RadioOne Houston and the Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund teamed up to register voters! RadioOne Houston is celebrating it’s 30 Year Anniversary during the month of October by giving 30 days back to the Houston community. To kickoff their anniversary events, RadioOne hosted several registration drives with the Texas League. RadioOne Houston consists of radio stations: KBXX 97.9, KMJQ 102.1 and KROI 92.1.
The Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund partnered with The National Organizing Institute Education Fund to host a special volunteer training on September 11th: National Day of Service. The training provided each attendee with practical tools on organizing, building effective teams, how to develop a shared strategy and how to run a successful voter registration campaign. Check out some of the photos from the training below.
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Vibe.com & the League of Young Voters Education Fund present IGNITE 2010: From the Blogs to the Blocks. IGNITE 2010 is a first of its kind gathering of the leading minds in entertainment, new media and social organizing that will spark new ideas and initiate action.
Industry professionals, media outlets and influencers have all been hand-selected and personally invited to attend and participate in the panel and workshop discussions. Invitees include MTV News Correspondents; Amalia Deloney, Center For Media Justice; Erica Williams, American Progress; Jycorri Robinson, Digital Marketing for Def Jam Records; Tarik Ross, Head of Community Relations for Stampede Management; Devi Dev, radio personality, KBXX; Shamako Noble, Hip-Hop Congress; Davey D, Hip-Hop and political journalist; Recording artists: Dorrough, Dondria & Diamond; Janee Bolden, Senior Editor for Bossip.com; Chuck Creekmur, Owner and Founder of AllHipHop.com; B Dot, RapRadar.com; CNN; Maurice Garland, Journalist; Pfrank Williams; Greg Watkins & Steve Raze, AllHipHop.com; Lauren Jarvis, Examiner; Michael Harris, HipHopWired; and many more.
In addition, IGNITE 2010 will feature musical performances by some of Hip-Hop and R&B’s most notable artists.
by Nikki Ratcliff, a CAV Volunteer.
The 6th annual Put the Guns Down Festival, sponsored by the Campaign Against Violence (a project of the WI League), was an inspiring experience for two very important reasons: 1. it was a great way for the neighborhood kids to come out and enjoy their Sunday with positive activities, and 2. because I had the opportunity to be involved. I began working with C.A.V only one week prior to the event, so I was fairly new and didn’t have many details about it. I was unaware of such festivities taking place in that area annually so I was excited to see the types of activities they had for the kids. After attending meetings and assisting with the set up, I was amazed by the level of cooperation, organization, and overall readiness of the team. I just knew it was going to be big.
