun. 9 4:15 PM
Room: 551
This panel will discuss how hip-hop can be utilized as a tool to amplify the message of the progressive movement, as well as inspire and energize activists across the country. Panelists will address the political ideals of current artists and their fan bases and how the progressive movement can work congruently with both. Learn how hip-hop could be the game-changer in the 2012 election.
Moderator
Jasiri X
Emcee and community activist Jasiri X is the creative force and artist behind the ground breaking internet news series, This Week with Jasiri X, which has garnered critical acclaim, thousands of subscribers, and millions of internet views. From the controversial viral video What if the Tea Party was Black?, to the hard hitting truth of A Song for Trayvon, Jasiri X cleverly uses Hip-Hop to provide social commentary on a variety of issues. A six time Pittsburgh Hip-Hop Award winner, Jasiri recently became the first Hip-Hop artist to receive the coveted August Wilson Center for African American Culture Fellowship. A founding member of the anti-violence group One Hood, Jasiri started the New Media Academy to teach young African-American boys how to analyze and create media for themselves.
Other sessions: Video that Changes the Debate, Criminal Justice in America
Panelists
B. Dolan
B. Dolan is an American rapper and activist based in Providence, Rhode Island. He is most recently noted for the creation of “FILM THE POLICE,” a viral hit that informs and raises awareness about the rights of citizens to film police officers at protests and in neighborhoods. Dolan is also known for the creation of KNOWMORE.ORG alongside SAGE FRANCIS, which is a ‘corporation-policing search engine’ that allows consumers to enter the name of any brand, product or company and view an ethical profile and history of the people and practices behind the logos.
Kimberly 'Dr. Goddess' Ellis
Affectionately known as “Dr. Goddess,” Kimberly C. Ellis, Ph.D. is a Scholar of American and Africana Studies, an Artist, Activist and Entrepreneur who loves Travel, Technology and Social Media. She has become a staple at such conferences as Netroots Nation, Blogging While Brown, Blogalicious, Black Thought 2.0 (Duke University) BlogHer and SXSW. A published author, speaker and producer, she has successful campaigns under her belt and her work can be found on Alternet.com, Salon.com, Ebony.com, BlackEnterprise.com, MSNBC.com, TheLoop21.com, BlackVoices.com, NPR Radio, BBC_WHYS Radio, Voices of Russia Radio, MomsRising Radio, Sirius/XM Radio and a member of the Women’s Media Center “SheSource” of Progressive Women and a Digital Trainer for Democracy for America.
Other sessions: Tweeting the Revolution: Twitter Training for Campaigning, Screening Showcase #2, Ask a Sista: Black Women Muse on Politics, Policy, Pop Culture and Scholarship
Paradise Gray
Hip-hop Legend, Architech of X Clan, Manager of The Latin Quarter, DJ, writer, author, producer, promoter, film maker, keynote speaker and artist.
Mentor to Jasiri X and hundreds of Legendary Hip-hop Artists.Curator of “The Paradise Collection” Hip-hop history, photos and memorabilia collection.
