Artists Join Power Shift Youth Activist Summit To Show Their Support For Environmental & Social

Artists Join Power Shift Youth Activist Summit To Show Their Support For Environmental & Social Justice Pittsburgh, PA – In less than two weeks, thousands of youth leaders are converging at PowerShift 2013 to mobilize around environmental and social justice issues, and this year they’ll be joined by an eclectic mix of music and sounds from some of the top independent artists from around the country. Creative Director and Producer Zakee Kuduro brought together a diverse set of artists to make up the official line-up for the Power Shift 2013 Concert Series, featuring: Big K.R.I.T., Idle Warship, Spank Rock, Nosaj Thing, Ninjasonik, Chippy Non Stop, Yuna, Teachers led by Ben Bronfman, Uncle Ron, and Catzie Vilayphonh.  A selection of these artists will close out each powerful day of workshops, short film screenings and trainings, with must see musical sets, giving audiences a chance to dance and have fun after busy days of organizing and activism.  Each of the artists featured in the concert is down for the cause, supporting environmental justice and social justice causes. They’re performing in solidarity with the youth leaders working for a brighter future.   Power Shift is a bi-annual convergence of thousands of youth activists focused on climate and environmental justice. Youth activists at Power Shift will be training and preparing to run campaigns when they return home to their campuses and communities. Trainings include how to organize the youth vote, non-violent direct action and how to stop social/environmental justice issues in your community. Some of the top environmental & social justice leaders will address Power Shift 2013 as keynote speakers, including: Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org Josh Fox, Director of the groundbreaking documentary on fracking, Gasland Kim Wasserman, winner of the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize who recently succeeded in retiring two dirty coal plants in Chicago Tom Steyer, investor and founder of Next Generation Climate Action Kandi Mossett, Tribal Campus Organizer with the Indigenous Environmental Network Phillip Agnew, Director of the Dream Defenders, who recently led a 31-day occupation of Florida Governor Rick Scott’s office Bill Peduto, Pittsburgh Councilman, and Democratic Party nominee for Mayor of Pittsburgh Hareth Andrade, youth immigration activist with United We Dream Mike Brune, Director of the Sierra Club, the oldest and largest environmental organization in the country -- source link

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