Join 1Hood Media Thursday, Oct 26th at 7pm for People, Politics, & Power, featuring a conversation with Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated 5!

In 1989, at just fifteen years young, Dr. Yusef Salaam was tried and convicted in the “Central Park Jogger” case along with four other Black and Latinx young men. The Exonerated Five spent between seven to 13 years behind bars for crimes they did not commit, until their sentences were overturned in 2002. Since then, they have received a multi-million dollar settlement from the city of New York for its injustice and have been profiled in award-winning films, including The Central Park Five documentary from Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon and most recently the Emmy award-winning Netflix limited series When They See Us, written and directed by Ava DuVernay.

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On August 11th from 8pm - 10pm at the Byham Theater, The Lox will be in town! Mark your calendars for the experience of a lifetime. Let’s celebrate 50 years of Hip-Hop the right way.

Comprised of Sheek Louch, Styles P, and Jadakiss, The LOX entered the scene in 1997, after Mary J. Blige passed on their mixtape to Sean “P. Diddy” Combs. They collaborated on the single “It’s All About The Benjamins”, garnering the trio national attention. Their debut album, Money, Power & Respect, went platinum in 1998, peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart and was ranked #1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-hop Albums. Their follow-up gold album We Are The Streets peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 chart and #2 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-hop Albums. Sheek Louch, Styles P, and Jadakiss each rose to individual successes with critically acclaimed solo albums, businesses and tours. In 2014, The LOX released The Trinity EP, selling out venues nationwide, in the UK and in Canada. In 2016, in partnership with Roc Nation, The Lox released Filthy America… It’s Beautiful. In 2020, The LOX released their fourth studio album Living Off Xperience. The following year, The LOX made history squaring off against The Diplomats in the most legendary VERZUZ of all time - arguably the most viral music moment of 2021.

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Join us on 12/8 from 5:30-8:30pm at the Blaxk Box to share a meal with 1Hood staff, supporters, and community partners, learn about 1Hood’s collective community work, and discuss our philanthropic partner values.

As 1Hood grows our network of supporters, our philanthropic partner values will help ground our engagement with our supporters in a way that aligns with 1Hood’s values and our Five Pillars of Engagement (Arts and Culture, Media, Education, Activism, Collaboration).

These values and having people-centered conversations helps us to center collaboration, cultural competency, and service to our community as we expand our capacity and respond to community needs.

Our Philanthropic Partner Values

Our Community, Our Support: Everything we do, including raising money, places community-first. Together - 1Hood staff and board members, community members and partners, individual donor and foundation partners - we share resources, shift power, and provide opportunity with respect and in response to community needs.

Black-led and social justice focused: We focus on issues, events, and ideas particularly relevant to Black peoples of Africa’s diaspora. Our work and funding is used to challenge inequity, raise awareness of and contextualize our historical struggles, and build liberated communities through the arts, education, and social justice. We have necessary and sometimes uncomfortable conversations about race, wealth disparities, and wealth redistribution within our staff, communities, and with our philanthropic partners.

Holistic work, holistic funding: We recognize that general operating support allows us to be the most effective, flexible, and with fewer barriers as we respond to community needs. Our team, projects, and partnerships are connected, collaborative, and our strength. Donors who share our values and provide unrestricted support are key to our long-term sustainability and community impact, including our commitment to share resources with aligned organizations, artists, small businesses, and partners.

Shifting Power: We’re shifting the donor dynamic from donor power to partnership by amplifying the experience and decision-making power of those working in our communities and sharing social capital as much as dollars donated. Making this power shift requires all of us to confront, analyze, and unlearn the power, race, and wealth dynamics in philanthropy.

This event's capacity is 50, masks will available, and we ask that anyone not feeling well leading up to the event to stay home, rest, and connect with us in the new year.

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Accessibility: Unfortunately, our space is not ADA accessible (yet). Guests will climb a small flight of wide stairs to access the Blaxk Box. ASL interpretation available. If you require this or any other accommodation, please email Mahogany at mahogany@1hood.org

Parking: Parking is available in front of the Blumcraft Building and in our parking lot behind the building (driveway to the left). Bike racks are available and we’re a short walk from several bus stops. We also encourage you to ride share with a friend!

Join 1Hood Media as we break down all the ways White Supremacy has shown up this week. From Karens behaving badly to rappers spewing internalized anti-Blackness, and of course, the former White Supremacist in Cheif. This podcast is geared towards adults who want to digest the day's events with humor and Hip-Hop. This LIVE podcast is Wednesday, June 16th at 6pm on 1HoodMedia.

Over its six-year run, the annual Thrival Innovation and Music Festival has bounced from place to place, landing in the Bakery Square and Carrie Furnace, all with varying degrees of success and a few bumps along the way. From Sept. 18-20, the event returns, this time in the Carnegie Museum of Art and Schenley Plaza in Oakland, with another round of live music, art, and guest speakers.

Thrival, an event organized by the startup incubator and coworking space Ascender, just announced its full lineup (the headliners were revealed in June). Under the theme of "By Pittsburgh. For Pittsburgh. For the World," Thrival will focus on “celebrating and supporting Pittsburgh innovators and entrepreneurs,” and will feature innovators in business, research, and the arts, says a press release.

From Sept. 18-19, the Thrival Innovation Summit convenes at the Carnegie Museum of Art with panels on emerging technologies in robotics, manufacturing, biotech, and more.

On Sept. 20, headliner BUKU, a Pittsburgh-native, national DJ, producer, will take the Sheetz Main Stage in Schenley Plaza, and will be joined by Beauty Slap and Title Town. The Pittsburgh arts and activism collective 1Hood Media will also present eight local acts.

Also on the docket is a one-night-only collaboration with Everyone Orchestra. Conducted by Matt Butler, Everyone Orchestra invites musicians and audience members to create a totally improvised performance.

Given that two major universities, Pitt and CMU, are both within walking distance, it’s fair to assume that plenty of students will be at Schenley Plaza for the event, which the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy sees as a big plus.

“Maintaining vibrant, accessible public green spaces throughout the city is a priority for us and the City of Pittsburgh,” says Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy director of communication John Pepper, in a press release. “Spaces like Schenley Plaza provide cutting-edge, energetic public events like Thrival the opportunity to deliver unique and memorable experiences.”

Besides the main stage, the festival will feature art installations, spin classes by CycleBar Robinson, and a showcase by the Wicked Pittsburgh Collective with flower crowns, a stilt-walker, and a pop-up stage with various live music acts at noon.

There will also be craft vendors and tastings from Stateside Vodka, Wigle Whiskey, and local breweries.

In addition, CamPaints will turn a self-driving car from Uber Advanced Technologies Group into a piece of art as a way to, as one press release puts it, celebrate new autonomous Uber vehicles that will be “hitting the road soon” in Pittsburgh.

The Thrival music festival in Schenley Plaza is free, while tickets for the Innovation Summit cost $75-300.

Originally Posted Here: https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/thrival-innovation-and-music-festival-releases-full-2019-artist-lineup/Content?oid=15736253

City Theatre kickS off their 45th season with The Bash, a benefit evening for the South Side theatre company. The Bash is taking over Bingham Street for a block party like no other. Pop-up performances, signature cocktails, food trucks, and an outdoor dance party will fill its multi-location cultural campus located between 13th and 14th Streets.

"As a long time City Theatre supporter and advocate for the arts, I am excited to support the new Bash in the South Side neighborhood," said Event Co-Chair Laura Penrod Kronk. "After over 10 years off-site, we're challenging ourselves to reinvent the entire experience, bringing it home, putting the art center stage, and celebrating the start to our 45th season with our community. It's going to be an event not to be missed." 

The Bash will feature a sneak peek of Cambodian Rock Band by Lauren Yee, one of the most-talked about plays this year, which kicks off the theatre's 45th season and F*ck7thGrade by Jill Sobule and Liza Birkenmeier, a world premiere that will close out the season; local pop up performances in the Hamburg Studio Theatre hosted by Shua Potter; a dance party hosted by 1Hood Media (featuring DJ QRX); signature cocktails conceived by the South Side's best bartenders; and some of Pittsburgh's favorite food trucks, including: Pittsburgh Pierogi, Mission Mahi, and South Side BBQ. City Theatre is also curating a series of unique theatrical excursions, ranging across the country and to London, that will be available through a brand new benefit auction that is live now. Proceeds from THE BASH, with a portion of each ticket tax-deductible, will go directly to serving the organization's new play mission. Event designed by Luxe Creative.

The Bash is led by co-chairs Laura Penrod Kronk, Sandra Solomon, and Nancy Traina. The host committee is co-led by Clyde B. Jones III and Tamara Tunie. Afterparty co-chairs include Day Bracey, Tye Clarke, Marta Napoleone, and Todd Smith.

VIP RECEPTION 6:30PM - Tickets: $250

• Hor d'oeuvres from the Duquesne Club in the brand new Philip Chosky Production Center

• Music provided by DJ BIG PHILL

• Meet the playwrights of City Theatre's 45th season

• Complimentary beer/wine/champagne toast, food tickets, drinks.

• An exclusive swag bag

• Access to a sneak peek of Cambodian Rock Band and F*ck7thGrade

• Access to rotating Hamburg Cabaret performances, caricatures stations, Contemporary Craft station, tasting stations, and Sarris Candies Desserts.

• Access to the 1Hood Dance Party

  GENERAL ADMISSION 7:30PM-11:30PM - Tickets: $100

  • Two complimentary drink tickets

  • Access to a sneak peek of Cambodian Rock Band and F*ck7thGrade

  • Access to rotating Hamburg Cabaret performances, caricatures stations, Contemporary Craft station, tasting stations, and Sarris Candies Desserts.

  • Access to the 1Hood Dance Party

AFTER-PARTY DANCE PARTY 9:00PM-11:30PM - Tickets: $50

• One complimentary drink ticket

• Access to 1Hood Dance Party, the Hamburg Cabaret, caricature stations, Contemporary Craft station, tasting stations, and Sarris Candies Desserts.

Tickets are on sale now at CityTheatreCompany.org. Valet parking will be available.

Originally Posted Here: https://www.broadwayworld.com/pittsburgh/article/City-Theatre-Launches-Season-with-THE-BASH-September-7-20190805

The day following the 1-year anniversary of Antwon Rose II’s death, 1Hood Media invites the community to join us in conversation on June 20, 2019, with activist and philosopher, Dr. Cornel West. The conversation will be moderated by 1Hood co-founder and CEO Jasiri X with special guest Bakari Kitwana. The event, supported by the Metro-Urban Institute, will take place at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary from 7-9 PM.

Come to 1Hood and build. Write, record and kick it. Lite bites provided.

Join a youth activism campaign and make your voice heard.

1Hood Media invites you to imagine, for just a second, the fairytale of being a princess. Yes! You see it! Now, come join us as we make it a reality! All ages welcome 💕

Enjoy enchanted games, whimsical dancing and delicious bites as we channel our inner princesses together! This event focuses on raising self-esteem, highlighting the accomplishments of women and girls, and encouraging entrepreneurialism at any age.

Since 2015, The Princess Party has been a magical event dreamt up and executed under the directives of now 12 year old Jannah Johari. Her goal, to create a space for the celebration of women, both young and old.

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PITTSBURGH ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!

WHY IS LEON STILL SEEKING JUSTICE?
Join us on the anniversary of the shooting of Leon Ford Jr. as we send a message to Pittsburgh to do the right thing and settle this civil suit on behalf of their officer who shot and paralyzed Leon.

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ZAPPALA? CHARGING YOUTH AND NOT THEIR ADULT ABUSERS?
We insist District Attorney Stephen Zappala drop the charges off of young Que'Chawn Wade who will be going to trial as a defendant on Monday, November 13th instead of a plaintiff. He was brutally assaulted at Woodland Hills High school by Churchill police officer Steve Shaulis. We insist that officer Shaulis be charged instead. 

There has been a rise in complaints, many coming from residents of the city of Pittsburgh, against police officers. There are several open cases right now. We demand ACCOUNTABILITY NOW!! 

#JusticeForLeonFordJr.
Nov 11, 2012 19yr old, shot and paralyzed by Pgh Police officer David Derbish in East Liberty

#JusticeForChristopherThompkins
Jan 22, 2017 Killed by Pgh Police officer after calling for help because his house was being burglarized in Larimer

#JusticeForQueChawnWade
April 3, 2017 14 year old, had teeth knocked out in Woodland Hills High school by Churchill Police officer Steve Shaulis

#JusticeForNathanStanleyIII
May 7, 2017 Brutalized (kicked, kneed and punched) by Pgh Police officer Raymond Toomey while on ground and in custody on Southside

#JusticeForRudolphMcBrideIII
On a minimum of 9 occasions harassed, stopped and frisked/searched, threatened with both verbal and physical abuse by Pgh Police (task force) officer’s

#JusticeForDanielAdelman
September 19, 2017 Brutally beaten at PPG arena by Pgh Police officer Andrew Jacobs

#JusticeForJessicaShort
October 27, 2017 Aggressively and unjustly arrested and tasered with 3 year old son in hand, by East Pgh Police officer Calabro 

#JusticeForMelanieCarter
November 2017 Assaulted by State Constable Demetrius

This year's 1Hood Day is finna be lit! We're bringing in Hip Hop legends Beanie Siegel & Freeway, with top notch performances by Jasiri X, Idasa Tariq, Blak Rapp M.A.D.U.S.A., Jacquea Mae, LiveFromTheCity, DJ Big Phill, L U C, Jordan Montgomery, 1Hood & more!

Advance Tickets: $15 / Door: $20

To end off the 20/20 1Hood Takeover, 1Hood Media will be coming together like Voltron for a grand finale performance 

For our 4th 20/20 pop-up performance Blak Rapp M.A.D.U.S.A. brings it home with a punch, highlighting the theme of forms of resistance (within spirituality and feminism).

For the 3rd 20/20 pop-up shop powerhouse songstress Jacquea Mae will be in the house, blessing the crowd with her take on the theme of American Landscapes (both physical and spiritual). 

For our 2nd 20/20 pop-up performance, the Soul Man Idasa Tariq will be live in effect, responding to the themes of Economy & Labor. 

For the 20/20 pop up show LiveFromTheCity will be rocking the mic, showcasing what Democracy means in his/our America!

1Hood Media teaching artist LiveFromTheCity will be performing at PechaKucha Night, locatred at Alphabet City in Pittsburgh

Blak Rapp M.A.D.U.S.A. will be rocking LadyFest again this year!

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