The Action Agenda of the National Hip Hop Political Convention
Voting the Hip Hop Political Agenda
Wuts up NHHPC,
On August 3, 2008, roughly 25 to 30 people remained after the offiicial close of the convention to deliberate and debate about how to update the National Hip Hop Political Agenda. Those in attendance (we know who you are:-) agreed that, as we went thru the agenda updating/setting process, each person involved would comply with the following:
In order to be considered a voting delegate for the hip hop political agenda, which involves submitting your vote online at www.hiphoppoliticalagenda.com between September 20 - October 1, 2008, you must:
1 - Sign on to, create a (personal) page, and regularly interact with other members of the official Hip Hop Political Agenda website, www.hiphoppoliticalagenda.com.
2 - Submit a petition of 20 names and signatures of the people who have agreed to have you represent their political will, specifically as it relates to the National Hip Hop Political Agenda. This petition must include signature, name, address, phone and the email of each individual. All petitions must be submitted via email by September 20, 2008 to hiphoppoliticalagenda@gmail.com
3 - Act in support of/advocate for our identifies political agenda on both the local and national level.
Anyone that was not present on the 3rd is still expected to comply with these requirements in order to participate in the agenda vote.
The information that you'll see below are the notes, addendums and language suggestions as presented by the group who worked on the agenda from 2pm PCT to 8pm PCT at UNLV. Each individual agenda topic, including the suggested agenda changes, can be found in the associated group of the same title on hiphoppoliticalagenda.com. The link to that group is next to each agenda topic area. Each person who either worked/or is interested in a particular agenda area is expected to join that particular group to flesh out the specific wording and action items for the agenda items that will put to vote on September 20 - October 1, 2008. We would like for all agenda suggestions for language changes, addendums, action items, etc. be finalized and prepared for vote by September 20. The week lag in time from final motions to the actual vote will give us time to iron out the online voting process. So let's get it crackin!!!
Education
http://www.hiphoppoliticalagenda.com/group/education/forum/topic/show?id=2126762%3ATopic%3A1224
Suggested Language Changes
1.2 add ‘at all grade levels and as early as possible.’
Support and protection of teachers who develop and implement alternative curriculum and those working to maintain the use of effective existing curriculum.
Addendums
1.5? We call for programs and public policies that removes barriers to higher education for adult learning.
1.6? We support educational programs aimed at the social and cultural development of youth through after school enrichment programs
Actions: LOCs should develop and maintain a database
Action Items 1.2 – LOC’s should recruit and identify candidates for local school boards
Action Items – LOC’s should identify NHHPC liasons to school boards to promote awareness of hip hop curriculum.
Suggestion from the group
- implement true history classes at an early age
- include art in education format
Economic Justice
Suggested Language Changes
Change – move reparations to 2.1 from 2.3 – we demand restitution and reparation for all oppressed peoples.
Change 2.1 to 2.2 – We demand progressive taxation especially for the wealthy and corporations.
…prove that they will generate tax dollars above the amount of the abatement and that the abatement is necessary.
Either move taxation/DC statehood to Human rights or create a space to talk about voting rights.
Suggested Addendums
2.3? narrow focus to housing rights only – focus group must hammer out and send to the rest of the group.
2.4.1 Add “we demand the right for all workers to organize.”
2,5? Add something that speaks to an end to predatory loans – need specific wording
- Be proactive in creating access to affordable loans, including credit cards, etc…
- Need language addressing student loans
- Create some type of micro-financing and something that addresses financing education
2.6? Digital gentrification – should this be its own thing or a separate issue
Where do you include language that deals with technology, broadband access, etc….
Criminal Justice
Suggested Language Changes
3.2 – change to ‘we demand the end of all mandatory minimum sentencing”
3.4 – add the word ‘sentencing’ after ‘persecution’.
Add ‘community members including’ to the list of people listed in that section.
Suggested Addendums
3.6? – We demand an end to racial profiling and police brutality
3.7? – we demand re-entry programs for all parolees and ex-offenders (such as workforce and economic development opportunities, education, counseling and health care)
3.8? – all states must abide by the components of the juvenile justice delinquency and prevention act (JJDPA - revised in 2002)
3.9? – we demand an end to the death penalty
3.10? – All jurisdictions must work with community members to provide alternatives to youth detained for non violent offenses.
Suggestions from the group – “we demand an end to subjective hiring practices, specifically those that discriminate against ex-offenders and/or those with prison records.”
3.11? Terrorist suspects need to be either tried in US courts with full rights and international prisoners have to be treated under international law.
Need to create language that addresses the regional terrorist act.
Health and Wellness
4.5? We demand the discontinuation and use of hip hop to sell, promote health hazardous products which includes, but is not limited to, cigarettes, liquor and fast food chains.
4.6? We demand full access to ambulatory services…LANGUAGE HAS TO BE FLESHED OUT>
Action item suggestion 1…
deal with the problems of physical education and nutrition in schools.. Free access to nutrionists and dieticians and access to physical health programs in schools.
Action Items Suggestion 2
Smoking bans should be instituted nationally – need wording to be fleshed out.
Action item Suggestion 3
more testing done for HIV/AIDS, bone marrow drives, and address the issue of being able to give blood.
Action Item Suggestion 4
male and females to receive counseling before and after abortions and vasectomies,
Human Rights
http://www.hiphoppoliticalagenda.com/group/humanrights/forum/topic/show?id=2126762%3ATopic%3A1230
5.2 Get POCC to explain Anti-Terrorism Bill to Human Rights agenda group….
NEED NOTES TO BE EMAILED TO HIPHOPPOLITICALAGENDA@gmail.com so they can be added to the document.
Womanism
http://www.hiphoppoliticalagenda.com/group/womanism/forum/topic/show?id=2126762%3ATopic%3A1236
6.1 We demand an immediate cease to all violence towards girls and women sexual, physical and emotional.
Suggestion of Language Change 1:
We demand an immediate cease to all sexual, physical and emotional violence against girls and women such as rape, molestation, incest, street harassment (cat calling), domestic violences, abusive and dehumanizing language (bitch, hoe, slut, ect.).
6.2 We call all men who have violent tendencies towards men to seek counseling and/or treatment. We call on men to atone with their victims.
Suggestion of Language Change 2:
We call all men who have violent tendencies towards women to seek counseling and/or treatment. We encourage the use of restorative justice and call upon abusive men to atone to their victim.
6.3 We demand to ceasation of mysogynistic images and lyrics created within the Hip Hop culture.
Suggestion of Language:
We demand the end of misogynistic images and lyrics created and perpetuated within Hip Hop music and culture.
Action Items Suggestions:
We actively promote and celebrate positive artists who promote holistic images of women and men.
l We will create Hip Hop institutional that provide treatment, counseling and support for victims of physical, mental, emotional and physical abuse.
l We demand an end to the silence acquiescent. Individuals must hold themselves accountable and hold their communities accountable to create spaces that are safe for women and girls and speak out against violence
l Gender equity in the full infrastructure of this organization
l We will create trainings and workshops for LOCs which call attention to the deconstruction of common ideas about masculinity and femininity, in an effort to create spaces for healthy projections of male/female identity. (These workshops/trainings are to be basic part of LOC training for members).
Suggested Addendums
6.5 Gender neutrality must be central to our focus and agenda. We will teach and lead our members and youth on a gender neutral basis--.
6.6 We strongly oppose unequal gender roles which promote patriarchal definitions of femininity and masculinity.
6.7 The creation of women centered spaces is necessary for the development and progression of our communities. We will create these spaces by promoting and celebrating women’s involvement in all aspects of Hip Hop.
The Group Suggested that we add the following categories to the overall agenda
Environmental justice
http://www.hiphoppoliticalagenda.com/group/environment/forum/topic/show?id=2126762%3ATopic%3A1240
Media justice
http://www.hiphoppoliticalagenda.com/group/mediajustice/forum/topic/show?id=2126762%3ATopic%3A1238
LGBTQ
http://www.hiphoppoliticalagenda.com/group/sexandgender/forum/topic/show?id=2126762%3ATopic%3A1242
Technology (Group Needs to be Created)
Democracy (Group Needs to be Created)
Voter Rights (Group Needs to be Created)
Immigration Rights (Group Needs to be Created)
Spirituality (Group Needs to be Created)
Andy suggests the creation of a pre-amble to be added at the beginning of the agenda.
Last updated by TJ Crawford Sep. 10, 2008.
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