Hip Hop Congress

Hip Hop Congress Interest Meeting & Concert

Come meet and learn about Hip Hop Congress and then see them in action. Performers include Shamako Noble, the Hip Hop Congress President among other local artist and then showcase your skills on the Open Mic.

Not an artist, but love hip hop, come out and show your love!

Las Vegas Protest March announced

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Matthew Callister, Esq.
Callister & Reynolds
Bus: 702.385.3343
Cell: 702.595.6959
Fax: 702.385.7743
mqc@callister-reynolds.com

http://www.callister-reynolds.com

National Protest March Down Las Vegas Strip During The National Association Broadcasting (NAB) Convention Planned
Las Vegas, Nevada, Monday February 23, 2009 – Today the Stop the F Street Closure organization will announce detailed plans about the scheduled protest march down the Las Vegas Strip during the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) convention. National organizations, activists, unions, and community minded associations have joined forces with their efforts to emphasize the importance of standing up when your community’s civil rights have been violated.

They feel the CLOSING OF TWO MAJOR STREETS (D & F) WAS A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO CONTINUE TO OPPRESS AND SEGREGATE THAT AREA FROM THE “NEW DOWNTOWN” located less than a 100 feet away.

THE “F” STREET COALITION IS PROTESTING FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:

• 41 YEARS OF AN OPPRESSED COMMUNITY (THE HISTORIC WESTSIDE)

• DEVELOPMENT OF HOMELESS SHELTERS, LOW INCOME HOUSING IN ONLY
THIS AREA

• THE AUDACITY TO CLOSE TWO MAJOR STREETS WITHOUT PROPERLY
NOTIFYING THE COMMUNITY

• THE LACK OF INCLUSIVENESS IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS’ 2020 PLAN

• THE INJUSTICE OF THE LACK OF GRANT MONIES ISSUED IN THE COMMUNITY

• THE SLOW RESPONSE FROM THE CITY AND NDOT CONCERNING THE
REOPENING OF F STREET, THE ONLY THROUGH ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL
AGENCIES

• FOR VIOLATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF THIS HISTORIC COMMUNITY,

• FOR SHOWING NO RESPECT TO THE RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO UTILIZE D
AND F STREET FOR VARIOUS REASONS

Since 1939, this historic community known as the Westside has fought for its rights to public and private health, safety and governmental services and facilities (see attached petition). In the 1950s, residents petitioned to the City of Las Vegas to install sewer system, build decent homes, remove the cable wires off the dirt roads, and have access to public accommodations, but were denied. Two years later, the mayor, C.D. Baker, agreed to the demands in exchange for their approval to build the I-15 freeway through the neighborhood. However, in 1968, the city and NDOT closed seven streets without the resident’s knowledge, purposely walling off the area from downtown Fremont Street. The residents rose up and marched to city hall in protest of the closing, which was lead by a woman named Ethel Pearson. The next day, the city agreed to open only D and F Street. In October 2008, the community discovered that the city was permanently closing D and F once again without properly notifying them according to Title VI. After receiving voided responses from key city and state officials for an explanation of the closure, a coalition was formed, the Stop the F Street Closure LLC. The community was furious when they discovered that Mayor Oscar Goodman had the audacity to plan a billion dollar “new downtown” and Mob Museum located less than 100 feet away from the closures and the historic Moulin Rouge, a shut down project since 1955. In addition to the lawsuit, the coalition has requested that the federal government investigate the reason why this historic black neighborhood is so grossly underdeveloped, and has been for 40 years. THE CLOSURES OF D AND F STREET IS A SYMBOL OF CONTINUED OPPRESSION.

We are urging the media to assist us in this fight by covering the injustices and unfair practices exercised by the City of Las Vegas and NDOT from 1939-2009.

Our next press conference and meeting will take place on February 23, 2009, 6 p.m. at the West Las Vegas Library – 951 W. Lake Mead. Your assistance and support would be truly appreciated. For a current update of our mission, please visit http://www.westlv.org/. Thank you very much for your efforts in this time-sensitive matter.

For more information, please contact:
Matthew Callister, Attorney, 702-385-3343
Email mqc@callister-reynolds.com

Caravan for Justice Taking Place Today

Various NorCal Hip Hop Congress Chapers, Organizations, Mayors & Gov Officials are at the Sacramento Capitol Building today Protesting the Oscar Grant murder by a BART Police Officer, as well as Lobbying for Justice in general.

12 Members from the Oscar Grant Caravan for Justice entered into private talks with Law Makers in a closed session, including Gold Toes of Thizz Records.

Updates from Seattle-Featuring M1 and Onebelo

M1 will be presenting at Evergreen State College. The focus of the presentation will be the examination of the relationship between the
black revolutionaries that split from the civil rights movement in the early 1960’s, thus forming the group that would become the
Black Panthers, to international movements that evolved from these roots including Hip Hop. The discussion will explore the relationship
between organizations like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); the black leaders who were spied on, infiltrated,
and assassinated by the FBI under COINTELPRO; the Black Liberation Army
(the most underground aspect of the Black Panther movement) and its leaders in prison,
including Russell Maroon Shoatz – former Black Panther and BLA member; the current
transition of gangs and street organizations like the Bloods, Latin Kings, & Crips as they
evolve into viable political organizations; and the resurgence of interest in the Black Power
movement, abolition of the Prison Industrial complex and the death penalty, as well as campaigns
to free political prisoners in the US. The audience will also be introduced to the stories of BPP members from past and present
including Fred Hampton Jr., Deborah Johnson aka Akua Njeri (Fred Hampton Jr’s mother
and widow of Fred Hampton), Assata Shakur (now in political exile in Cuba), Willie Mukassa
Ricks who coined the term “Black Power”, Stokely Carmichael (aka Kwame Ture) and
Omali Yeshitela, founder of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement.
This is a powerful eye opening lecture that approaches its subject from a very sober viewpoint. However M-1 pulls
no punches when peeling off the layers. The history it reveals will set off warning signals when considered alongside
the current Bush administration’s disdain for human rights and democracy. M-1 and dead prez have been featured in The Source,
Vibe, XXL, Stress, Murder Dog, Blaze, The Village Voice and more for their music and work in the struggle.

M1 is Speaking on how system wants to disarm the masses.