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About Our Clean Energy Campaigns

The purpose of our Clean Energy Campaigns is to 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 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.

Campaigns

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Green the City: The “Green the City” initiative targets three primary areas: city conversion to clean energy vehicles, green-collar job creation and training, and the expansion of biomass energy production. The National Conference of Black Mayor’s (NCBM) launched “Green the City” and invited the Hip Hop Caucus to be a partner.  NCBM Mayors, in partnership with the Hip Hop Caucus, are aggressively moving to organize their communities to fully participate in the Green The City initiative.

Green the Block: Green the Block is a partnership between Green For All and the Hip Hop Caucus to educate and mobilize low-income communities and communities of color to ensure a voice and stake in the clean-energy economy. Visit the Green The Block website here.

Green Music Group: The Hip Hop Caucus is a non-profit partner of the Green Music Group (GMG), which was launched at this year’s Grammys in Los Angeles. The GMG is a large-scale, high-profile environmental coalition of musicians, industry leaders and music fans using our collective power to bring about widespread environmental change within the music industry and around the globe.

Past Events

Green and Live HBCU Tour: In April and early May 2010, the Hip Hop Caucus, National Wildlife Federation and partners are hosted campus forums on four HBCUs to discuss the need for our nation to transition to a clean-energy economy. This past Earth Month’s speaking tour featured Hip Hop Caucus President and CEO, Rev Yearwood, R&B singer Trey Sonz, rapper Fabolous, D Woods formerly of Danity Kane, actress and activist Gloria Rueben, student leaders, leading Academics, and other national African American climate leaders.

Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour: The Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour kicked off in New Orleans and rolled through Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio and Washington, DC doing a variety of events including: community rallies, roundtables on college campuses, tours of clean energy job sites and musical events. The Tour amplified the voices of young people and communities of color fighting for a clean energy future.

Earth Day Revolution: Earth Day Revolution is a pivotal opportunity for people, corporations, and governments to join together to create a global green economy. Our coordinated efforts will be recognized by future generations as a turning point. Marking the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, which happens to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Hip Hop, and with 40 days until Earth Day 2010, the Hip Hop Caucus along with nearly 50 leaders from the environmental, faith and veterans communities signed have signed the Earth Day Revolution's "Declaration of Energy Independence"

Green Job Resources

Click here and use this page as a resource to see the range of Green Job opportunities, apprenticeships, and internships available.