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Meet Rev Yearwood
Biography
Awards and Recognitions
For Future Generations
Funding the Fight
Leading the Fight
Televising the Fight
Media Center
Contact Rev
Media Center
For Media Inquiries
Email:
media@hiphopcaucus.org
Phone:
202.502.5882
Televising the "rev"-olution
9 Videos
Interview at The Breakfast Club
29:07
Congressional Testimony on Climate
4:44
Rev Yearwood on Hardball MSNBC
3:27
Rev Yearwood Jr. on Sway in the Morning
21:41
BEP & HHC's Rev. Yearwood on "Street Livin" Partnership
0:37
Hip Hop Rev Trailer: World Class Communicator (Discovery Network's Planet Green Channel)
1:39
Hip Hop Rev Trailer: World Class Communicator (Discovery Network's Planet Green Channel)
1:39
The Dream Generation - Rev. Yearwood, iCitizenForum
5:48
Rev. Lennox Yearwood at the NCMR 2007
7:07
In Rev's Words
Opinion/commentary
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: To shut down the supply side of climate change, start here
October 16, 2023
Opinion/commentary
VT Digger
Vermont Conversation: Rev. Lennox Yearwood on why ‘racial justice is climate justice’
April 21, 2021
Opinion/commentary
The New York Times
Opinion | Not Just Another Pipeline
December 28, 2020
Opinion/commentary
Sojourners
If All Votes Are Not Counted, We Will Take To The Streets
October 28, 2020
Opinion/commentary
The New York Times
Want to Do Something About Climate Change? Follow the Money
January 11, 2020
Opinion/commentary
Grist
Trump bailed on Paris Agreement. D.C. goes green anyway
January 21, 2019
All News
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Article
Opinion/commentary
Podcast
Video
Forbes
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Mixes Hip Hop And Hope To Tackle Climate Justice
December 5, 2024
Grist
At the final round of plastic treaty negotiations, a production cap hangs in the balance
November 27, 2024
KCRW
Leah Penniman and Reverend Lennox Yearwood on food, farming, faith, and hip-hop
November 17, 2024
Washington Informer
Angela Alsobrooks Declared Winner of Maryland Senate Race; First Black Woman to Represent the State
November 6, 2024
Mother Jones
Courting the Climate Vote in Pennsylvania
November 2, 2024
WESA-FM
Hip hop, celebrity and courting Black voters in Pennsylvania
October 31, 2024
ABC News
We want a country that needs healing’: Hip Hop Caucus CEO and founder
October 28, 2024
WJLA
Poll shows 1 in 4 Black men under 50 favor Trump. 7News asked residents at DMV barbershops
October 22, 2024
WWNO
Antonique Smith launches gospel tour in ‘Cancer Alley’ to raise awareness before election
October 16, 2024
Vogue
Harnessing the Power of Music to Get Out the Environmental Vote Among Black Faith Communities
September 25, 2024
Essence Magazine
Hip Hop Caucus Rallies Black Voters With “Respect My Vote!” Campaign Ahead of Crucial 2024 Election
September 20, 2024
The Hilltop
Hip Hop Caucus Returns to Howard for 20th Anniversary Town Hall and Block Party
September 16, 2024
NOLA.com
Photos: Hurricane Katrina remembered with healing, march, rally
August 31, 2024
The Revelator
Compounding a Crisis: When Public Health Solutions Worsen Climate Change
July 12, 2024
Bloomberg Law
Fossil Fuels Tout Win as Supreme Court Halts EPA’s Ozone Plan
June 27, 2024
C-SPAN
Town Hall on Climate Change and Social Justice
June 18, 2024
ABC News
EPA limits 4 types of power plant pollution with sweeping rulemaking
April 25, 2024
E&E News
Final trucking rule gives industry more time to go electric
March 29, 2024
Vineyard Gazette
Opening Night Eco-Documentaries Set the Pace for Film Festival
March 23, 2024
Los Angeles Times
Opinion: To shut down the supply side of climate change, start here
October 16, 2023
The New York Times
Hope and Despair on a Boiling Planet
September 20, 2023
E&E News
Can anti-coal tactics work against plastics?
October 6, 2022
PBS NewsHour
A look at the policies in the Democrats’ historic climate bill
August 7, 2022
The New York Times
Protesters Amass at White House, Demanding Action on Climate
April 23, 2022
The New York Times
Calls for Climate Reparations Reach Boiling Point in Glasgow
November 11, 2021
VT Digger
Vermont Conversation: Rev. Lennox Yearwood on why ‘racial justice is climate justice’
April 21, 2021
The New York Times
Opinion | Not Just Another Pipeline
December 28, 2020
Sojourners
If All Votes Are Not Counted, We Will Take To The Streets
October 28, 2020
The New York Times
Want to Do Something About Climate Change? Follow the Money
January 11, 2020
Urban Faith
Rev Yearwood and the Hip Hop Caucus Not Missing a Beat
February 19, 2019
House Committee on Natural Resources
Rev Yearwood Testifying to Congress on Climate
February 13, 2019
Grist
Trump bailed on Paris Agreement. D.C. goes green anyway
January 21, 2019
NowThis Politics
Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr. Makes Passionate Speech for Green New Deal
December 11, 2018
ABC News
Activists again demand Green New Deal; stage demonstration at Dem leaders’ offices
December 10, 2018
Billboard
Respect My Vote Hitting Historically Black Colleges to Get Out the Vote For Midterms
November 5, 2018
Billboard
Respect My Vote Hitting Historically Black Colleges to Get Out the Vote For Midterms
November 5, 2018
Hip Hop Caucus
Rev Yearwood with Black Eyed Peas on Prison, Gun, and Immigration Reform
February 28, 2018
The Washington Post
‘It can’t just be a march. It has to be a movement.’ What’s next for climate activists?
April 30, 2017
HipHopDX
The Hip Hop Caucus’ Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. On P. Diddy Calling Voting A Scam
July 14, 2016
Sway in the Morning
Rev Yearwood on Sway in the Morning on Hillary, Trump, and Trade
June 30, 2016
Billboard
Charlamagne Tha God & Reverend Lennox Yearwood on 2016 Respect My Vote Campaign, Hip-Hop’s Political Influence
March 29, 2016
Black Enterprise
Hip Hop Caucus Founder, Rev Yearwood Launches Respect My Vote!
March 24, 2016
The Breakfast Club
Rev Yearwood at The Breakfast Club
March 22, 2016
E&E News
Deadly impact and sad aftermath of Katrina sparked a new environmental justice movement
September 14, 2015
BET
Hip Hop Caucus Founder Speaks on Receiving White House Medal
July 21, 2015
Grist
Black church leaders rev up for climate justice
September 16, 2014
Grist
Black church leaders rev up for climate justice
September 16, 2014
BET
Rev Yearwood on 106 & Park on Zimmerman Verdict
July 15, 2013
The New York Times
Obama Faces Risks in Pipeline Decision
February 18, 2013
Forward on Climate
Rev Yearwood on Forward on Climate
January 14, 2013
Discovery Network
Hip Hop Rev Film Trailer: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop
April 17, 2011
MSNBC
Rev Yearwood on Hardball With Chris Mathews on Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
August 20, 2008
iCitizenForum
Rev Yearwood on The Dream Generation
April 11, 2008
The Washington Post
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Hip Hop Caucus’ We Care Concert
March 18, 2008
National Conference for Media Reform
Rev Yearwood on Media Reform
January 17, 2008
Los Angeles Times
Protesters Make a Stand on Bridge That Was Blocked
November 8, 2005
The Washington Post
50 Years Later In the Shadow Of Jim Crow
November 6, 2005
Opinion: To shut down the supply side of climate change, start here