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March
29, 2005 |
Office
of The Attorney General
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Peter C. Harvey,
Attorney General
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Media
Alert
The
Hip-Hop Summit Action Network Joins New Jersey
State Officials to Launch Nation's Largest
Youth Vote Initiative
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More
than 1,000 Perth Amboy High School Students
and 800,000 Students Statewide To Launch
New Jersey's "BE POWERFUL, BE HEARD"
Youth Vote Initiative
WHO:
Russell Simmons, Chairman of HSAN, Dr.
Benjamin Chavis, President/CEO of HSAN,
Reverend Run, hip-hop stars Jim Jones
and Juelz Santana of the Diplomats, New
Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey,
Commissioner of the NJ
Department of Education Dr. William Librera,
Secretary of State Regena Thomas, Perth
Amboy Mayor Joseph Vas, Perth Amboy Superintendent
of Schools John M. Rodecker and Perth
Amboy High School Principal, Administrators
and students
WHAT:
the official launch of New Jersey's "Be
Powerful, Be Heard" youth voter initiative.
New Jersey becomes the first state to
utilize hip-hop culture through the public
school system to motivate young people
about the importance of voting. More than
1,000 Perth Amboy High School Students
will be joined by more than 800,000 New
Jersey public school students (via web
streaming) for a pep rally to launch the
state's first spoken word competition
for voting. Students will be eligible
by creating a spoken word poem about the
importance of voting and will be judged
via statewide competitions in May and
September. The winner will be announced
at a New Jersey Hip-Hop Summit in September.
WHERE:
Perth Amboy High School,
Eagle Avenue & Francis Street
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
732-376-6031
WHEN:
Tuesday, April 5,
2005,
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
NOTE:
Photo/video opportunities will be available.
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