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Welcome to the tenth official day of the Manifesto Festival's LIVE BLOG.
Today we have the our powerful speaker series; So Much Things To Say. This conference hosted at the AGO features a speech from key note visionary Dream Hampton, Tara Muldoon's life changing Forgiveness Project, North American Blogger Conference, and Feminism In Hip-Hop, and One Nation.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS : DREAM HAMPTON
1:00pm
Donisha Pendergrass, the granddaughter of Bob Marley, opens the show with a stunning musical performance to get the crowd in motion.

1:15pm
Che Kothari and Donisha Pendergrass continue with a powerful poem and introduction to our keynote speaker Dream Hampton.

1:30pm
Keynote speaker Dream Hampton gives us her autobiographical account of her life, and how she got involved with the mystical world of  hip-hop culture.  Charged with social commentary, and political awareness, Dream's words are powerful beyond measure.

2:00pm
Dream gives us her narrative of her moments on how she met Tupac Shakur and Christopher "Notorious B.I.G" Wallace.

4 CONFERENCES TAKE PLACE SIMULTANEOUSLY : Mentorship ; Feminism in Hip-Hop, Globalization, Health and Wellness.
(More detailed commentary on these 4 mini conferences in another post)

4:30pm
ONE NATION MEGA CONFERENCE :
Panelists/promoters from across Canada share a dialogue in expansion proccesses, funding, future approaches etc. This think tank of influential community leaders is a catalyst for amazing change, growth, expansion, and unity.

Festival Producers on Pannel:
Hip Hop in the Park (Edmonton)
LiveStyle Urban Arts Festival (Calgary)
Under Pressure (Montreal)
Hopscotch (Halifax)
House of Paint (Ottawa)
Winnipeg Folk Festival (Winnipeg)
Lyrics To Go (New York)

5:00pm
Discussions of expansion on community, business, and artistry levels. With a combined impact of having about 90, 000 spectators attending events between all sanctions, there is definitely a political presence that can be felt as One Nation has formed.

5:05pm
Some of the benefits and challenges when being funded directly from the city, for community festivals. Dialogue on setting up a galvanized framework through volunteer iniatives, sponsorship, and building projects from the ground up.

5:10pm
Discussions on individual budgets, artist pay, government funding, additional enterprise, and fundraising initiatives.

NORTH AMERICAN BLOGGERS SUPER PANEL
Panelists:
Dan (Okay Player)
Meka (2DopeBoyz)
Lowkey (YouHeardThatNew)
Marcus Troy (Marcus Troy)
Hustlegrl (Hustlegrl, ATF)
moderated by Rodrigo Bascunan (Pound Magazine)

5:40pm
Panelists describe what specifically they do, outside of the misnomer of strictly being a "blogger".
"I consider myself a social media renaissance man"
-LowKey

5:50pm
"According to statistics, 3000 blogs have been created in the last 24hrs." - Rodrigo Bascunan
Panelists discuss what they attribute to  their success.

6:00pm
Panelists discuss their thoughts on hit numbers. If they do/do not care about total hits, and specific content.

6:05pm
Talks about monetary success, and how they get paid through their passion/art.

FORGIVENESS PROJECT SUPER PANEL

This panel includes acclaimed industry professionals: