The Positive-Youth Foundation exists to promote education through youth oriented music and culture. We travel with bands and table events to educate kids about racism and related issues. The idea behind our work is to spread ideas and educate in creative ways that interest young people and grabs at their attention. It Down, A campaign against white power music. It Down is working to raise awareness about the rise in white power music and help communities organize against this growing industry.
Music is the perfect medium to reach youth, malleable enough to fit contemporary trends.
This fact is not lost on white supremacists. Not only is white power music a powerful recruiting tool, it is funding hate movements nationally and internationally. This workshop will give information on white power music, the industry and the international network that has been established in the past decade and critical information on how to organize against white power music. Always a powerful tool for social change, music can inspire and motivate communities and energize movements. Unfortunately, racists and bigoted organizers have long recognized this and are using music to articulate their agenda, recruit youth and create space for bigoted values.