S1 Ep 38: A Blueprint to Act on Climate! w/ Mike Tidwell, Brooke Harper, Harrison Wallace, & Nathan Phillips
How do we get our elected leaders to take necessary action on climate change? How can we organize to help make it happen? We are joined by leaders from one of the most successful regional climate organizations in the United States, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, to learn the blueprint for climate action and what […]
S1 Ep 37: The Fox Shouldn’t Guard the Chicken Coop w/ Donald McEachin, Rev. Leo Woodberry, & Dominique Browning
Since the ousting of corrupt former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, Andrew Wheeler has been busy on behalf of polluters, rolling back public health and environmental safeguards, including basic protections to clean air and water. In this episode we host an incredibly important and timely dialogue about Trump’s dangerous nominee to run the agency […]
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 […]
Hip Hop Caucus Condemns Trump Administration’s Latest Moves at EPA, while Vulnerable Communities Deal With Impacts of Severe Storms

Hip Hop Caucus’ non-partisan initiative reaches young voters and voters of color with Virginia cultural influencers issuing a calls to action to register to vote by October 16th deadline Washington D.C. – Respect My Vote! kicked off a final push to make sure people across the Commonwealth are registered to vote ahead of the November […]
Hip Hop Caucus Condemns Trump Administration’s Latest Moves at EPA, while Vulnerable Communities Deal With Impacts of Severe Storms

Hip Hop Caucus’ non-partisan initiative reaches young voters and voters of color with Virginia cultural influencers issuing a calls to action to register to vote by October 16th deadline Washington D.C. – Respect My Vote! kicked off a final push to make sure people across the Commonwealth are registered to vote ahead of the November […]