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Welcome to the Allied Media Conference 2015! 
Saturday, June 20 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Green Hair, Grey Hair: Bridging Race, Class, and Age

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How can music build community across lines of race, class, culture, and age? How can music facilitate movements for economic and racial justice? By exploring the longstanding collaboration between punk activist collective Positive Force DC and inner city senior outreach network We Are Family, this session will tease out lessons that are broadly applicable in many contexts. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how relationships are key to radical change, and walk away armed with tools to nurture transformative community.

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Mark Andersen

We Are Family Senior Outreach Network and Positive Force DC
Mark has done outreach, advocacy, and organizing in inner-city DC since the mid-1980s. He is the co-director of We Are Family, a co-founder of Positive Force DC, author of All The Power: Revolution Without illusion and co-author of Dance Of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's... Read More →


Saturday June 20, 2015 2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Education Building: Room 204
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