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.
Archive for September
RadioOne and the Texas League team up to register voters
Texas League hosts Volunteer Training, in honor of 9/11 National Day of Service
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.
Announcing IGNITE: From the Blogs to the Blocks, dropping Friday October 1st
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Vibe & youngvoter.org present IGNITE: From the Blogs to the Blocks. IGNITE 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; Chuck Creekmur, Owner and Founder of AllHipHop; B Dot, RapRadar; CNN; Maurice Garland, Journalist; Pfrank Williams; Greg Watkins & Steve Raze, AllHipHop; Lauren Jarvis, Examiner; Michael Harris, HipHopWired; and many more.
In addition, IGNITE will feature musical performances by some of Hip-Hop and R&B’s most notable artists.