Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund

The Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund uses cultural expression to empower communities that are first and worst impacted by injustice. The Hip Hop Caucus deploys storytelling, relational organizing, digital communications, and issue advocacy strategies to advance its climate justice, democracy, human rights, and economic justice goals. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)

The Hip Hop Caucus is a national organization that works with musicians and other influential artists and entertainers to mobilize hip hop fans and others for climate action and social justice. The organization is unique in its ability to pair traditional policy advocacy campaigns with cultural tools like concerts and fashion. Hip Hop Caucus strengthens campaigns for clean energy and clean air by broadening and diversifying them. This general support grant will allow the organization to increase the production and distribution of culture-based advocacy products, such as songs, music videos, and events, while simultaneously increasing grassroots and grasstops advocacy engagement.

The Hip Hop Caucus is a U.S.-focused organization that principally mobilizes young people for climate action and social justice using culture—such as music and poetry—paired with activism. The Caucus will carry out a People’s Climate Music campaign to build momentum for clean energy and other solutions to climate change.