Can Hip Hop Help End the Drug War?

Can Hip Hop Help End the Drug War?
Santa Barbara A/B, Lobby Level
Throughout history, artists have used their work as vehicles for social change. How can hip hop artists create opportunities to mobilize the public around drug policy reform?  

Facilitator: Jasmine Tyler, Deputy Director, National Affairs, Washington D.C.

• Shahid Buttar, Executive Director, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Northampton, MA
• Andre Douglas Ponds Cummings, Law Professor, West Virginia, College of Law 
• Tommy McDonald, Deputy Director, Media Relations, Berkeley, CA
• “Freeway” Ricky Ross, Community Activist and Film Producer, Los Angeles, CA
• Donald Tibbs, Associate Law Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
• Tara Young, Founder and Blogger, Hip Hop Advocate.org