This is a response to the "Obama vs Clinton Hollywood Democratic Debate 3" interview. We've gotten a lot of great feedback and a gang of questions as well. Here's Derrick Ashong (aka DNA) taking a shot at answering some of those questions and hopefully explaining why this stuff matters to us.
WEEK 1 TOPIC: HEALTHCARE. This is an experiment/competiti on to see if young voters really know what's going on in the presidential campaign. Watch the video and post a response no longer than 3min. See www.takebackthemic.c om for rules.
Musician, activist and entrepreneur Ashong is profiled by ABC Channel 5 as a follow-up to their Fall 2006 piece on him. The video features background on his band Soulfège and the Sweet Mother movement which gave birth to Take Back the Mic.
This is a song we sang to close out the Take Back the Mic, Mother's Day Radio, Obamawood fundraiser for the Obama campaign on Primary Night March 4th. With all the fear-mongering going on in the campaign we think it's important we have courage and stay true to this movement for change.
"I fear no evil, I fear no man" (or woman).
WEEK 2 TOPIC: RACE IN AMERICA. This is an experiment/competiti on to see if young voters really know what's going on in the presidential campaign. Watch the video and post a response no longer than 3min. See http://www.takebackt hemic.com for rules.
the critically acclaimed Afropolitan sensation Soulfege in their video for This is a higher resolution version of Soulfege's dancehall remake of a West African classic Anthem, Sweet Mother. Soulfege is Ashong (aka DNA) Jonathan Gramling and Kelley Nicole.
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