Black Power to Hip Hop Conference at Howard U.

National Black United Front - From Black Power to Hip Hop Conference

Public Event · By National Black United Front (NBUF)

• • November 2 at 4:30pm until November 4 at 10:00pm in EDT

• 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 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 Middle School Student Presentation on Black Nationalism 4:30 pm Spirituality, Hip Hop & Black Power 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 Mirimba Ani – SNCC Baba Zulu – SNCC, Ujamaa Shule Nkechi Taifa RNA Chokwe Lumumba RNA Dr. Jared Ball MXGM, WPFW Muhammad Ahmed RAM Akinyele Umoja RNA Khadir Muhammad -NOI Ras Baraka Newark City Councilman Charles Barron NBUF, BPP Kolanji Changa FTP Movement Fayemi Shakur Hycide Magazine Autumn Marie Taalam Acey – International Spoken Word Artist Bomani Armah Cornel West Theory Malcolm X Drummers & Dancers NSAA Dance Ensemble Kuumba Kids Darryl Moch Natasha Danielle Iresha Picot Mjiba Frehiwot - AAPRP Kymone Freeman We Act Radio Zarinah Shakir - WPFW Naji Mujahid - WPFW Divine Allah NBPP DJ Honey B Fuse Box Radio Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle Ubiquity Inc Epiphany Enoch 7th Prophet DJ 360 Degreez DJ Wise

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