S1 Ep 36: Environmental Racism at Union Hill, VA w/ Tim Guinee & Pastor Paul Wilson

 Environmental racism is playing out in Union Hill, a predominately African-American community in rural Virginia founded by freed slaves. One of the largest monopoly utilities in the country and corporate donors in Virginia politics is helping run a campaign of disinformation in order to build a massive polluting gas compressor station in the heart of […]

S1 Ep 35: Green and Just Entrepreneurship w/ Jeffrey Richardson

We are joined by the President of Imani Energy, Jeffrey Richardson, to discuss entrepreneurship, his company’s social-mission driven business model, and what it takes for our leaders and movement to facilitate the growth of a clean energy economy. Our “In the Movement” segment features the latest in the push for a Green New Deal on […]

Hip Hop Caucus Statement on Scott Pruitt resignation as EPA Administrator

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Hip Hop Caucus on Justice Kennedy’s Retirement

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.83″] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2018 Contact:Mark Antoniewicz202.293.5902mark@hiphopcaucus.org   WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the news that United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring, Hip Hop Caucus President and CEO, Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., made the following statement:     “Just as the hip hop community architects so […]

Hip Hop Caucus in 2017: Frontlines of the Resistance

At one of Hip Hop’s largest annual events, Hip Hop Caucus is working with activists, academics, and artists to drive social justice and environmental solutions through advocacy and non-partisan electoral organizing Atlanta, Georgia – October 6, 2017 – This week at one of the world’s largest hip hop festivals,  Hip Hop Caucus has partnered with […]

#RespectMyVote Rally protests Trump’s “Voter Suppression Commission”

At one of Hip Hop’s largest annual events, Hip Hop Caucus is working with activists, academics, and artists to drive social justice and environmental solutions through advocacy and non-partisan electoral organizing Atlanta, Georgia – October 6, 2017 – This week at one of the world’s largest hip hop festivals,  Hip Hop Caucus has partnered with […]