Community leaders, educators and a hip-hop artist will gather at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University to discuss hip-hop, the presidential election and the youth vote Thursday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at .
The event is free and open to the public.
Leading the discussion will be:
•M-1, one half of the political hip-hop duo
•Maya Rockeymoore, chief executive officer of and author of The Political Action Handbook – A How to Guide for the Hip-Hop Generation
•Vijay Prashad, author of The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World and professor of international studies at in Hartford, Conn.
•Angela Woodson, director of faith-based and community outreach for the Ohio Governor’s Office and co-founder of (BUILD)
•Adam Mansbach, instructor at the and author of the novels Angry Black White Boy, Shackling Water and The End of Jews
•Bakari Kitwana, author of The Hip-Hop Generation and co-founder of the
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Media contact: Princine Lewis, 65-322-NEWS
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