Last night I was on a very impressive international conference call with more than 700 others to talk about how everyday people can stand in solidarity with our Haitian sisters and brothers. The call was hosted by the Hip Hop Caucus and moderated by its CEO, Rev. Lennox Yearwood.
The call featured a number of well-known individuals like Congresswoman Barabara Lee, Ron Daniels, MC Lyte, David Banner, Nicole Lee (TransAfrica Forum), and Omarosa.
Each brought passionate and also strategic perspective to the situation in Haiti and provided some ideas on how to mobilize in solidarity with Haiti even when the cameras leave. (Which we know is soon to happen.)
I was thankful to see yet another example of how my generation is harnessing the power of technology for social change and advocacy. While on the international conference call, Rev. Yearwood was taking questions from the more than 700 listeners via his twitter page. They’ve also set up a website called Hip Hop Help Haiti where people can log in, create profiles, and organize so that we’re ready to run this marathon of solidarity. There was talk on the call as well about putting a “skills bank” on the site so that we can be strategic in short and long-term planning.
Apart from the ecumenical prayer offered at the end by Rev. Yearwood; I was especially thankful to hear David Banner say that they don’t have all the answers. He spoke about how the best ideas are born in community and that “we the people” with our collective imagination can, with God’s help, successfully engage this disaster.
For those wanting to connect with this effort and/or hear the recording from last night’s conference call please visit Hip Hop Help Haiti.
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I donated. It's so sad what is happening over there