Tour Info:
With our economy stagnating and the threat of climate change growing, our future depends on coming together behind new clean energy solutions. A clean energy economy means new jobs, less pollution and increased opportunities for future generations.
We need to connect the people who most need these jobs with the work that most needs to be done. Organized by a diverse coalition of partners, the Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour will feature a variety of events including community rallies, roundtables on college campuses, tours of clean energy job sites and musical events. The Tour will amplify the voices of young people and communities of color fighting for a clean energy future.
This is our moment. It's time for clean energy NOW!
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Tour Stops:
- New Orleans, LA — Feb 18, 2010.
- Litte Rock, AR — Feb 19, 2010.
Philander Smith College - Little Rock, AR — Feb 19, 2010.
Arkansas Baptist College - Columbia, MO — Feb 20, 2010.
- St. Louis, MO — Feb 21, 2010.
- Bloomington, IN — Feb 22, 2010.
- Indianapolis, IN — Feb 22, 2010.
- Columbus, OH — Feb 23, 2010.
- Washington, DC — Feb 23, 2010.
- Washington, DC — Feb 24, 2010.
Hip Hop Caucus Puts Clean Energy on DC
February 25, 2010 @ 2:13PM
DJ Biz Markie kicks off the Clean Energy Now! event on Capitol Hill
The Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Tour rolled into Washington on Tuesday, but put on a show Wednesday, with DJ Biz Markie and a diverse group of onlookers puttin’ down for clean energy. With Biz Markie on the turntables, Rev. Lennox Yearwood built the moment, inspiring those in attendance by saying this is our cause; it is the cause of humanity. READ MORE »
Clean Energy Now! in the Hoosier State
February 23, 2010 @ 9:58AM
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The Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour stopped in Indiana on Monday, and over the course of the day the bus connected with people who covered almost every demographic of the clean energy movement. The diversity in background and reasons for supporting a transition to a clean energy economy certainly stood out on this trip. As Kevin Patrick, a second-generation sheet metal worker in Indianapolis put it bluntly, “being environmentally conscious isn’t just for hippies anymore.”
Big Week on Tap for Youth Climate Movement
February 22, 2010 @ 11:16AM
Excitement is building here in Washington, as the Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour winds its way through Indiana and Ohio, before arriving in town tomorrow night.
The arrival of the bus tour coincides with the Organize to be Heard fly-in, with great events on tap for the week that includes several trips to Capitol Hill, as well as a press conference with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. READ MORE »
Rev. Yearwood preaches Clean Energy Now! message in St. Louis
February 22, 2010 @ 10:02AM
Hip Hop Clean Energy Now! Tour – Day 4, St. Louis, MO
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Our bus tour continued through the rain to St. Louis, Missouri on Sunday morning for the Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour. Spirits were high at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church where Reverend Lennox Yearwood and the rest of the team attended services with thousands of congregational members.
Bus Tour Spends Saturday in Columbia, Mo.
February 21, 2010 @ 5:33PM
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Yesterday the Hip Hop Caucus Clean Energy Now! Bus Tour landed in Columbia, Missouri at the 5th Street Christian Church for a Neighborhood Home Efficiency Canvass. State Representatives, community leaders, University of Missouri students and local volunteers distributed home efficiency kits and application forms to apply for energy efficiency grants to members of the community.
