Hip Hop Congress

Weekly Update o5.18.o6

NATIONAL CONFERENCE—SCHEDULE RELEASED and HOTEL INFO:
The schedule has been released! Roll over to hiphopcongress.com to download the schedule in Word. Word.

Don’t forget to book your room at the Boulder Outlook. Walking distance from the conference events and only 90 bucks a night. You can fit up to 4 people per room so it works out to something like 25 a night with tax.

To reserve your room, go to www.boulderoutlook.com. 1800 542 0304. We have 30 days to fill them up at this rate so please call and book the room today. It’s better to reserve and cancel if for some reason you need less rooms than to need another room and not be able to get it at our rate.

If you are interested in attending, performing, or just want to say hi to Shamako, please email him at Shamako@hiphopcongress.com

FROM THE TEMPLE OF HIP HOP:
HAPPY HIP HOP APPRECIATION WEEK MAY 15th-22nd

(H.H.A.W.). Since 1998 the third week in May has become a time to reflect upon our roles as citizens of the international Hip Hop community and to recommit ourselves to Hip Hop’s core principles of peace, love, unity and safely having fun!

In the past we’ve reflected upon such themes as; Faith (2005), Freedom (2004), Forgiveness (2003), Charity (2002) and Peace (2001). This year (2006) our theme is “ACTION”. And with all of our themes “Action” shall be the focus of our lectures, writings and events for 2006. We are urging ALL Hiphoppas to consider their actions as well as their inaction. Consider how your actions and/or inaction may be affecting others. Consider the results of your past actions and seek ways to improve or lessen such “actions” in the future.

Be active! Walk more. Exercise more. Speak out more! Think more! But also remember that “inaction” is indeed an action as well. Silence is also an activity. Rest and stillness are also activities. Fasting from food, sex, gossip, war, drugs and the needless spending of money are also “actions”. The point is to be conscious of your “actions” this year.

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Weekly Update o5.o3.o6

NATIONAL CONFERENCE—HOTEL INFO:
Shamako has been on the ground in Boulder, Colorado for the past week. He has been making connections, scouting locations, and getting a taste of what we will be experiencing on June 22nd to the 25th for our 5th annual National Conference. Make sure you are there. Book your flights now.

And for the long-awaited hotel information.

We have reserved 30 rooms with the Boulder Outlook for you all. The hotel is great! Walking distance from the conference events and only 90 bucks a night. You can fit up to 4 people per room so it works out to something like 25 a night with tax.

To reserve your room, go to www.boulderoutlook.com. 1800 542 0304. We have 30 days to fill them up at this rate so please call and book the room today. It’s better to reserve and cancel if for some reason you need less rooms than to need another room and not be able to get it at our rate.

If you are interested in attending, performing, or just want to say hi to Shamako, please email him at Shamako@hiphopcongress.com

WILLAMETTE:
Might as well send this now, lord knows I don’t want to work on my finals project….What up y’all!!! This is Drew up here at Willamette U. closing out an amazing first year for the chapter.

First of all, we held the Conscious Overdose show featuring QN5 2 weeks back (sorry for not updating). The show was a success, and we defiantly made a name for the HHC in Oregon. Needless to say it was a nightmare putting on the first hip hop show ever at a small private school, but we jumped through the hoops and got it done. We were the first student org at WU to ever have to take out there own $1,000,000 liability policy, that hurt the budget!

The good news is that if anyone ever needs tips on how to fund raise money on their campus hit me up (casper999@gmail.com). I have a few tricks I can share. We raised $6000 in little under a month from just around campus. I know you big schools can easily beat that.

On another note, tonight was our last meeting of the year, tomorrow is the last day of classes. Damn where did it all go???

We held officer elections and amended the constitution. No major surprises in the election make up of next years chapter officers. Tristan, Austin, Quyen and myself all were voted in to stay in our positions, and the newby to the exec is Ryuske Omiya our man who does all the publicity for our chapter. If you want more info on the chairs contact information hit me up.

What else can I say, I have to continue the fundraising to take us all to Boulder, the show didn’t make that much money.

Until then y’all stay cool and I’ll see ya in Boulder!

Peace,
A

UC RIVERSIDE:
Peace, From U.C Riverside. we are gearing up for a banging month of May with 2 lunch time concerts in our quad, the first 5/9 featuring The Blue Scholars & One.Be.Lo, the second May 23rd with Native Guns and a 6 man Graffiti Battle. Wednesday May 24th Schoolyard Scrimmage will be the largest event we=B9ve thrown all year with performances from Triune, Jupitersciples, Aloe Blacc and The Procussions + a 2 on 2 bboy battle. Yet we still manage to find time to bust sessions every Tuesday at noon in our campus commons, all events in may are Free and open to campus and community.

Peep http://www.myspace.com/hhcriverside or hhc.riverside@gmail.com for more info.

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