All Female Hip Hop Summit June 28th - July 1st

ON my nightly Google searching for the site, I discovered this conference that is in it's third year. Since one of the things we can do to combat negative stereotypes of African American women in popular culture, hip hop in particular, I think one of the things we have to do here at whataboutourdaughters.org is promote people who are attempting to bring new voices to the table.

Let me introduce B-Girl BE it is a summit in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 28 - July 1, 2007. It actually looks pretty cool. Their goal:

To be the first hip-hop summit in the world to present the work of women that represents all elements of hip-hop culture and incorporates scholarship, filmmaking, media arts, theater, discussion and youth activities.

Drop by and send them a donation if you cannot go. If don't like what is out there, we have to offer an alternative. This is an option. If you want to know what will happen that weekend, you can check out last year's lineup.

Comments

[Dr. Goddess]

To the maker of this site, thank you so much for your work. I have been touring "Dr. Goddess!: A One Woman Show" precisely because I saw how my students were under attack (and how I was under attack, as a young, Black woman) and decided to do this show. I believe Hip Hop needs to take responsibility, our society needs to take responsibility and so do we. Thank you for doing your part. I have two distinct parts in my show, "Baby Mama Drama" and "My Baby Daddy" that deal with the misogyny in Hip Hop and its ill effects on us as women and also upon men. Just wanted to say thank you and give a shout. Please spread the word!

Love,

dr. goddess

[g-e-m2001]

Thank you so much Dr. Goddess for your work. Let me know more so I can feature your efforts here.