SICCNESS FAMLEE!!!
Organization Im with is puttin on a Big event at Geoffrey's in the Town this Saturday afternoon. Got to register to vote to get in!!! No money will even be accepted at the door. DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IS JAN 21st even tho the actual voting date is Feb 5th.
Everyone is welcome, but you know Im pushin for O'BROTHA!!!!
Naw, rilly tho everyone is encouraged no matter who you going for...
Read on...
MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media/Event Contact:
Charles Johnson
510.776.4644
“SEIZE THE MOMENT”
HIP HOP ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS
Voter Registration Drive
Saturday, January 19th at 1:00pm -- Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, Oakland
Oakland, CA- this year’s Presidential race is arguably the most important election in this country’s history. It is the year when we--the people--can alter the entire landscape of politics as we know it. The Town Business Network (TBN) is moved to action by this historical opportunity and gathering its coalition of local Bay Area Hip Hop artists and community activists to raise awareness of the California voter registration deadline-- January 21st.
“Seize The Moment” - Citizens who are not registered by January 21st will not be able to vote in the upcoming election, and they will be disenfranchised for yet another year. With only one week before the registration deadline for the upcoming California Primary Election, Town Business Network is launching its “Seize the Moment” campaign to ensure that all eligible voters between the ages of 17 ¾ and 35 years of age are registered.
The collective will kick-off its “Seize the Moment” voter registration drive on Saturday, January 19th at 1:00 p.m., at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, 410 14th St. in downtown Oakland. There is no fee to attend, but you must be registered to vote.
The event will be a fusion of education and entertainment designed to show the “hip hop generation” that their vote counts. Attendees will enjoy performances from the Bay Area’s finest artists in Hip Hop, R & B, Spoken Word, and Comedy—all promoting the theme that it is vital that we wake this “Sleeping Giant”. This event is unique in itself because you can’t attend unless you registered to vote.
“We don’t want your money, we want your vote!” said Organizer Charles Johnson. Co- Organizers, Geoffrey Peete, Dedoceo Habi, Nina Everett-King, and Qa’id Aqeel are deeply concerned and disturbed by the lack of knowledge of the political process in the hip hop community of the San Francisco Bay Area. “Many say that the young people in my generation are lost and will never amount to anything, “said Tyranny Allen, owner Verse's Shoe Academy and member of the organizing group. “We are proof that this is not true. We are not lost, we are simply disconnected.” Allen hopes to engage many more new voters to participate in this upcoming election and will continue to organize and empower young Oakland residents.
Town Business Network members include a who’s who in the Bay Area community activists, artists, and entertainment industry. The coalition includes Too Short, Oakland Post publisher Paul Cobb, Bishop Keith Clark, Rick Rock, Mistah F.A.B, Honorable. Keith Carson, Keak Da Sneak, Zion I, Goapele, Davey D, Boots from the Coup, E- 40 and many more. Using Hip-Hop as the collective interest, the members of the Town Business Network strive to be agents of social change that will help educate and empower new voters.
Stay tuned for more excitement. Town Business Network is planning a Hip Hop summit later this year with national known entity The Hip Hop Summit Action Network, operated by Russell Simmons and Benjamin Muhammed.
For more information contact Charles Johnson 510.776.4644.
WHO: SEIZE THE MOMENT
WHAT: VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE – HIP HOP ARTISTS
WHERE: Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, 410 14th Street, Oakland, CA
WHEN: Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 1:00 p.m.
CONTACT: Charles Johnson 510.776.4644
Organization Im with is puttin on a Big event at Geoffrey's in the Town this Saturday afternoon. Got to register to vote to get in!!! No money will even be accepted at the door. DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IS JAN 21st even tho the actual voting date is Feb 5th.
Everyone is welcome, but you know Im pushin for O'BROTHA!!!!
Naw, rilly tho everyone is encouraged no matter who you going for...
Read on...
MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media/Event Contact:
Charles Johnson
510.776.4644
“SEIZE THE MOMENT”
HIP HOP ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS
Voter Registration Drive
Saturday, January 19th at 1:00pm -- Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, Oakland
Oakland, CA- this year’s Presidential race is arguably the most important election in this country’s history. It is the year when we--the people--can alter the entire landscape of politics as we know it. The Town Business Network (TBN) is moved to action by this historical opportunity and gathering its coalition of local Bay Area Hip Hop artists and community activists to raise awareness of the California voter registration deadline-- January 21st.
“Seize The Moment” - Citizens who are not registered by January 21st will not be able to vote in the upcoming election, and they will be disenfranchised for yet another year. With only one week before the registration deadline for the upcoming California Primary Election, Town Business Network is launching its “Seize the Moment” campaign to ensure that all eligible voters between the ages of 17 ¾ and 35 years of age are registered.
The collective will kick-off its “Seize the Moment” voter registration drive on Saturday, January 19th at 1:00 p.m., at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, 410 14th St. in downtown Oakland. There is no fee to attend, but you must be registered to vote.
The event will be a fusion of education and entertainment designed to show the “hip hop generation” that their vote counts. Attendees will enjoy performances from the Bay Area’s finest artists in Hip Hop, R & B, Spoken Word, and Comedy—all promoting the theme that it is vital that we wake this “Sleeping Giant”. This event is unique in itself because you can’t attend unless you registered to vote.
“We don’t want your money, we want your vote!” said Organizer Charles Johnson. Co- Organizers, Geoffrey Peete, Dedoceo Habi, Nina Everett-King, and Qa’id Aqeel are deeply concerned and disturbed by the lack of knowledge of the political process in the hip hop community of the San Francisco Bay Area. “Many say that the young people in my generation are lost and will never amount to anything, “said Tyranny Allen, owner Verse's Shoe Academy and member of the organizing group. “We are proof that this is not true. We are not lost, we are simply disconnected.” Allen hopes to engage many more new voters to participate in this upcoming election and will continue to organize and empower young Oakland residents.
Town Business Network members include a who’s who in the Bay Area community activists, artists, and entertainment industry. The coalition includes Too Short, Oakland Post publisher Paul Cobb, Bishop Keith Clark, Rick Rock, Mistah F.A.B, Honorable. Keith Carson, Keak Da Sneak, Zion I, Goapele, Davey D, Boots from the Coup, E- 40 and many more. Using Hip-Hop as the collective interest, the members of the Town Business Network strive to be agents of social change that will help educate and empower new voters.
Stay tuned for more excitement. Town Business Network is planning a Hip Hop summit later this year with national known entity The Hip Hop Summit Action Network, operated by Russell Simmons and Benjamin Muhammed.
For more information contact Charles Johnson 510.776.4644.
WHO: SEIZE THE MOMENT
WHAT: VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE – HIP HOP ARTISTS
WHERE: Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, 410 14th Street, Oakland, CA
WHEN: Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 1:00 p.m.
CONTACT: Charles Johnson 510.776.4644