Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr.: Pace e Bene Boardmember
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. is an American minister, community activist, and hip hop connoisseur. He currently serves as CEO and president of the Hip Hop Caucus and Hip Hop Caucus Institute in Washington, D.C.
He is the National Director for the Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign, and Co-Director of Cities for Progress.
Reverend Yearwood was also the National Grassroots and Political Director for the Russell Simmons Hip Hop Summit Action Network, and was a Senior Consultant for Sean "Diddy" Combs Citizen Change, and Jay Z's Voice Your Choice, where he provided a national template for engaging the Hip Hop generation in community-building dialogues. He was also the founder of Hip Hop Voices, a subsidiary of Voices for Working Families (AFL-CIO), and the Hip Hop U.N., which is a coalition of all the Hip Hop Political organizations throughout the world. During the 2004 Presidential election, Rev Yearwood created, along with Russell Simmons and Jonathan Lewis, the first ever Hip Hop Team Vote Bus Tour, to ensure that young people were challenging the established political order in a most profound and substantive manner.
In addition, Reverend Yearwood is a member of the Board of Directors for the Progressive Democrats of America, ROOT Inc., Industry Ears, Harambee Africa International, and is on the steering committee for UP (United Progressives) for Democracy, No Fear Coalition, People's Hurricane Relief Fund, Climate Crisis Coalition, and United for Peace and Justice - Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq.
The Hip Hop Rev is a graduate of the University of the District of Columbia, and Howard University Divinity School both Historical Black Colleges and Universities. He was the Student Government President at both schools. He also served as a White House intern under President William Jefferson Clinton.
(From: Hip Hop Caucus: http://www.hiphopcaucus.org/rev.php)
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