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Chairman Martinez Hosts Alaska Black Leadership Conference with US Senators Cory Booker and Mark Begich

8/31/2014

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Greeting folks in the spirit of the Freedom Summer!
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George and Sen. Cory Booker with the Alaska Black Leadership Conference.
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George, Clara and Ever Martinez of the Global Block Collective with Senators Cory Booker and Mark Begich.
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Global Block Supports the "Megga Stop the Violence Block Party" in Anchorage

7/27/2014

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On June 29, Chairman Martinez spoke at the 1st annual "Megga Stop the Violence Block Party" in Anchorage, Alaska. The initiative was spearheaded by local radio celebrity, Don Megga, of KFAT 92.9 in response to a recent string of street violence to rocked the city. 

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8th Annual UZN Community Day Cookout - MAY 31 (NYC)

4/21/2014

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A T-Shirt That Grow Independent Radio in the US, While Supporting an Artist in Colombia- (Ends April 11)

3/13/2014

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In 2013, Critical Reboot was founded as a way to connect grassroots organizers, activist artists and people with solutions or "solutionistas", through reliable news, critical analysis and tool driven discussions. The Critical Reboot radio program is heard on over 20 stations throughout the US and around the world online and on satellite radio. With the support of the Global Block Foundation, we are thrilled to begin our "Marketplace" section with a special limited edition t-shirt designed by Colombian graffiti artist and member of the Global Block Network, Hera Rayo. The aim of the "Marketplace" is to produce collaborative support projects that connect talented socially conscious artists to the global economy. A portion of the proceeds of every "Marketplace" item sold will go to supporting the work of the collaborating artists. www.criticalreboot.com


BUY NOW, SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE $
https://www.booster.com/criticalrebootlimitededition?share=9491394674190512

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FEB 23, 2014  UZN Community Day a Hip Hop Cultural Event: "HEALTH IS WEALTH"

2/11/2014

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Universal Zulu Nation & 3rd Eye (Sol)ation
presents

UZN Community Day a Hip Hop Cultural Event: "HEALTH IS WEALTH"

www.zulunation.com / www.zulunations.org / www.zulufaces.com

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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2013 :: 12 PM- 6 PM @ 3rd Eye Solation

www.3rdeyesol.com

Featuring all the Core Elements of Hip Hop Culture: MC, DJ, Breakers, Graf Art, BeatBox, Workshops, Family & Community!!

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Hosted By:

~ ReKae Medina aka Supreme Energe (UZN)
www.facebook.com/rekae.medina
www.facebook.com/pages/Supreme-Energe-ReKae-Medina/247748831937335
www.rekaemedina.tumblr.com

Equipment Provided By:

~ The Soundbenders Production, Inc.
www.facebook.com/SoundbendersProd/info

Photography by:

~ Danny Caicedo of Dan's Photography
www.danphotographs.tumblr.com

Videography by:

~ TBA

Music provided by:

~ DJ Oincredible (UZN)
www.facebook.com/omar.o.olivares

Workshop:

~ Know Your Rights (KYR)

Workshop By:

~ Aidge (The Aesthetics Crew)
www.facebook.com/theaesthetics

Performances By:

~ Prince Akeem (UZN)
www.facebook.com/dwaves.dabeast1?fref=ts

~ Split Personality (UZN)
www.facebook.com/IamSplitP

~ Ghetto Transcends Potential (G.T.P) (GREP)
www.facebook.com/pages/Ghetto-Transcends-Potential-GTP/197415770274576

~ Sunni Chi 
www.facebook.com/sunni.chi.7

Live Art By:

~ TBA

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Sponsors/Supporters:

~ Universal Zulu Nation (UZN)
www.zulunation.com / www.zulunations.org / www.zulufaces.com

~ 3rd Eye Solation
www.3rdeyesol.com

~ The Soundbenders Production, Inc.
www.facebook.com/SoundbendersProd/info

~ Guerrilla Republik (GREP)
www.guerrillarepublik.org

~ Movement In Motion (MinM)
www.movementinmotion.com

~ Dan's Photograpy
www.danphotographs.tumblr.com

~ New York State of Mind
www.facebook.com/NYStateOfMind1

~ Global Block Foundation
www.facebook.com/GlobalBlock

~ Visual Caffeine
www.vimeo.com/visualcaffeine

~ More to be added!!

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FREE for all ages and for all FREE!!!

SUBWAY:

J,M trains to Halsey Street station (about a 4 block walk)

BUS:

B26 to Halsey Street & Broadway ( about a 4 block walk)

Driving:

www.hopstop.com/search


3rd Eye Solation
1501 Broadway (btwn. Cornelia St. & Jefferson Ave.)
Bushwick, BK, NYC 11211
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Hip Hop For Peace - Universal Zulu Nation Community Day (NYC) Jan 26  

1/24/2014

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Universal Zulu Nation & 3rd Eye (Sol)ation
presents

UZN Community Day a Hip Hop Cultural Event: LET'S TEACH P.E.A.C.E.

www.zulunation.com / www.zulunations.org / www.zulufaces.com


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SUNDAY JANUARY 26, 2013 :: 12 PM- 6 PM @ 3rd Eye Solation

www.3rdeyesol.com

Featuring all the Core Elements of Hip Hop Culture: MC, DJ, Breakers, Graf Art, BeatBox, Workshops, Family & Community!!

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Hosted By:

~ ReKae Medina aka Supreme Energe (UZN)
www.facebook.com/rekae.medina
www.facebook.com/pages/Supreme-Energe-ReKae-Medina/247748831937335
www.rekaemedina.tumblr.com

Equipment Provided By:

~ NY Centric Entertainment LLC
www.facebook.com/pages/Nycentric-Entertainment-LLC/133166736786518 

Photographed by:

~ Danny Caicedo of Dan's Photography
www.danphotographs.tumblr.com

Videographed by:

~ TBA

Music provided by:

~ DJ Cabin (UZN/ NY Centric Entertainment)
www.facebook.com/DJCABIN

Workshop:

~ TBA

Workshop By:

~ TBA

Performances By:

~ Prince Akeem (UZN)
www.facebook.com/dwaves.dabeast1?fref=ts

~ Split Personality (UZN)
www.facebook.com/IamSplitP

~ ATMA (GREP)
www.hiphopug.com/atma.htm

~ Samael (UZN/FRC)
www.facebook.com/samuel.mccausland

~ LC The Poet (UZN)
www.facebook.com/LCthePoet

~ Sunni Chi

Live Art By:

~ TBA

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Sponsors/Supporters:

~ Universal Zulu Nation (UZN)
www.zulunation.com / www.zulunations.org / www.zulufaces.com

~ 3rd Eye Solation
www.3rdeyesol.com

~ NY Centric Entertainment LLC
www.facebook.com/pages/Nycentric-Entertainment-LLC/133166736786518

~ Guerrilla Republik (GREP)
www.guerrillarepublik.org

~ Movement In Motion (MinM)
www.movementinmotion.com

~ Dan's Photograpy
www.danphotographs.tumblr.com

~ New York State of Mind
www.facebook.com/NYStateOfMind1

~ Global Block Foundation 
www.facebook.com/GlobalBlock

~ Visual Caffeine
www.vimeo.com/visualcaffeine

~ More TBA!!!

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FREE for all ages and for all FREE!!!

SUBWAY:

J,M trains to Halsey Street station (about a 4 block walk)

BUS:

B26 to Halsey Street & Broadway ( about a 4 block walk)

Driving:

www.hopstop.com/search

3rd Eye Solation
1501 Broadway (btwn. Cornelia St. & Jefferson Ave.)
Bushwick, BK, NYC 11211
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Coming Fall 2014 -The Organic Globalizer: Hip Hop, Political Development, and Movement Culture,... The Book!

1/22/2014

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http://www.amazon.com/The-Organic-Globalizer-Political-Development/dp/1628920033

The Organic Globalizer is a collection of critical essays which takes the position that hip-hop holds political significance through an understanding of its ability to at once raise cultural awareness, expand civil society’s focus on social and economic justice through institution building, and engage in political activism and participation. Collectively, the essays assert hip hop’s importance as an “organic globalizer:” no matter its pervasiveness or reach around the world, hip-hop ultimately remains a grassroots phenomenon that is born of the community from which it permeates. Hip hop, then, holds promise through three separate but related avenues: (1) through cultural awareness and identification/recognition of voices of marginalized communities through music and art; (2) through social creation and the institutionalization of independent alternative institutions and non-profit organizations in civil society geared toward social and economic justice; and (3) through political activism and participation in which demands are articulated and made on the state.

About the Authors (Editors)
Christopher Malone is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Pace University, USA. He is the author of Between Freedom and Bondage (2007) and co-editor of Occupying Political Science (2013). 

George Martinez is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Pace University, USA, and is founder/CEO of the Global Block Foundation. He serves as Cultural Envoy and Hip-Hop Ambassador for the U.S. Department of State. He is the creator of the term, Organic Globalizer. 

Special thanks to all of the additional authors for their very significant contributions to this critically important project. 

Table of ContentsPart I: Foundations
The Organic Globalizer, Christopher Malone, Pace University; George Martinez, Pace University
No Church in the Wild: Politics, Morality, and Hip-Hop in the Political Science Classroom, Craig Douglas Albert, Georgia Regents University, Augusta
Part II: Culture
Hip Hop, Spirituality & Empowerment From The South Bronx to the South of Florida to South America, Walter Hidalgo, Columbia University
The (Un)Conscious Underground White Rapper: Racial Silence, Hegemonic Masculinity, and Alternative White Rappers, Matthew Oware, DePauw University
Part III: Social Change
Beautiful Like Diamonds In the Sky: Hip Hop’s Impact in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Kendra King, Oglethorpe University 
Hip-hop and the Reconfiguration of Blackness in Sao Paulo: The Influence of African American Political and Musical Movements in the 20th Century,Jaqueline Lima Santos, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Representations of Chinese-ness in Afro-Cuban Hip-hop During Post-Soviet Era Cuba, Angela Ju, University of California, Los Angles
Hip-hop and the Dialects of Political Awareness: Young Immigrant Rappers and the Recognition of Difference in Vienna, Austria, Barbara Franz, Rider University
Asserting Identity Through Music: Indigenous Hip-hop and Self-Empowerment, Anne Flaherty, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
A New Story: Critical Education, Counter narratives, and Hip-Hop Organizing, Paul Kuttner, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Mariama White-Hammond, Project HIP-HOP
Part IV: Politics And Law
For All The Girls That Never Thought They Could Win: Hip Hop, Feminism, And Political Action, Melissa V. Harris-Perry, Tulane University; Sara Kugler Anna Julia Cooper Research Project, LLC
The Rise of the Politics of Visibility, Last Resort, and Disregard in the Oakland Underground Rap Music Scene, H. Lavar Pope, Lehigh University
Liberation Hip Hop: Palestinian Hip-Hop and the Politics of Resistance, Denise DeGarmo, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Men or Monsters? The Votings Rights Act of 1965 and Applied Uses of the Commercial Rap Artist, Joy Boggs 
Copyright Outlaws & Hip-hop Moguls: Intellectual Property Law and the Development of Hip-Hop, Richard Schur, Drury University 
Whirl Trade: The Precarious Image of Hip­Hop in Global Economies, Fahamu Pecou
The Belly of the Beast, Keesha M. Middlemass, Trinity University
Occupy Freedom, Occupy Equality: Race and Class in the Occupy Wall Street Movement, Christopher Malone, Pace University; Davina Anderson, Pace University; George Martinez, Pace University
Bibliography
Index
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The Battle for 5 Pointz (NYC) - Building Buffed! 

11/19/2013

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PicturePhoto by Giles Clark (2014)
"...Mr. Wolkoff, who plans to turn the site into luxury housing, said he hired more than a dozen men and began whitewashing the factory’s walls around 3 a.m. The work was finished by 7 a.m...." 

See link for a Wall Street Journal article on the white washing of the ic http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2013/11/19/5pointz-graffiti-is-painted-white-overnight/

For more information on upcoming support opportunities visit: https://www.facebook.com/Save5Pointz

To download and complete a NYC landmark form in support of 5 Pointz please visit: Landmark Form

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Global Block is a Proud Supporter of the 2013 ANNUAL UZN FAMILY DAY COMMUNITY CELEBRATION 

11/6/2013

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The Universal Zulu Nation & SCAN Johnson Cornerstone Community Center

presents

ANNUAL UZN FAMILY DAY COMMUNITY CELEBRATION 2013 

www.facebook.com/uznfamilyday

FREE COMMUNITY EVENT FOR ALL AGES!!

NO VENDING ALLOWED IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER!!!!

THERE WILL BE AN ARTS & CRAFTS ACTIVITY AREA FOR THE YOUTH!

www.zulunation.com / www.zulunations.org / www.zulufaces.com

www.uznfamilyday.eventbrite.com

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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2012 ::12 PM-8 PM 
@ SCAN Johnson Cornerstone Community Center
1833 Lexington Avenue (between East 113th & 114th Streets)
El Barrio, NYC 10029 

Featuring all the Core Elements of Hip Hop Culture: DJ, MC, Breakers, Graf Art, BeatBox along with Food, Drinks, Family, Community & FUN!!

WE EXPECT THIS EVENT TO BE PACKED! 
Arrive early so you can enjoy yourself to the fullest.

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Hosted By:

~ ReKae Medina (UZN) 
www.facebook.com/rekae.medina
www.rekaemedina.tumblr.com

~ Rappin' Tate Da Great aka Tate X

Special Guest Appearance By:

~ Popmaster Fabel (UZN/ VP RSC)
www.facebook.com/pages/POPMASTER-FABEL/103857113001011

~ Lava I & II (UZN/ Black Spades)
www.facebook.com/LAVA1AND2?fref=ts

~ More!!

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Music By:

~ DJ Rob Nice (UZN) 
www.facebook.com/DjRobNiceLBrothersMixmasters

~ DJ Glo (Premium Records)
www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-GLO/453678324680953

~ DJ HekTek (UZN)
www.facebook.com/1djhektek

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Special Invited Youth Performances By: 

~ Wayne and Charlie

~ Hip Hop Catz (HHC/ UZN)
www.facebook.com/thehiphopcatz
www.hiphopcatz.com

~ DEF Groove (588 Entertainment)
www.facebook.com/pages/DEF-Groove/181994691844215

~ DJ Glo (Premium Records)
www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-GLO/453678324680953

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Special Invited Guest Performances By: 

~ Quadir Lateef  
www.facebook.com/pages/Quadir-Lateef/146134322132569

~ Jasiri X
www.facebook.com/jasirixofficial

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Performances By:

~ Kid Lucky (UZN) 
www.facebook.com/KidLuckyProductions

~ Rappin' Tate Da Great aka Brother Tate X (UZN/NOI)
www.vimeo.com/42314568

~ Miranda Writes (UZN/ LPD Entertainment)
www.mirandawrites.me/miranda/About_Me.html

~ Kairo 
www.facebook.com/KairoLavo3

~ Ras Ceylon 
www.facebook.com/pages/Ras-Ceylon/91677385259

~ Alia Sharrief 
www.facebook.com/AliaSharriefmusic

~ Selima (Wu-Tang) 
www.facebook.com/selima.young

~ Intikana (UZN) 
www.facebook.com/intikana

~ Circa 95 
www.facebook.com/CircaNineFive?fref=ts

~ Methuzulah (UZN)
www.facebook.com/methuzulah.gem

~ Division X 
www.facebook.com/pages/Division-X/51963145399

~ Rebel Diaz (RDACBX) 
www.rdacbx.org
www..rebeldiaz.com

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Breakers' By:

~ Mighty Zulu Kingz (MZK)
www.facebook.com/MightyZuluKingz

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Live Visual/ Graf Art By:

~ Sophia Dawson  
www.iamwetpaint.com

~ Beats, Rhymes & Relief 
www.facebook.com/BeatsRhymesRelief

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Grassroots Community Based Organizations:

~ Art- Start 
www.art-start.org
www.facebook.com/pages/Art-Start/207332369318349

~ Urban Art Beat (UAB)
www.urbanartbeat.org/site
www.facebook.com/urbanartbeatnyc

~ Urban Word NYC
www.urbanwordnyc.org
www.facebook.com/UrbanWordNYC

~ Hip Hop Saves Lives (HHSL)
www.hiphopsaveslives.org

~ 3rd Eye Solation
www.facebook.com/3rdEyeSol

~ World Up 
www.worldup.org

~ Beats, Rhymes & Relief 
www.facebook.com/BeatsRhymesRelief

~ Hip Hop Re:Education Project 
www.reeducate.org

~ X-Mental University 
www.xmental.org
www.facebook.com/XmentalInc

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Workshops/ Activities By:

~ The Living Remix Project with SpazeCraft One / World UP.org
www.worldup.org/blog

~ Health Tips & Children's Activity sheets provided by Soh Nup Ink & Hip-Hop(e) for Healing
www.sohnup.com 

~ Hands-on-Activities By:
Queen Agnes Johnson
www.facebook.com/agnes.johnson.378

~ Arts & Crafts By: 
Fruiggie 
www.facebook.com/FruiggieOrganicArtsAndCraftsStudio/info
www.Fruiggie.com

~ Cultural Bead Making By:
Zulu King MC K~Swift (UZN/ NRO)
www.facebook.com/mckswift
www.mckswift.com

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Sponsors/Supporters:

~ Universal Zulu Nation
www.zulunation.com / www.zulunations.org / www.zulufaces.com

~ SCAN New York
www.scanny.org

~ Sound System provided by Funktion Productions
www.funktionproductions.com

~ Tools Of War   
www.facebook.com/groups/101115026613/

~ DubSpot
www.facebook.com/DubSpot

~ World Up 
www.worldup.org/blog

~ Queen Agnes Johnson
www.facebook.com/agnes.johnson.378

~ Zulu King MC K~Swift (UZN/ NRO)
www.facebook.com/mckswift
www.mckswift.com

~ Fruiggie 
www.facebook.com/FruiggieOrganicArtsAndCraftsStudio/info
www.Fruiggie.com

~ Global Block Foundation 
www.globalblock.org

~ Flyer Design created by:
CADE & Co.

~ Flyers & Event Programs Printed by:
TBA

~ Backstage Photography By:
 Insyte Photography 
www.insytephotography.com

~ More TBA!!

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@ SCAN Johnson Cornerstone Community Center
1833 Lexington Avenue (between East 113th & 114th Streets)
El Barrio, NYC 10029 

FREE for all ages and for all FREE!!!

Subway: 
6 train to either 110th Street / Lexington Avenue Station stop or to 116th Street/ Lexington Avenue Station stop
(about a 2/3 block walk)

Driving: 
www.hopstop.com/search

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Emergency Action Alert : Help Defend and Preserve the United Nations of Hip Hop...5 Pointz (NYC)

6/20/2013

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5 Pointz represents the living embodiment of the global Hip Hop culture and has an intangible value in this world and physical significance to the City of New York. Through its connection with graffiti, which is one of Hip Hop’s 5 original elements 5 Pointz has a living historical and cultural value, serving as a global beacon of unity, hope and creativity and should be preserved as a NYC landmark.

Global Block believes that 5 Pointz represents the following 4 criterion for preservation status:

- Represents a masterpiece of human creative genius and the rich tradition of New York City Arts.

- Represents an important interchange of human values, over a span of time within NYC dedicated monumental arts and landscape design;

- Bears a unique and exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition which is living or which has disappeared;

- Is directly and tangibly associated with living traditions, ideas, and beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.



If you agree that 5 Pointz should be preserved as a NYC Landmark and converted into a protected Hip Hop/ Urban arts and educational museum and institute, then please join in this movement now!

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Download the NYC Landmark Application, Complete it and Send it back to
[email protected] 
(Subject: I Support 5 Pointz)

landmarkperservationcommision-1.pdf
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