Political Dialog Group Rap Sessions Sets Dates for 2008 Election Tour
New York, NY (February 22, 2008) – For the last three years, this hip-hop inspired speaking troupe has brought Town Hall-style meetings to scores of cities across the country with a simple goal: to facilitate local discussions on changing demographics, economies and social trends that concern the hip hop generation.
Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop serves as a virtual community center to debate the above-stated issues to affect change. By coming together as a community, their website says, “we can best identify solutions to the crises of our time.” For 2008, they plan on exploring the significance of the hip-hop vote, with the theme Hip-Hop and the Presidential Election of 2008.
Rap Sessions is the first national tour of its kind, and past participating institutions include Princeton University, Brown University, University of California - Berkeley, Vanderbilt University, University of California - Los Angeles and the University of Chicago, among others.
Shout out to HiphopDX for the info. Here’s the announced tour dates:
March
11th; Boston, MA
12th; Fairfield, CT
25th; Bethlehem, PA
April
3rd ; San Francisco, CA
5th; Chicago, IL
8th; San Luis Obispo, CA
9th; Los Angeles, CA
18th; Milwaukee, WI
19th; Madison, WI
29th; Marquette, MI
The panel for the 2008 Tour is scheduled to include Executive Director, author and former Source magazine editor-in-chief Bakari Kitwana, author and activist William Upski Wimsatt, BET’s Jeff Johnson, and dead prez’s M-1.