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	<description>Energize. Organize. Revolutionize!</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Olympian Thinking meets Hip Hop. From Beijing to Oakland, CA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkhhc</dc:creator>
		
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PRESS RELEASE by the Worldwide Hip Hop Congress &#038; Olympian &#8220;Marilyn King&#8221;
Olympian Thinking meets Hip Hop. From Beijing to Oakland, CA
 On the heels of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there&#8217;s more going on than just sports and protesting. Two Pentathlon, Olympian, Marilyn King is utilizing this historic moment to deliver the message that everyone can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aug. 30: The 2008 DMC USA Finals</title>
		<link>http://www.hiphopcongress.com/aug-30-the-2008-dmc-usa-finals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 30: The 2008 DMC USA Finals
Knitting Factory 74 Leonard St. NYC 10013
(New York City)  Hip Hop DJ History will be made on August 30th, 2008!  The World&#8217;s most legendary and longest running DJ battle, DMC will hold it&#8217;s 2008 U.S. Finals from 8pm on at The Knitting Factory 74 Leonard St. New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep it 100.</title>
		<link>http://www.hiphopcongress.com/keep-it-100/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkhhc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama is a civil rights advocate, a regional leader for social justice, a national politician and presidential nominee for the Democratic ticket. He has professed to listening to Jay-Z, has been seen politicking with Ludacris and adopted a theme song penned by Will.I.Am. His relationship to Hip Hop could best be described as &#8220;Love-Hate.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hip-Hop Political Support [BlackEnterprise.com]</title>
		<link>http://www.hiphopcongress.com/hip-hop-political-support-blackenterprisecom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkhhc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Tamara for reaching out!
For Obama, celebrity endorsements can boost or back-fire
By Tamara E. Holmes
August 7, 2008 &#8212; With such high-profile hip-hop celebrities as Russell Simmons, Sean Combs, and Jay-Z publicly supporting Sen. Barack Obama, many political watchers and hip-hop activists expect the appeal of a black presidential candidate to inspire a higher-than-average turnout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students For Democracy Right Now! (Rally) [Denver]</title>
		<link>http://www.hiphopcongress.com/students-for-democracy-right-now-rally-denver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hiphopcongress.com/students-for-democracy-right-now-rally-denver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkhhc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado Denverâ€™s Hip Hop Congress &#038; fellow students will host its Students for Democracy Right Now event on Thursday, August 21st from 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM at the Auraria Campusâ€™ Tivoli Student Unionâ€™s Turnhalle. Students for Democracy Right Now is a student organized event that allows students, political grassroots organizations, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D.O. on tour</title>
		<link>http://www.hiphopcongress.com/do-on-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkhhc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though I only met D.O. once, 5+ years ago, in Madison WI, gotta support. Check out his tour
&#8211;
Toronto, ON - Art of Fresh, the funky hip-hop duo, is bringing their &#8216;fresh&#8217; spin across Canada!  Set to release their debut album Back To The Earth on September 2nd 2008, and they are hitting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LUDACRIS CONTROVERSY HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR MORALITY IN HIP-HOP MOVEMENT</title>
		<link>http://www.hiphopcongress.com/ludacris-controversy-highlights-need-for-morality-in-hip-hop-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkhhc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A great article by Bakari Kitwana showed up on Newsone.com
Here is a snippet
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Hip-hop’s critics, like Manhattan Institute senior fellow John McWhorter, use mainstream hip-hop music’s association with criminality and sex to dismiss three things:
• the political analysis offered by some hip-hop lyrics,
• the important political work of activists on the ground from The Ella Baker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Upgrade [DLabrie</title>
		<link>http://www.hiphopcongress.com/operation-upgrade-dlabrie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkhhc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A note from DLabrie and his new project.
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This is DLabrie your trusty NETW3RKER. You have heard alot of Music from Me. But I garantee you havent heard NOTHING like this. This is a MIXTAPE but its REALLY a STORY, AN ALBUM, A STATEMENT!! So make sure if I gave u this or you bought it&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The afternoon gets underway</title>
		<link>http://www.hiphopcongress.com/the-afternoon-gets-underway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkhhc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Some great presentations are taking place as I type. Cheri Honkala is here to show us more about PPEHRC for those of us who have not been exposed to it yet. Especially about the March for Our Lives.
This is after watching a great hip hop documentary entitled &#8220;African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal&#8221;
After we will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And the Conference is underway!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkhhc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Its 1230pm here in Biloxi MS and the Hip Hop National Conference is underway. 
After an early morning closed session, the rest of the members have trickled in for an opening ceremonies of sorts. People are reppin&#8217; from Sacramento, Ann Arbor, St. Louis, San Jose, Baltimore, Seattle, Albuquerque, Austin, Oakland, New York, and more. Lots [...]]]></description>
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