Intro to Sly Fox VideoSo it has now officially been a full week and a half since I saw Nas at the 2008 Rock the Bells tour at the recently renamed Comcast Center (gag me), but I still am walking around with Sly Fox stuck in my head. Partly it …

If you don’t know, you better find out!
www.iyeoka.com
Iyeoka with her Black and Blues Funk Tribe present
A Concert Benefiting
The Amenawon Foundation
Monday, April 28th, from 7 PM – 10PM
Clery’s Bar and Restaurant
331 Columbus Avenue , Boston , MA
The Amenawon Foundation is a non-profit organization, which operates for charitable purposes. The Amenawon Foundation’s …

Dear Megan,
I’m not sure if you remember me. My name is Cara Lisa Powers and I went to work with you for a day for Take Your Daughters to Work Day, probably in 1995.  Currently, I run the Youth Media Institute at Project: Think Different and had your article about …

Some of the young people that I work with brought this article to my attention today, based on a peaceful protest that they organized this past week to protest a policy that they view as unjust. Above, I will post my response. Ironically, Megan Woolhouse took me to work for …

It’s been a crazy week here in Boston. Monday, my colleagues Joanna, Avelyn and I went to Harvard Law School to protest the lack of accesibility of the FCC hearing being held that day from 11-4. Our point was that 11-4 is an unlikely time to ensure a representation of …

NBC Uninvites Kucinich
Rules changes kept progressive out of GE’s debate
1/17/08
In a bizarre move the network has yet to explain, NBC rescinded an invitation to Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich to appear in its January 15 debate in Las Vegas. The GE-owned media company went all …

From “Advertising Age”
By Jeff Neff
“Najoh Tita Reid has one of those classic childhood stories from when she was 4 or 5. One of her white friends wouldn’t let her white doll play with Ms. Reid’s black doll, which she termed “ugly.”

Photo: Mark Bowen

Then her friend pointed out the doll’s …

This weekend, I’ll be hosting a workshop at the annual Teens PAVE the way conference, held by REACH.
The workshop will focus on how attitudes in our dominant pop cultural media landscape affect romantic relationships, especially among young people. Domestic Violence and Teen Dating Violence are issues close to my heart, …

Check out the BAMN words site for an outline and intro of the upcoming By Any Media Necessary: how young people of the Hip Hop generations can use media to organize for a more just and sustainable future.

Based on the New York Magazine article “The Return of Superfly” by Marc Jacobson, American Gangster (Ridley Scott, 2007) has the same essential tonality that has made films like Heat and Goodfellas a vital part of the American film Lexicon over the last two decades. The film clocks in at …