Hip Hop Congress

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED:
Join us for the 2006 National Conference of the Hip Hop Congress in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. The event jumps off on June 22nd to June 26th. There will be conferences, performances, workshops, national board meetings, and some of the most exciting times you can have as a Hip Hop Congress member. Schedules, applications and other information will be released in the coming weeks. Please make your arrangements to get to Boulder.

If you have questions, please email ron@hiphopcongress.com

IU CHAPTER – 6th ANNUAL HIP HOP AWARENESS FESTIVAL:
Sadat X, Saul Williams, $1000 B-boy Battle, $500 MC Battle! Etc.
April 10-18

The goal of the 6th ANNUAL HIP HOP AWARENESS FESTIVAL is to show the true spirit of hip hop culture, a culture that was born out of the worst living conditions in American history as a means of expression to substitute violence. For six years, our festival has been growing and bringing together more people in a peaceful, enlightening, energetic, educational and non-violent manner.

The Awareness Festival is the premier annual hip hop event in Indiana. The Festival has two primary objectives. First, to offer the community quality, hip hop programming. Second, to put IU and the surrounding Bloomington community on the map as a leader in the preservation and advancement of hip hop culture. In previous years attendance has spanned coast to coast, from San Jose, CA to Atlanta, GA.

All but one event comprising the festival are FREE and open to ALL AGES so that the highest quantity of people can enjoy and benefit from them.

WE WANT CREWS TO ROLL DOWN FROM OTHER CHAPTERS! If you are from another chapter (Midwest or not) give us a heads up so we can help you get here! If you are on the national board, we have some funds allocated for you to come down, so don’t sleep on this!

ITINERARY (please spread the word!):
MON, 4/10: Screening of “Street Credentials” w/ Director Q&A @ Whittenberger Auditorium, Indiana Memorial Union 8:00 PM FREE

TUES, 4/11: 4 Element Gallery featuring LOUIS LOGIC & JJ Brown, Jet-one @ McCalla Fine Arts Building, 7:30 PM, $5 donation

WED., 4/12: HHC Poetry Slam, Prize: $150 & opening slot + dinner with Saul Williams @ IMU Gallery, 7 PM, co-sponsor: Matrix Poetry Group FREE

THUR., 4/13: A Sound of Africa: African Hip Hop Night @ Neal Marshall Black Culture Center, 8 PM, co-sponsor: African Student Association FREE

FRI, 4/14: HHC Founders Workshop: details TBA FREE

AND

Evil Pih Poh (Hip Hop Live) Tour featuring ILLOGIC @ IMU Gallery, Indiana Memorial Union, 7 PM FREE

SAT, 4/15: THE BIG DAY: recommended canned food donations for Hoosier Hills Foodbank
@ Wilke Auditorium, starting ~12PM FREE
-$1000 B-boy Battle (3 on 3)
-$500 MC Battle
-Video Trapped the Rapper Tour featuring SADAT X
-DJ Battle hosted by DJ Topspeed: location TBA at Wilke and on website

TUES, 4/18: The Revolution of Saul Williams @ Alumni Hall, Indiana Memorial Union, 7:00 PM. Sponsored by Union Board, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., COMU FREE

Additional Info available at http://mypage.iu.edu/~iuhhc/

If you’re coming from out of town and need a place to crash, or have any other questions/comments: djXander4life@yahoo.com or 847 877-6213

CHICAGO COMMUNITY CHAPTER:
The Chicago Community Chapter of Hip Hop Congress is working hard on the cultural/elemental aspect of the 2006 National Hip Hop Political Convention in Chicago from July 19th – 23rd. Hip Hop Congress events will be titled Down By Law and will include workshops, discussions, performances, an outdoor jam session, and a huge battle. The battle is actually the biggest aspect and is actually an all elemental crew battle. There will be a pretty big cash prize and crews have to rep all 5 elements over three days (if they make it to the finals, in tournament style). We encourage all HHC members to try to make it out to Chicago for this and help spread the word, both for heads interested in a Hip Hop Political Convention and even those who just want to get down on the battle tip. Preflyer and more info coming soon. For more info on this chapter, please email chicago@hiphopcongress.com

OHIO UNIVERSITY:
We are just now starting our spring quarter. We are currently preparing for a Madden 06 tournament we are going to have as a fundraiser in late April. In a few weeks we are holding our elections for chairs for next year.

peace,
Tommy

UC IRVINE:
What’s happenin everybody?? This quarter just started for us here at UCI, with some windy days, adding classes, book buying and you know what else? Saul Williams. That’s right, on Thursday, April 6th ASUCI and Hip Hop Congress will host an Evening with Saul Williams. He will be performing spoken word followed by a book signing for his new book The Dead Emcee Scrolls starting at 7pm. This event is available only to UCI students but we’ll try to capture the event so that the rest of you can have a peek yeah? YEEEEEAH!!!!

Much love to the rest of the HHC world,
it’s OUR WORLD, lets make magic happen.

PEACE,
anh

PODCASTING WITH MONKEYCLAUS.ORG:
The good folks at Monkeyclaus.org are helping us build podcasting capabilities. This will allow us to distribute information, artist tracks, interviews and much more for you to download to any mp3 player, computer, or other digital media device. If you have things you would like to contribute to our podcasts, suggestions with how to best utilize the technology, or any questions, please hit ron@hiphopcongress.com

Peace and Love,
Ron Gubitz
Hip Hop Congress

“Get off this. Get on with it. If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start this minute.” —Cracker (the band)