Post by outgirl on Apr 29, 2004 1:40:45 GMT -5
Hip Hop Summit to March on New York
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HIP-HOP SUMMIT ACTION NETWORK CALLS FOR MARCH
ON NEW YORK
AUGUST 30, 2004 MOBILIZATION TO FOCUS ON ENDING ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS IN NEW YORK AND OTHER MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
NEW YORK, N.Y. ú APRIL 26, 2004 - During a lecture at Baruch College last week in
Manhattan, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President/CEO of the Hip-Hop Summit Action
Network, announced the national mobilization for ¯The March on New York,˜
slated for Monday, August 30, 2004, the first day of the Republican National
Convention (RNC).
Russell Simmons, Chairman of the Hip-Hop Summit Action
Network, and Dr. Benjamin Chavis have issued a call to youth leaders from throughout the United States to organize busloads of youth to travel to New York City to join tens of thousands who will be gathered to exercise their First Amendment rights on a wide range of issues including ending the
unfairness of the Rockefeller Drug Laws and other mandatory minimum
sentences, as well as support for more funding for equal, high quality
education in the public school systems throughout the nation. Another key
aspect of the March on New York will be a tremendous youth voter
registration and education rally as part of the Hip-Hop Summit Action
Network©ˆs ¯Hip-Hop Team Vote˜ initiative, which has already encouraged voter
registration of hundreds of thousands of young people.
The site of ¯The March on New York˜ is being negotiated by the New York
Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network with
the New York City Police Department. The requested site is 7th Avenue
between 24th and 34th Streets from 3-6pm.
Russell Simmons declared, ¯This will be the biggest hip-hop gathering ever,
and we intend for our voices to be heard. We will not be silenced. The March
on New York is going down. It will be the illest march in history.˜
Dr. Benjamin Chavis emphasized, ¯The March on New York is a march for
freedom, justice and equality. We are saying 'noˆ to Rockefeller Drug Laws
and we are saying 'yesˆ to youth voter registration and mobilization, as
well as saying 'yesˆ to equal, high quality education for in all public
schools. We are saying 'noˆ to the war in Iraq and 'yesˆ to a war on poverty
and ignorance in America. Hip-hop is about spitting truth in the face of
injustice.˜
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HIP-HOP SUMMIT ACTION NETWORK CALLS FOR MARCH
ON NEW YORK
AUGUST 30, 2004 MOBILIZATION TO FOCUS ON ENDING ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS IN NEW YORK AND OTHER MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
NEW YORK, N.Y. ú APRIL 26, 2004 - During a lecture at Baruch College last week in
Manhattan, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President/CEO of the Hip-Hop Summit Action
Network, announced the national mobilization for ¯The March on New York,˜
slated for Monday, August 30, 2004, the first day of the Republican National
Convention (RNC).
Russell Simmons, Chairman of the Hip-Hop Summit Action
Network, and Dr. Benjamin Chavis have issued a call to youth leaders from throughout the United States to organize busloads of youth to travel to New York City to join tens of thousands who will be gathered to exercise their First Amendment rights on a wide range of issues including ending the
unfairness of the Rockefeller Drug Laws and other mandatory minimum
sentences, as well as support for more funding for equal, high quality
education in the public school systems throughout the nation. Another key
aspect of the March on New York will be a tremendous youth voter
registration and education rally as part of the Hip-Hop Summit Action
Network©ˆs ¯Hip-Hop Team Vote˜ initiative, which has already encouraged voter
registration of hundreds of thousands of young people.
The site of ¯The March on New York˜ is being negotiated by the New York
Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network with
the New York City Police Department. The requested site is 7th Avenue
between 24th and 34th Streets from 3-6pm.
Russell Simmons declared, ¯This will be the biggest hip-hop gathering ever,
and we intend for our voices to be heard. We will not be silenced. The March
on New York is going down. It will be the illest march in history.˜
Dr. Benjamin Chavis emphasized, ¯The March on New York is a march for
freedom, justice and equality. We are saying 'noˆ to Rockefeller Drug Laws
and we are saying 'yesˆ to youth voter registration and mobilization, as
well as saying 'yesˆ to equal, high quality education for in all public
schools. We are saying 'noˆ to the war in Iraq and 'yesˆ to a war on poverty
and ignorance in America. Hip-hop is about spitting truth in the face of
injustice.˜
