DJs Unite to End Youth Incarcerations Through Give a Beat’s International Youth Day Events
August 12th of every year has been declared as International Youth Day by the United Nations, a day that recognizes the importance of the youth in today’s society and raises awareness on the issues they face across the globe. In celebration of International Youth Day this year, multiple DJ events will be held across the country from August 10th to the 13th to raise awareness and support the fight against the issue of mass youth incarceration.
Behind these events is Give a Beat (GAB), a nonprofit organization founded in 2014 by social-oriented artists in the dance community that aim to address the issue of mass youth incarceration. Led by dance music champion and tireless humanitarian Lauren Segal, the organization has been hard at work in bringing forth social change among these affected youths and their families through dance music culture and the adoption of various music, mentoring, and reentry programs. The organization also been at the forefront of the push for criminal justice reform by working on forming broad coalitions with various nonprofit organizations with similar advocacies.
