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Below are links to various organizations/groups that are working to bring youth together to use Hip-Hop as a positive and progressive transformation force. These links and organization descriptions are extracts from the Free Child Project at http://freechild.org/hiphop.htm

1. Mobilized 4 Movement In response to the rising social inequalities and human rights abuses perpetrated against people, the Los Angeles based organization, Mobilized 4 Movement (M4M) is born. M4M is committed to fostering awareness about the current realities facing the Hip-Hop generation. Our goal is to inform, teach, and mobilize the masses for social change.  

2. National Hip Hop Political Convention A national gathering of the hip-hop generation to vote on, adopt and endorse a political agenda for the hip-hop generation. This is a political event for the hip-hop generation. We are using the historical/ cultural framework of hip-hop as a rally cry for organizing and mobilizing young people to develop a political agenda and get them involved in electoral politics on the local, state and federal level.  

3. Hip-Hop Theater Festival  Our mission is to support new artists and their creations, to encourage theatrical self-expression among young people within local communities, and to develop audiences that have not been engaged by traditional theater. A variety of theatrical forms are included, theater, dance, spoken word and live music sampling, to express the diversity of human experience through Hip Hop culture.

4. The Midnight Forum  Empowers youth to generate positive changes through Hip-Hop within their communities. They believe in individuals and communities to unify the ideas and resources of society.

5. The Source Youth Foundation Based on the recognition that young people should have support, encouragement and opportunities to pursue a positive lifestyle, the foundation's goal is to help at-risk youth make constructive choices, develop skills and achieve self-sufficiency.