This is a response to the "Obama vs Clinton Hollywood Democratic Debate 3" interview. We've gotten a lot of great feedback and a gang of questions as well. Here's Derrick Ashong (aka DNA) taking a shot at answering some of those questions and hopefully explaining why this stuff matters to us.
WEEK 1 TOPIC: HEALTHCARE. This is an experiment/competiti on to see if young voters really know what's going on in the presidential campaign. Watch the video and post a response no longer than 3min. See www.takebackthemic.c om for rules.
This is a song we sang to close out the Take Back the Mic, Mother's Day Radio, Obamawood fundraiser for the Obama campaign on Primary Night March 4th. With all the fear-mongering going on in the campaign we think it's important we have courage and stay true to this movement for change.
"I fear no evil, I fear no man" (or woman).
WEEK 2 TOPIC: RACE IN AMERICA. This is an experiment/competiti on to see if young voters really know what's going on in the presidential campaign. Watch the video and post a response no longer than 3min. See http://www.takebackt hemic.com for rules.
Musician, activist and entrepreneur Ashong is profiled by ABC Channel 5 as a follow-up to their Fall 2006 piece on him. The video features background on his band Soulfège and the Sweet Mother movement which gave birth to Take Back the Mic.
the critically acclaimed Afropolitan sensation Soulfege in their video for This is a higher resolution version of Soulfege's dancehall remake of a West African classic Anthem, Sweet Mother. Soulfege is Ashong (aka DNA) Jonathan Gramling and Kelley Nicole.
![ASHONG on ABC CityLine - March \](http://img.youtube.com/vi/MFX5HEZpK9o/2.jpg "ASHONG on ABC CityLine - March \")
