MUSIC LINKS HIP-HOP AND CONSCIOUSNESS Urban Think Tank, Inc. "Urban Think Tank, Inc. is a nonpartisan, community-based home for a body of thinkers for the Hip Hop generation. It is the first organization that analyzes and frames political, economic and cultural issues, particularly those of concern to people of color, from the perspective of the Hip Hop generation. Urban Think Tank, Inc. uses a multi-media strategy to encourage an open dialogue on subject matters and to influence public policy changes." Hip Hop Congress "The Hip Hop Congress, if used kinetically, can be a place where the Hip Hop Nation gets together and decides what we want to do and where we are going. It is more land. It is a place where our dialogue can grow and new ideas be born. We can create a beautiful thing if we act now, decisively, with direction." Black August "Through Black August, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement strives to support the global development of hip hop culture by facilitating exchanges between international communities where hip hop is a vital part of youth culture, and by promoting awareness about the social and political issues that effect these youth communities. Our goal is to bring culture and politics together and to allow them to naturally evolve into a unique hip hop consciousness that informs our collective struggle for a more just, equitable and human world." DaveyD.com - Political Directory Articles and message boards on contemporary political news, human rights issues, and Hip Hop culture. |