Netroots Nation__Mixtapes continue to be powerful communications and marketing tools within urban communities. Myspace created the opportunity for any aspiring artist to distribute their music online.rnThe Hip Hop community is progressive and active on issues, but often works in isolation from other progressive efforts. At best, the Progressive and Hip Hop communities can learn where to find each other and how to talk to each other. At worst, conservatives can find ways to drive wedge issues between the generally whiter, more affluent progressive community, and the less affluent, Black and Brown Hip Hop community.rnMixtapes and Myspace represent the Hip Hop community's grassroots and Netroots, respectively. On this panel, we?ll discuss the broad cultural and political issues issues at the forefront of political movements driven by the Hip Hop community, and how Hip Hop and Progressive activists can find each other and work together in solidarity. Plus, we?ll discuss some of the practical strategies progressive candidates and organizations can employ to work with potential allies among young people in urban communities,and vice versa.rnPANELISTS: Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Davey D, Paradise Gray, Kimberly "Dr. Goddess" Ellis, Jasiri X