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Winning songs for the Dream Reborn contest are...

More than 40 songs were submitted to The Dream Reborn: Who's Next? music contest. That's a lot of talent and tracks.

But the people have spoken and the 1st place winner is the song "7 Billion" [Listen] by Silent C featuring Invest. The song taps into the power and responsibility of the planet’s growing population to create positive change: "This is not a black thing, this is not a white thing, this is a world thing, power to the people, 7 billion strong," is the song’s refrain.

Silent C, a.k.a. Christian Dior Wade, a 20-year-old musician living...

Green is the New Black

Howard University held a Green Opportunities symposium on Thursday February 23rd titled, "Green is the New Black". The event was the result of a partnership between Black Enterprise Magazine, Howard University's office of...

A Lexus, or Justice?

Hip-hop is a multi-billion dollar industry. But the big money made off of it rarely touches the communities that the music comes from.

That’s why Ietef Vita, aka DJ CaveM Moetavation, is going on tour with artists like Planet Asia, Murs, Keith Murray, Rebel Diaz, Ill Se7ven, DJ Abilities and Mike Wird to raise awareness about social and economic issues facing their communities, and to raise funds for the Brown Suga Youth Festival – a day-long festival in Denver that engages youth from the hood in environmental action through arts, film, food and dance.

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Holding Polluters Accountable in Louisiana

Louisiana’s long history of oil refinery accidents and high levels of air & water pollution have taken a toll on public health like no other. Communities of color are especially impacted by this pollution, with refineries and plants disproportionately located in low-income, black, and brown communities. Inspired by people in Nigeria who stood up to the devastation of oil production, the LA Bucket Brigade...

In communities across the country, people are struggling. Families are struggling to make ends meet due to joblessness and low wages. In these same communities, children struggle to breathe because their neighborhoods are plagued with industrial pollution. Across the country people suffer the burden of pollution and poverty. That is why Green For All and the Hip Hop Caucus co-founded the Green The Block campaign, and why Green For All carries on this campaign today.

Green The Block is a national campaign aimed at helping low-income communities of color address the many environmental issues affecting our cities and towns and to become a driving force a new clean-energy economy. It is a long-term campaign grounded in regular people like you stepping up to educate and engage our communities so we can effectively join together with our neighbors, community organizations, and businesses to take action block by block!

Check out the quarterly action themes, get involved and take action in your community today.

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