Hip Hop Caucus in the News

Reemo Meerak

Hip Hop Caucus “Underwater Projects” Premiere — Art, Activism, and Climate Wake-Up Call — Movie Review

Forbes

Forbes Sustainability Leaders Summit: Fast-Tracking Climate Crisis Solutions

The Source

Hip Hop Caucus Premieres UNDERWATER PROJECTS at Climate Week NY

Mercedes Vizcaino

Hip Hop Caucus Premieres ‘Underwater Projects’ in NYC — Sounding the Climate Crisis Alarm in Black Communities in Virginia

GOALS.tv

Hip Hop Caucus Unveils ‘Underwater Projects’ Film During ‘Climate Week NYC’

Inside Climate News

Will Young Voters’ Initial Excitement for Harris Build Enough Momentum to Get Them to the Polls?

IZON Mag

“Underwater Projects” Premiere – Climate Week NYC

Kiwi the Beauty

Art, Activism, and Hip Hop Unite: Highlights from the Underwater Projects Premiere Narrated by Wanda Sykes

Forbes

The Inaugural Forbes Sustainability Leaders List

Waymaker Journal

2024 Hip Hop Caucus RESPECT MY VOTE! Campaign Targets Voters of Color

Essence

Hip Hop Caucus Rallies Black Voters With “Respect My Vote!” Campaign Ahead of Crucial 2024 Election

AllHipHop

Congressional Black Caucus Is Important: Why Hip-Hop Should Care

Louisiana Illuminator

Readers React: LNG terminal treats neighbors as a sacrifice zone

The Hilltop

Hip Hop Caucus Returns to Howard for 20th Anniversary Town Hall and Block Party

HU News Service

Hip Hop Caucus Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Town Hall and Respect My Vote! Campaign at Howard

Hollywood Reporter

Antonique Smith and Rev Yearwood Launch Nonprofit to Mobilize Black Communities on Climate Vote

Packaging Dive

Music venues become a proving ground for reusable packaging

KLSU-FM

Katrina Annual Second Line Review

Fox 8 WVUE-TV

Second line march honors Katrina victims in Lower Ninth Ward

The Times-Picayune

Photos: Hurricane Katrina remembered with healing, march, rally

The Business of Hip Hop

Hip Hop Caucus Reveals Inaugural ‘Artivist Class of 2024’

WWNO-FM

Should Katrina’s anniversary be a state holiday? These local leaders think so

WWL-TV

City, state leaders push to honor Hurricane Katrina as a Louisiana holiday

NOLA.com

New Orleans officials want to make Hurricane Katrina anniversary an official holiday

Axios

5 coping tips for Hurricane Katrina’s anniversary

ABA Journal

Wanted: Lawyers to help with this year’s election

Offbeat Magazine

19th Annual Hurricane Katrina March and Second Line

HU News Service

In His Own Words: Hip Hop Caucus President Says “This Is Our Lunch Counter Moment.”

Capital B

Beyond The Main Stage: From Church Pews to Museum Halls, Black Spaces and Culture Shine at the DNC

Memphis Flyer

Now Playing Aug. 23-29: Environmental Justice and Zoe Kravitz

The Lens

Formosa Plastics returns to fight again

KBLA 1580

A More Perfect Union with Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey

Music Votes coalition reveals first wave of industry partners

Pollstar

Music Votes Coalition Announces First Wave of Partners & Details For Webinar

Pollstar

Rockin’ The Vote Even More: Music Industry Prepares For Election Day With Launch Of Music Votes Coalition

Bloomberg

Yearwood: BIPOC Voices in Climate Activism

NPR: Louisiana Considered

New climate initiatives from Big Freedia, the Hip Hop Caucus and New Orleans youth

Fox 8 WVUE-TV

Dawn Richard at Essence Fest

Other Words

[Opinion] The paradox of public health solutions that worsen climate change

Biz New Orleans

Hip Hop Caucus, Beyond Petrochemicals Bring Culture To Climate Movement Through Free Community-Building Event in New Orleans

The Times-Picayune

Essence Festival on July 4, and more area community news

Planet Forward

Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Jr. discusses the need for liberation at the DC Environmental Film Festival

Offbeat Magazine

“Nola Green: So Fresh, Seaux Clean,” A Culture, Climate & Community Event

From HU2U

When The Movement is Strong, The Music is Strong feat. Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.

Celebrity Access

Music Industry Voting Initiative ‘Music Votes’ Launches

The Dig: Howard University

Howard Announces Season Two of University Podcast ‘HU2U’

Billboard

Music Industry Nonprofits Launch Voting Initiative Aimed at Increasing 2024 Election Turnout

Grateful Web

Music Votes: First-ever Industry-wise Voter Engagement Coalition Is Launched!

Pod for the Cause

Music and the Movement

Common Dreams

‘Time to Go for the Jugular’: Climate Movement Has New Plan to Destroy Big Oil

Pathways Magazine

Black and Brown Voices Must Shape the 2024 Green Agenda

Spring Creek Project

Collective Climate Action: Inspired Organizing for our Future

The Guardian

How police killings are kept hidden: “We don’t know how many George Floyd’s there are”

Impact Texas

Banking Black and Green Campaign Strengthening the Economic Power of Frontline Communities of Color

The Sanctuary for Independent Media

Hundreds Rally at Capitol with Beyond Plastics to Reduce Waste

USC Equity Research Institute

Unpaved: Greening the Urban Jungle with Dr. Manuel Pastor and Sissy Trinh | The Coolest Show

NPR Music

‘Hip Hop and the White House’ is a study in symbolic victory

Verite News

Homegrown singer uses her fame to fight for environmental justice

The Lens

Environmental Forum: Sharing Our Stories

American Bar Association

Qualified immunity: A Necessity or a Tool that Exploits Race and Class?

Washington Informer

Environmental Justice, Financial Literacy, and US-Africa Business

ABC News

EPA limits 4 types of power plant pollution with sweeping rulemaking

Father Hoods Podcast

Hip Hop Heroes: Battling Climate Injustice

New York Amsterdam News

OP-ED: On Earth Day, let’s prepare for the next climate battle

Rolling Stone

The Power of Black and Indigenous Voices This Earth Day and Beyond

Blavity

Black-led Organizations, From Outdoor Afro to Justice Outside, Are Fighting for Environmental Justice

The Nikki Rich Show

Hip Hop Caucus live with The Nikki Rich Show at NAACP Image Awards

East City Art

Sold Out Screenings and Special Guests Mark a Successful Return for DC Environmental Film Festival

The Progressive Magazine

Marginalized Communities Need Big Environmental Wins

KXAN/CW Austin

Q&A Session with Rev Yearwood on KXAN-CW

RTO Insider

EPA Issues Final Standards on Heavy-duty Truck Emissions

E&E News

Final trucking rule gives industry more time to go electric

Newsweek

EPA Sets Tough Standards on Climate Pollution From Heavy Trucks

Yes! Magazine

EVs Could Meet Biden Climate Goals—Just Not Chinese Ones

Vineyard Gazette

Opening Night Eco-Documentaries Set the Pace for Film Festival

The Ed Markey Podcast

Senator Markey, Reverend Yearwood of Hip Hop Caucus Talk Green New Deal Movement on Latest Episode of “The Ed Markey Podcast”

PoPville

“Environmental Film Festival Begins today in DC”

Washingtonian

5 Films to See at the DC Environmental Film Festival (That Aren’t Sold Out)

Washington Informer

DCEFF 2024 Lineup: From Otter Love Stories to Environmental Justice Battles

The Indian Panorama

DC Environmental Fest Returns in a Crucial Year

Mirror

Full list of NAACP Image Awards nominations as Oprah Winfrey’s The Color Purple nabs 16 nods

Spectrum News

Hip Hop Caucus hosts ‘Candid with Climate’

Slate

A Word … With Jason Johnson Podcast: Green Black Power

AllHipHop

Democrats Launch Congressional Hip-Hop Task Force With Aid Of Black Music Action Coalition

Blavity

Social Justice Now Film Festival Announces 2024 Lineup

AFRO

55th NAACP Image Awards nominees unveiled

No Opportunity Wasted with Angelica Ross

The Light of Dawn Richard: Part 2

The Grio

Using Hip-Hop to Ignite Political Change

Vibe

Usher, Ayo Edebiri, Colman Domingo, Victoria Monét Dominate 2024 NAACP Image Award Nominations

BET

Netflix and Amazon Lead Nominee List for the ’55th NAACP Image Awards’

Washington Informer

Environmental Justice From a Place of Faith: Christian Leaders Reflect

Climate One

Year in Climate: 2023

Washington Informer

Progress on Diversity in the Green Workforce May Be Stalling, Annual Report Shows

Washington Informer

U.N. Climate Conference Closes; D.C. Ramps Up Carbon-Free Vision

A Climate Change with Matt Matern

COP28 Interviews – Hip Hop Caucus: JaRel Clay

The Grio

Dear Culture with Panama Jackson: The Best of Blackfessions

Earthworks

COP28, Day 2: The demand for “phase-out” is growing

NowThis News

WATCH: ExxonMobil’s Third Quarter Profits Higher Than 41 Countries’ GDP

The Black Wall Street Times

Hip Hop Caucus fights to end Louisiana’s environmental injustices

Black Star News

Racial Justice Leaders Call Out Corporations For Reneging On Racial Equity Promises

Climate One

Putting It All on the Line with Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. and Jacqueline Patterson

AfroTech

Dawn Richard Says She Is Providing ‘Proof’ That Black Animators Exist

Fast Company

The fight against Big Oil has a new target, and it’s leaving the home front

The Seattle Times

‘Fight is what killed him’: Medical expert testifies Tacoma police killed Manuel Ellis

Los Angeles Times

Opinion: To shut down the supply side of climate change, start here

LA Progressive

Sacrifice Zones: Reality of Systemic Racism and The New ‘Jim Crow’

The Grio

Watch: The Hip-Hop Caucus and actress Amanda Seales rally to stop the construction of Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’

Essence

What You Missed At The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 52nd Annual Legislative Conference

Washington Informer

Annual Legislative Conference Concludes with Power Remarks from Biden and Harris

The Black Wall Street Times

Amanda Seales calls out Cop City: “Policing is not for Black people”

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Opposition to Atlanta training center takes national stage

The Atlanta Voice

Warnock on ALC52: ‘This caucus has been the tip of the spear of substantial change’

V Interesting with V Spehar

Environmental Justice and the Climate Crisis

The New York Times

Climate Experts Weigh In on Obstacles, Priorities and Hope

One Green Planet

10 Hip-Hop Songs About Climate Change

The Verge

Protesters take over NYC streets to tell Joe Biden to ‘end fossil fuels’

The Crucial Years

Back on the march: A superlative Manhattan day in pictures

The Guardian

Tens of thousands in NYC march against fossil fuels as AOC hails powerful message

The New York Times

Bill Gates, Marie Kondo and Others Will Speak at Times Climate Event

DeSmog

A Push to Expedite Permits Fueled by Disaster Capitalism Threatens to Fastrack the Climate Crisis