Hip Hop Caucus

Hip Hop Caucus Campaigns

 

 

Current Campaigns
Past Campaigns

 

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Current Campaigns

Green Campaigns

The Hip Hop Caucus Green Campaigns raise awareness within low-communities of color about the particular impacts of climate change on their communities.

Through media, celebrity messengers, grassroots networks, and online engagement, our green campaigns will educate and provide tools and resources for low-income communities of color to contribute to climate change solutions, access economic opportunity in the Green Economy, and live healthier, greener lives. Please visit individual sites for more information.

Current Green Campaigns:

Green the City

Green and Live

Green the Block

 

Other Green Initiatives:

Green Music Group

People's Climate Summit/ UN Climate Conference

 

Respect My Vote!

Respect My Vote! is our voter engagement campaign. In 2008, Respect My Vote! was led by the Hip Hop Caucus and spokesperson, multi-platinum, Grammy Award winning Rapper, T.I. Together with other celebrities such as Keyshia Cole, T-Pain, Young Jeezy and more, we successfully registered voters in 12 states and executed a 20 city Bus Tour to Get Out the Vote the month before the Election.

Respect My Vote! campaign will be gearing up this year to engage new and young voters in the mid-term elections.

 

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Past Campaigns

 

Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now Bus Tour

Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour

From February 18-24, 2010, the Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus tour amplified the voices of young people and communities of color around the country who are fighting for a clean energy future.

The Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour kicked off in New Orleans and rolled through Indianapolis, Arkansas, Missouri, and Washington, DC, for a variety of events including community rallies, roundtables on college campuses, tours of clean energy job sites and musical events.

The Hip Hop Caucus partnered with the Alliance for Climate Protection’s Repower America campaign and a diverse coalition of partners and brought together leaders from the faith, business, and climate communities, alongside entertainers and prominent figures to engage diverse communities in the call for a clean energy economy now.

 

Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign

 

The Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign, a project initiated by the Hip Hop Caucus, grew out of an ad-hoc coalition of organizations and individuals who are fighting for the rights of those displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast region and the ongoing struggle of Gulf Coast residents to return to their communities and cities has revealed a critical need for a renewed, coordinated and organized effort in the South for racial, social and economic justice.

Read our 3rd Year Anniversary Report on Hurricane Katrina.

Make Hip Hop Not War

In March and April of 2007 the Hip Hop Caucus did a sixteen city Make Hip Hop Not War National Bus Tour with Hip Hop Artists, Iraq War Veterans, youth leaders, peace and security experts, and Members of Congress. We held events, rallies and roundtables in each city and educated audiences on the costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and motivated young people to take action and have their voices heard.

The continuation of the Make Hip Hop Not War campaign throughout 2007 focused on calls on Congress to de-fund the War in Iraq; building awareness about the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for our communities at home; and exposing the incredible humanitarian tragedy and the plight of Iraqi Refugees in the Middle East because of the war in Iraq.

We also raised awareness and through grassroots advocacy we promoted the closing of Guantanamo Bay and the restoration of Habeas Corpus.

Resist AFRICOM

Resist AFRICOM is a campaign comprised of concerned U.S. and Africa-based organizations and individuals opposed to the U.S. military command for Africa (AFRICOM). The Coalition includes the Hip Hop Caucus, Africa Action, Africa Faith and Justice Network, Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies, and TransAfrica Forum.

 

Visit the Resist AFRICOM Campaign at www.resistafricom.org to get involved.