Zulu Foundations Radio Nov 26th 2012

For Contact: 
Matt Burke (Programs and Outreach Coordinator)
(973) 896-0040
info@zulunationhawaii.com
and to submit music : FoundationsRadioSubmit@gmail.com
www.soundcloud/phreewil-of-afb

ZULU NATION HAWAII UNVEILS NEW RADIO PROGRAM ON UNIVERSITY RADIO HILO
Foundations Radio provides a new resource for Hip Hop and community issues in Hawaii

(Hilo, Hawaii 10/1/2012)  Hip Hop doesn't always boast the most sparkling image in today's media system.  While the public is bombarded with images of materialism, violence, drug-abuse, and sexism by popular rap music, Hip Hop's positive values of peace, love, unity, and respect are often overshadowed.  The Universal Zulu Nation has been working for almost 40 years to contrast these stereotypes.  With local branch, Zulu Nation Hawaii's new radio project, Foundations Radio, that mission is taking new form over the public airwaves.

Foundations Radio is a two-hour weekly program airing live on the University of Hawaii Hilo's online radio channel (www.uhhradio.com) every monday from 10pm-12am.  Utilizing a deep-rooted local and international community network, show producers Matt Burke, Ryan “Phreewil” Delora, Ngozi Gonzalez-Johnson, and Mike Ito are bringing to Hawaii a new form of media intended to present Hip Hop in its true light and offer a forum for ideas seldom seen in mainstream programming.  A schedule of guests ranging from musicians, visual artists, and breakdancers to community leaders, college professors, and local business owners has been created with the intention of utilizing Hawaii's diverse wealth of fascinating residents to portray in their own word's the far-reaching scope of Hip Hop culture's influence and connection to some of the world's most important issues.  

Zulu Nation Hawaii, has been using Hip Hop as a premise for working with local youth for over a decade.  The Universal Zulu Nation is  a grassroots community-based organization that was begun by a young student named Afrika Bambaataa in the Bronx borough of New York City in 1973.  It was his vision to empower communities by uniting the artistic and cultural elements of Hip Hop.  Programs members have created locally include: clothing, food and school supply drives, facilitation of public murals, anti-bias workshops, tutoring, mentorships, educational instruction for youth in dance, musical, technological, vocational skills, and much more.