Hip Hop Congress

Weekly Update o2.22.o6

MINNESOTA SUMMIT RECAP:
The chapter at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN hosted their first regional summit this past weekend. The incredible event brought artists such as Alex Schein, The Bedouin, Toki Wright, Culture Shock Camp, Proof, Kanser and many more to fans eager to experience something different on the campus. The highlight of the weekend was an incredible representation of Native Hip Hop by Culture Shock Camp and Night Shield Entertainment. Their panel discussion helped to spread the good sounds of Indigenous Hip Hop. After this weekend, it is hard to say there is only cold, cold tundra in Moorhead. Congrats to the organizers and advisor Amer Ahmed who continues to put it down for HHC since 2000.

UC IRVINE HOSTS KRS ONE:
KRS ONE at UCI: a Lecture Discussing the History of Hip Hop Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 8pm. University of California, Irvine Humanities Instruction Building 100 KRS ONE has been a true Hip Hop icon for the past two decades – cultivating the culture through his work as an artist, author, and scholar. For many, he comes to embody the spirit of Hip Hop culture, releasing many seminal Hip Hop albums such as Criminal Minded, By All Means Necessary, and Return of the Boom Bap while being a primary advocate for the promotion of Hip Hop culture. In 2003, he published the insightful novel Ruminations, exploring issues such as the music industry, urban culture, education, and philosophy. He will be delivering a lecture discussing the history of Hip Hop at the University of California, Irvine on February 22 at 8pm in the evening. The lecture will be free of charge and is open to the public. Early arrival is suggested due to limited seating.

TEXAS STATE:
Greetings from Texas State HHC! This upcoming week will be focused on our first annual Hip Hop Week with the Student Association of Campus Activities on campus.

Mon- start off with a kickoff show which will showcase the diverse talents of our organization

Tues- we’ll be showing a screening of the film Street Creds

Wed- Spike Lee will be here on campus to speak about film/ hip hop

Thurs- We will have a promo in the quad along with an art exhibit of local graffiti artists

Fri- we have Bavu Blakes & Crew performing

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Weekly Update o2.13.o6

MINNESOTA SUMMIT:
UPDATE: Amir Sulaiman (www.amirsulaiman.com), featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and Host of last year’s “Breed Love Tour” will also be appearing.

The Hip Hop Congress will host its First Ever Minnesota Summit: “Politics, Globalization and the Hip Hop Generation” from Friday, February 17th through Sunday February 19th, 2006.

Activities will feature a major concert featuring renowned Hip Hop artists and will include workshops, panels and discussion on prominent domestic and world issues related to Hip Hop, Race, Politics, HIV/AIDS and Globalization. Each will feature prominent artists including, Proof from the World-famous group D12, Hip Hop Activists M-1 of Dead Prez, The Bedouin and many more. There will also be workshops teaching Graffiti Art, Breakdancing, DJ’ing, and MC’ing. Youth organizing will be facilitated by People Escaping Poverty Project (P.E.P.P.) of Moorhead.

For more information, registration materials, and more hit up our website: www.hiphopcongress.com OR HHC extraordinaire, Amer at amer@hiphopcongress.com

NATIONAL CONFERENCE DATE ANNOUNCED:
The Hip Hop Congress National Conference has been officially set for June 15th-18th in Boulder Colorado.

Stay tuned for details on locations, workshops, speakers, and opportunities. Some important things to note are

1. There will be $20 registration fee for all members and $25 for non-members. A pre-registration system will be put in place.
2. We are currently accepting workshop proposals from chapters, artists, partners, etc. If you are interested in facilitating a workshop, please contact shamako@hiphopcongress.com
3. For all other questions and concerns regarding the conference, please contact shamako@hiphopcongress.com

It’s going to be a fantastic conference, and we look very forward to seeing you…..

HIP HOP CONGRESS AND LECTURE, PANEL OPPORTUNITIES:
A message from the President

What Up Everybody,It’s important to remember what kind of resources we are working with, and sometimes with all the things going on with HHC, it’s hard to keep track of the opportunities that we have. There are a lot of organizations out there that are interested in working with Congress, and a lot of individuals that are interested in lecturing. Just to name some of the groups:

Zulu Nation
Cassius D
Bakari Kitwana
RapsessionsAdisa Banjoko
Davey D
Martha Diaz
Hip Hop Association
KRS-One

The list goes on and on. But if you are interested in learning more about this, please contact me at shamako@hiphopcongress.com, and let me know if there’s something that fits on your campus.

Thanks ya’ll.
Shamako

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Weekly Update o2.o1.o6

MINNESOTA SUMMIT:
UPDATE: Amir Sulaiman (www.amirsulaiman.com), featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and Host of last year’s “Breed Love Tour” will also be appearing.

The Hip Hop Congress will host its First Ever Minnesota Summit: “Politics, Globalization and the Hip Hop Generation” from Friday, February 17th through Sunday February 19th, 2006.

Activities will feature a major concert featuring renowned Hip Hop artists and will include workshops, panels and discussion on prominent domestic and world issues related to Hip Hop, Race, Politics, HIV/AIDS and Globalization. Each will feature prominent artists including, Proof from the World-famous group D12, Hip Hop Activists M-1 of Dead Prez, The Bedouin and many more. There will also be workshops teaching Graffiti Art, Breakdancing, DJ’ing, and MC’ing. Youth organizing will be facilitated by People Escaping Poverty Project (P.E.P.P.) of Moorhead.

For more information, registration materials, and more hit up our website: www.hiphopcongress.com OR HHC extraordinaire, Amer at amer@hiphopcongress.com

OHIO UNIVERSITY:
Las Thursday we made some good fundraising money by selling grilled cheese sandwiches to students coming out of the bars. Two week we have a busy week with a elementary school elements workshop on the 14th, a Hip Hop in politics seminar with the NAACP on the 15th, seminar with Bakari Kitwana (Why White Kids Love Hip Hop) on the 16th, on the 17th we are helping another organization put on a Hip Hop showcase for local artists, and Rahzel is performing on the 18th. Our chapter website is finally complete…the address is http://www.ohiou.edu/~hiphop/

peace,
Tommy Boone

UC IRVINE:
What the hell is up everybody?! This quarter is kicking it off fast and we’re all excited for whats in store. First meeting we held an open discussion on recent events in hip hop, (when Bill O’Reilly had Cam’ron as a guest to discuss if ‘Gansta rap is hurting America’s children’ in the inner cities, and the new Rolling Stones’ cover that has Kanye West sporting a crown of thorns,) both topics sparked a pretty hot discussion and all of the first timers joined in too.

For our event at the end of the quarter, UCI is bringing out KRS-ONE for a lecture on the History of Hip Hop. This lecture will be held on campus in HIB 100 on February 22nd, and we’re also working on featuring more hip hop elders (Mark Luv and more) to have a panel for a full-on open forum on the deeper aspects of hip hop. If anyone in Southern Cali can make it, come out!

We’ve also been getting mad props from the administration and student government at UCI with regards to our last event (One Be Lo, Cunninglynguists) and they are asking if we need any help for any upcoming events, so I’m very optimistic that our chapter will be capable of much more in the future. We also just recently had our first Southern California regional board meeting that brought out six chapters (representation from UCI, USC, UCR, CSULA, CSUF, SDSU, National) and this council will be working together to hit So-Cal with a larger dose of Hip Hop Congress.

With that…hope you all are doing swell, and good luck to Amer for the Minnesota Summit!

props to your pops,
anh

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