Hip Hop Political Convention in Las Vegas

This year's convention theme is "Seizing the Time for A Better Tomorrow"

The purpose of this convention is for the political hip hop community to meet, network, and build and evolve a platform of issues that are directly effecting our communitites. We all hope to use this platform/agenda to guide our work and as a reference for engaging our community, leaders, and politicians.

Also, with the election approaching, the convention wants to strategize so that this community's voices are heard, with the hopes that their issues will be addressed.

Right now me, Eddie Rashad, and Camille Cyprian are sitting in one of the classrooms at the University of Las Vegas, waiting for the Hip Hop Political Convention to start. We got here on time, but everyone else is running late!

The plenary looks good for today - Understanding Hurricane Katrina and Gulf Coast Reconstruction Movement: Fighting Neo-Liberalism and Afrikan Ethnic Cleansing. I am excited to hear Mayaba Libenthal speak. She's from INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence and Critical Resistance.

GenVote is supposed to have a couple of trainings today - strategic campaign planning, nonviolent direct action planning, and voter registration. They might not happen as planned. People partied late last night, so things are running incredibly late.

Me and Eddie want to meet Rosa Clemente today - she will speaking today and tomorrow. I want to meet her and tell her about the CUNY Social Forum I am helping to organize.

Peace,
Maria