Shamako Noble is a hip hop artist, cultural organizer, and political theorist from

San Jose, California San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...

. He was one of the co-founders of the

Hip Hop Congress The Hip Hop Congress (HHC) is a non profit, international grassroots organization. Its mission is to evolve hip hop culture by ''inspiring social action, civic service and cultural creativity within the community''. This includes events and wor ...

. He was a candidate for U.S. Senate for California in

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

, though he did not actually file to be on the ballot. He was interviewed by several news stations while he was participating in organizing Romneyville, a protest encampment outside the

2012 Republican National Convention The 2012 Republican National Convention was a gathering held by the Republican Party (United States), U.S. Republican Party during which Delegate (American politics), delegates officially nominated former List of governors of Massachusetts, Ma ...

Career

Shamako has held several positions in the

U.S. Green Party The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green party, Green state political parties in the United States. The party promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism; nonviolence; social justice; participatory democra ...

. In 2012 he was the personal assistant of the Green Party VP candidate Cheri Honkala, as well as the executive director the Hip Hop Congress. In 2014 he was the Secretary of Culture in the Green Shadow Cabinet.. "The Green Shadow Cabinet of the United States is a civic project not sponsored by or affiliated with any political party." However, it is composed primarily if not entirely of leading members of the

Green Party of the United States The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green party, Green state political parties in the United States. The party promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism; nonviolence; social justice; participatory democra ...

References

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