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[Video] Jay Smooth “Don’t Freak Out About the White Babies”

[Video] Jay Smooth  “Don’t Freak Out About the White Babies”

Jay Smooth helps America adjust to the news that for the first time in history, a majority of American babies born in the last year were minorities....

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[video] @Lost_Lyrics : The Roots of the Rose – Sneak Peek #1

[video]  @Lost_Lyrics : The Roots of the Rose – Sneak Peek #1

  2012 marks the 5th year of existence for Lost Lyrics and to celebrate this anniversary we are organizing a 2-Day Conference entitled: The Roots of the Rose. Inspired by Tupac Shakur’s poem The Rose that Grew from Concrete, this conference will explore what it means to build an alternative education movement from the ground up. Saturday June 2nd – Symposium at Ryerson University Sunday, June 3rd – The Live Report...

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[Audio] Am 640 Interview with Director X

[Audio] Am 640   Interview with Director X

  Interview with Director-X via Rudy-Blair “On May 26 some of Canadian music’s most important music and entertainment professionals will take part in the 2012 Toronto International Music Summit. One of the keynote speakers will be Toronto native Director X, know as the best music director in the business. 680News music reporter Rudy Blair speaks with Director X about the summit, his career and working on Justin...

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[Video Poem] Black Womyn Griots: Helen Yohannes and D’bi Young

[Video Poem] Black Womyn Griots: Helen Yohannes and D’bi Young

Toronto, ON -Black Womyn Griots is a film that explores the black literary genre of spoken word. Toronto-based female poets share how they use storytelling as an act of resistance and language as a site of power. This film depicts spoken word as a powerful means to build communities, organize resistance and tell our stories as an act of...

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Lost Lyrics 5-Year Anniversary Conference: The Roots of the Rose!! June 2nd- 3rd!

Lost Lyrics 5-Year Anniversary Conference: The Roots of the Rose!! June 2nd- 3rd!

  It is with incredibly HUGE excitement that I send this e-mail to announce the launch of Lost Lyrics’ 5-Year Anniversary Conference: The Roots of the Rose!  I can’t believe we are here…after the adventures, struggles, hustles, inspirations, tears, laughter and smiles…we are celebrating our 5-Year Anniversary.  I really hope that you, our communities, can come out and celebrate, learn, explore, create and...

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[Video] 11 Year old Ta’Kaiya Blaney leads Enbridge pipeline protest in #toronto

[Video] 11 Year old Ta’Kaiya Blaney leads Enbridge pipeline protest in #toronto

SFA exclusive footage! Wednesday May 9 2012- West Coast First Nations ‘Yinka Dene Alliance Freedom Riders’ and community supporters gathered in front of the Enbridge’s annual general meeting of shareholders at the King Edward Hotel here in downtown Toronto,to send a clear message of disapproval for Enbridge’s plan to build pipelines and oil sands through out Sacred First Nations territory. Led by 11 year old...

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