Month: December 2014

Twin Cities Hip Hop Activism Roundtable Discussion

December 30, 2014

On December 28, 2014 from 12pm to 2pm at Augsburg College, Twin Cities Save the Kids reserved a room to host a roundtable discussion on the history, theory, elements, practices, and examples of Hip Hop activism. The meeting also discussed the logistics of the 1st Annual International Hip Hop Activism Conference that is planned for…
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Save the Kids Official Statement Against Iggy Azalea

December 29, 2014

SAVE THE KIDS OFFICIAL STATEMENT AGAINST IGGY AZALEA DECEMBER 27, 2014 Save the Kids (STK), a fully-volunteer national grass-roots organization dedicated to ending and creating alternatives to the incarceration of youth and the school to prison pipeline, would like to make an official public statement against Iggy Azalea because of her racist behavior and commentary.…
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Dec. 28, 2015 – Twin Cities Hip Hop Activism Discussion

December 28, 2014

Save the Kids Hip Hop Activism Roudtable Discussion Sunday December 28, 2014 Christensen Building Basement (near radio station) 12 to 1pm This discussion is going to be video-taped. This discussion will speak about the history and current Hip Hop activism Save the Kids engages in. This discussion will explain the history, definition, strategies, tactics, and…
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Holiday Card to Save the Kids from Fong Lee

December 25, 2014

__________________________________ OID# 217805 970 Pickett St N Bayport, Minnesota 55003
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Restore the Justice by Fong Lee

December 24, 2014

Restore the Justice By: Fong Lee December 22, 2014 Bur the body, Skin. Eye. The world of the dark flower. Let the good heart lift – a thousand stemless Irises. Fluttering. __________________________________ OID# 217805 970 Pickett St N Bayport, Minnesota 55003
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Twin Cities STK Dec. 19 – No More Prisons, No More Police Teach-in and Die-in

December 19, 2014

Click Here for the Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/422825337865719/
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1st Annual International Hip Hop Activism Conference

December 18, 2014

_________________________________________________________________ CONFERENCE RESOURCES Facebook Event Page Registration Form CLOSED – Register at Conference. Augsburg College Directions Schedule Call for Presentations Press Release Tabling/Booths _________________________________________________________________ 1st Annual International Hip Hop Activism Conference Augsburg College February 20 to 21, 2015 Feb 20 6pm to 10pm – March and Hip Hop Show from May Day Books to Common…
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New Haven/Hamden STK is Putting on Hip Hop Youth Education Workshops

December 18, 2014

New Haven/Hamden STK with the leadership of Dr. Don C. Sawyer III is putting on Hip Hop youth education workshops every week. Get involved if you are in the area by contacting Dr. Don C. Sawyer III.
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Community Accountability Handout

December 18, 2014

For this flyer as a PDF CLICK HERE
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Twin Cities Fred Hampton and Mark Clark Concert, Die-In, and Teach-In

December 18, 2014

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Twin Ports STK Rally for #BlackLivesMatter

December 18, 2014

Twin Ports Save the Kids is a new chapter, but organizing many events and people together around issues of police brutality, BlackLivesMatter, and youth justice. Here is some pictures of a recent event for Eric Garner, Mike Brown, and BlackLivesMatter.
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Buffalo, NY Fred Hampton Remembrance Event and Die-In

December 18, 2014

The Buffalo, NY Fred Hampton Remembrance Event and Die-In was excellent led by people of color and youth of color. The die-in was wonderful and empowered many youth. The key in this and all events Save the Kids organizes for the liberation of people of color is that they are led by people of color.
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Walled by C Fausto Cabrera

December 18, 2014

Walled By: C Fausto Cabrera I drag a calloused finger along a smooth white washed wall in the prison yard. Glistening oil-based paint covers gritty crushed rock compressed into heavy cinder blocks surrounded By crusted mortar reinforced with rods of re-bar, black iron ore molten bright orange, shaped and cooled. There is an age one…
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Education not Incarceration by Barry Dodd

December 18, 2014

Education not Incarceration By: Barry Dodd March17, 2014 A little bit about myself. I come, from a single parent home, and my father died of a drug overdose two weeks before I was born, so it was a challenge for my mother to raise my twin sister and me. We grew up in the Twin…
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An Unremarkable Nan Named Hideyoshi by Trevor Brown

December 18, 2014

An Unremarkable Nan Named Hideyoshi By: Trevor Brown I would like to take a few moments of your time to share with you a rather remarkable story about a seemingly unremarkable man named Hideyoshi who was born almost five hundred years ago in 15th century feudal Japan. At first glance Hideyoshi didn’t look like much,…
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