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Joe speaking at Vigil/Speakout Candlelight Procession for Esme and All Victims Violence lovinart 10 views On Feb 11, 2012, the Heritage Neighborhood Association and Austin Radical Action for Gender Equality organized a vigil, speak out, candlelight procession to honor victims a...
Smash Patriarchy lovinart 12 views I performed this poem at SafePlace's "Celebrating the Survivor Spirit", and art and spoken word event empowering survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
My Mommy, My Angel lovinart 110 views This is me singing the song I wrote for my mom. We're at my gramma's house on Christmas Day, with my partner Tricia playing piano.
lovinrevolution sings with Ryan Harvey lovinart 50 views Hip-hop artist lovinrevolution teams up with Riot Folk musician Ryan Harvey to sing a song about our horrendous immigration policy. The show took place after an Iraq Vetera...
my daddy performance 12-25-09.AVI lovinart 33 views Joe sings the song he wrote for his father on Christmas Day.
lovinrevolution - Global Intifada - Hip Hop Explosion lovinart 522 views lovinrevolution Sings His Song Global Intifada at the Hip Hop Explosion in Austin 2009.
lovinrevolution - Global Intifada lovinart 26 views lovinrevolution Sings His Song Global Intifada at Healthcare Not Warfare on Oct. 17, 2009.
lovinrevolution - Divide and Conquer lovinart 10 views lovinrevolution Sings His Song Divide and Conquer at Healthcare Not Warfare on Oct. 17, 2009.
lovinrevolution - Life Brings Life lovinart 13 views lovinrevolution Sings his song Life Bring Life at Healthcare Not Warfare on Oct. 17, 2009.
Terrorism Blues lovinart 52 views Pictoral music video made of lovinrevolution's song Terrorism Blues from his 2003 album "Plant the Olive Branch, featuring pictures from Israeli Occupied Palestine.

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Feb 21, 2012

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Lovinrevolution leads violence-prevention support groups for K-12 boys and counsels youth on probation while advocating for juvenile justice reform. Hes the Volunteer Coordinator for UpLift Austin, and a regular volunteer with the Theatre Action Project, PODER, the Cipher Hip-Hop Project, and S.O.U.L Sessions youth break-dance program. Hes an active member of the Mobilizing Men Task Force and is a co-founder and lead organizer of the annual Men Rally for Change. He moved to Austin in September, 2008 to work full-time as a mentor/counselor for Communities in Schools.

Lovinrevolution graduated from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA in 2004 with a BA in Social Movement Studies and Performing Arts. There he also organized with Earth First, Food Bombs, and Arts in Activism. He spent 2003-2006 traveling between Palestine, Iraq, and the U.S. supporting nonviolent resistance to occupation.

He is gifted in all of the performing arts including music, theatre, dance, and public speaking. He has his own musical style, highly influenced by hip-hop, R&B, rock and Reggae. Hes self-produced and released two albums and a mix-tape of his politically conscious music and poetry. Plant the Olive Branch in 2003, "Resistance to Empire" in 2006, & the lovinrevolution mix-tape in 2008. He organized and completed three national tours using his music to educate and mobilize people to act for change.

Lovinrevolution practices sustainable living techniques including indoor, outdoor, and winter organic gardening, canning, tincture-making, beer brewing, bicycle maintenance, knitting, and drives a truck he converted to run on used vegetable oil. He also practices daily meditation and yoga, and helped found the Wake Up Austin Youth Sangha. He continues to write and perform Hip-Hop music, mentor young artists, and organize hip-hop benefit shows for local activist organizations.

Contact him: lovinart@riseup.net

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