Vibe.com, October 5th, 2005
Artists like Reverend Run, Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris, LL Cool J, Common, Wyclef Jean, Missy Elliott, Foxy Brown, David Banner, and others will help galvanize the movement which is being orchestrated by national organizations including Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, and Bruce Gordon and the NAACP.
The movement, intended to empower America's poor and disenfranchised, will take place on the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March, on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The movement will focus on mobilizing men, women and youth into an effective national movement with the goal of eliminating poverty and injustice in American society. Organizers of the movement hope to help poor people learn to help themselves, beginning with the knowledge that there is strength in numbers.
“I always looked at hip-hop as a vehicle to educate, to enlighten, to inspire," said Common in a statement. "If we make money at this music game, we can contribute to our communities, create jobs in our communities and really help make a difference. Participating on October 15 will draw much needed attention to these issues.”
“The Millions More Movement is challenging all of us to rise above the things that have kept us divided in the past, by focusing us on the agenda of the Millions More Movement to see how all of us, with all of our varied differences, can come together and direct our energy, not at each other, but at the condition of the reality of the suffering of our people, that we might use all of our skills, gifts and talents to create a better world for ourselves, our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren,” said Minister Louis Farrakhan in a statement.
For more information, check out www.millionsmoremovement.com.
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