Annual Turf Unity music showcase: A Black Carpet Event – Thursday July 22nd, 2010
The show will bring together rappers and musicians from neighborhoods throughout the Bay Area to promote unity and peace this summer. Go to www.turfunity.com for more information (the flier is above).
The event is the kick-off for the Silence the Violence National Day of Action on July 24th. Community groups, that work on urban peace across the country, are organizing events to Silence The Violence from Houston to Detroit to Baltimore and of course the Bay Area! Go to http://urbanpeacemovement.org/national-day-of-action for more information.
National Day of Action – Saturday July 24th @ 10am in San Francisco
On July 24th, United Playaz of San Francisco is hosting the official Bay Area Day of Action to Silence The Violence with a peace march starting at 10AM at Victoria Manalo Draves Park on Folsom St., between 6th and 7th Streets. We will be marching to city hall for a Silence The Violence Day program from 12-2pm. March with us!
The Turf Unity Music Project is a National Movement bringing together artists from rival neighborhoods to create music with a positive message – a message to “Silence The Violence” in urban communities. Turf Unity gives young artists a platform to showcase their talent and the skills to lead a movement for Urban Peace!! On June 5-6th at the Oakland Green Youth Arts & Media Center, young people together with artists from turfs all over the Bay Area united to create a weekend of uplifting music for the streets. Check out the video for a sneak peak into this amazing weekend and project:
For more info check out: www.turfunity.org (http://urbanpeacemovement.org/turf-unity)
On Saturday August 29th 2009, lead sponsors will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas and representatives from the Peapod Foundation, Entertainment Industry Foundation, and Adobe Foundation flew to Oakland to meet the Center’s staff and youth team and tour the facilities. The Oakland Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy is housed at Green Youth Arts & Media Center.
The Adobe Foundation and The Black Eyed Peas Peapod Foundation will unveil two new state-of-the-art music and multi-media academies for youth in Oakland and Redwood City, Calif. (more…)
