FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, September 24, 2007

Contact:  Julia Pollard -  301 238-4826
www.enoughisenoughcampaign.com


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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH CAMPAIGN RALLIES OUTSIDE HOUSE HEARING ON HIP HOP

Washington D.C. – On Tuesday, September 25, 2007 supporters of the Enough Is Enough Campaign for Corporate Responsibility in Entertainment will rally outside the congressional hearings on Hip Hop.

WHO:
Enough Is Enough! Campaign supporters
Rev. Delman L. Coates Ph.D., Campaign Organizer

WHAT:
On Tuesday the Enough Is Enough Campaign will rally outside the Rayburn Building where the hearings on media stereotypes and degradation of women will be held by Rep. Bobby Rush, the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.  For the past two Saturdays Enough Is Enough! Campaign supporters have demonstrated peacefully at the home of Black Entertainment Television Networks Chair and CEO, Debra L. Lee.  Last Saturday noted activist Dick Gregory joined the campaign that endorses corporate responsibility in entertainment.  

WHEN:
Tomorrow - Tuesday, September 25, 2007 @ 9:00 a.m. EDT

WHERE:
The Rayburn House Office Building
Southwest of the Capitol on a site bounded by Independence Avenue, South Capitol Street, First Street, and C Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20515

WHY:
Community leaders along with people of conscience and concern are protesting the commercialization and marketing of negative and derogatory images of black men and women in the entertainment industry.   This movement recognizes the power of media and entertainment corporations to shape American attitudes, opinions, behaviors, and even policies by and about people of color.