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Hip Hop Caucus at the CBCF’s 52nd Annual Legislative Conference

Join Hip Hop Caucus at the

52nd Annual Legislative Conference

Washington, DC

wednesday | September 20, 2023

15th Annual Black Women’s Roundtable “Power of the Ballot: We Won’t Be Erased!!” Policy Forum Series



  • Wednesday, September 20, 2023


  • 9:30-11:00am ET


  • Convention Center: Room 146AB

Hosted by the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP)

  • Hip Hop Caucus Panelist
    Tanya Clay House
    Executive Vice President for Campaigns and Advocacy

50 Years and Still Going: Hip Hop’s Struggle Against Mass Incarceration and the Criminal Legal System



  • Wednesday, September 20, 2023


  • 3:00-4:30pm ET


  • Convention Center: Room 145A

Featured Speakers

  • Rep. Bobby Scott
    United States Representative
  • M1
    Artist and Activist, Last Prisoner Project Board Member
  • Rebekah Caruthers
    Vice President, Fair Elections Center
  • Attorney Benjamin Crump
    President and Founder, Ben Crump Law
  • Roger A. Mitchell, M.D.
    Chair of Pathology, Howard University College of Medicine
  • Nicole D. Porter
    Senior Director of Advocacy, The Sentencing Project
  • Joel Castón
    First returning citizen elected to office in Washington, D.C.
  • Tanya Clay House, J.D.
    Executive Vice President, Campaigns and Advocacy, Hip Hop Caucus and Moderator

Friday | September 22, 2023

Hip Hop and Politics: Activism, Culture, Revolution and Entrepreneurship



  • Friday, September 22, 2023


  • 1:00-2:00pm ET


  • Convention Center: Room 207A

Featured Speakers

  • Rep. André Carson
    United States Representative
  • Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.
    President and CEO, Hip Hop Caucus
  • Erick Sermon
    Rapper and Producer
  • Timothy Henshaw
    Head of Hip Hop and RnB at Amazon Music
  • Linda Sarsour
    Political Activist and Co-chair of the 2017 and 2019 Women’s Marches
  • Dr. Moses Shyne Barrow
  • Kevin Liles
    CEO, 300 Entertainment
  • Cameron Trimble
    Precision Strategies, former White House Digital Alum (moderator)

Stop Cop City Press Conference



  • Friday, September 22, 2023


  • 2:15-2:45pm ET


  • Convention Center: Media Room 103B

Featured Speakers

  • Amanda Seales
    Actress, Comedian and Activist
  • Kendrick Sampson
    Actor and Co-Founder of BLD PWR
  • Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.
    President and CEO, Hip Hop Caucus

Saturday | September 23, 2023

A Woman’s Body, A State Government’s Choice: The Impact of the Dobbs Decision



  • Saturday, September 23, 2023


  • 9:10-10:15am ET


  • The Renaissance Hotel: 999 9th St NW, Washington, DC

Hosted by the Transformative Justice Coalition

  • Featured Panelists
    Tanya Clay House
    Executive Vice President for Campaigns and Advocacy

    Hip Hop Caucus

    Antonique Smith
    Grammy-nominated Artist and Activist

Environmental Injustice in the Black and Brown Community



  • Saturday, September 23, 2023


  • 10:15am ET


  • The Renaissance Hotel: 999 9th St NW, Washington, DC

Hosted by the Transformative Justice Coalition

  • Featured Speaker
    Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.
    President and CEO
    Hip Hop Caucus

Social Media as a Tool for Social Justice & Combatting the Great Divide of Digital Deserts



  • Saturday, September 23, 2023


  • 12:30-1:30pm ET


  • The Renaissance Hotel: 999 9th St NW, Washington, DC

Hosted by the Transformative Justice Coalition

Hip Hop Caucus 19th Anniversary Party at The Park



  • Saturday, September 23, 2023


  • 8:00pm-3:00am ET


  • The Park at 14th: 920 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005

Hip Hop Caucus celebrated its 19th anniversary on September 11, and we continued the celebration during CBC Week 2023 and partnering with Everytown during the 52nd Annual Legislative Conference.