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DESCRIPTION:Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service Presents\n\nA Benefit for the People of 
 Haiti\n\nfeaturing\n\nRev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr.\n\nCEO, Hip Hop 
 Caucus\n\n“Love in Action: \n\nBuilding the Movement for Relief, 
 Solidarity, and Justice”\n\n7:30 pm First Congregational Church 
 Oakland\n\n2501 Harrison Street /Near 20th St. BART\n\nSuggested Donation: 
 $10-$20\n\nRev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. co-created the Vote Or Die! campaign 
 with P. Diddy, and was Russell Simmons’ Political and Grassroots 
 Director. He is a nationally recognized activist and community organizer, 
 known for organizing for justice in response to Hurricane Katrina and his 
 fierce opposition to the war in Iraq. Rev. Yearwood is a Pace e Bene board 
 member.\n\nConvergence4Change\n\nChallenging Poverty + Violence + 
 Environmental Destruction \n\nIn Oakland and Everywhere Else\n\nA Pace e 
 Bene Presentation Series\n\nFor more information: info@paceebene.org   
 \n\nhttp//paceebene.org 510-268-8765\n\nRev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. is a 
 minister, community activist and organizer, and one of the most influential 
 people in Hip Hop political life. Rev. Yearwood works tirelessly to 
 encourage the Hip Hop generation to utilize its political and social voice. 
 He currently serves as President and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, a national, 
 award-winning organization that engages young people in elections, 
 policymaking, and service. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, he earned his 
 undergraduate degree from the University of the District of Columbia in 
 1998 and was awarded a Master of Divinity from Howard University in 
 2002.\n\nRev. Yearwood is known for his activist work as the National 
 Director of the Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign, in which he organized a 
 coalition of national and grassroots organizations to advocate for the 
 rights of Hurricane Katrina survivors. The Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign 
 successfully pushed back FEMA’s preemptive temporary housing evictions of 
 Katrina Survivors, through public mobilization, two marches in Washington, 
 DC, testimony to Congress, and a public relations campaign. This work 
 earned the Hip Hop Caucus the prestigious 30th Annual Letelier-Moffitt 
 Human Rights Award.\n\nRev. Yearwood works with celebrities and athletes to 
 engage them in projects that transform communities. He was a co-creator of 
 the 2004 campaign “Vote or Die” with Sean “Diddy” Combs. He was 
 also the Political and Grassroots Director for Russell Simmons in 2003 and 
 2004, and a Senior Consultant to Jay Z’s “Voice Your Choice” 
 campaign. In 2008 he created the “Respect My Vote” voter mobilization 
 campaign with Platinum Grammy winning recording artists T.I. and Keyshia 
 Cole. He was named one of Utne Magazine’s “50 Visionaries”, The 
 Source Magazine’s “Power 30”, and a top ten contemporary 
 African-American thinker by the NAACP’s Crisis Magazine.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/21/18635897.php
SUMMARY:A Benefit for the People of Haiti: With Rev. Lennox Yearwood
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland\n2501 Harrison St, Oakland
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/21/18635897.php
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