Watch the 2011 Film White Wash Narrated by Ben Harper on Facebook for Free

White Wash, www.kanopy.com.

The California chapters of the Surfrider Foundation are hosting a free screening of the 2011 film White Wash, narrated by musician Ben Harper, on Facebook on July 28, 2020.

The Event

The July 17, 2020, Surfrider Foundation San Francisco Chapter e-newsletter said, "As Surfrider moves forward supporting diversity, equity and inclusion not just in surfing, but in our community, we will be screening the movie White Wash on our Surfrider Foundation - California Facebook page.

"We're very fortunate to have the film's producer, Airrion Copeland and potentially a couple other speakers joining us after for a Q & A discussion. 

"White Wash, the documentary, is a film exploring the complexity of race in America through the struggle and triumph of black surfers. White Wash is a historical exploration of race, identity, and the myths we live by and that ultimately unite us all."'

Watch the White Wash trailer on the YouTube Movies YouTube channel.

Read more about White Wash on www.imdb.com.

The Schedule

July 28, 2020

7:00PM - 9:00PM PT

Watch the Livestream

The viewing is free with no registration required.

Watch the livestream on the Surfrider Foundation - California Facebook page.

If you miss the Facebook event then watch the film on Amazon, rent it on YouTube, or watch it for free on www.kanopy.com.

White Wash, www.kanopy.com.

Surfrider Foundation

"The Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves and beaches, for all people, through a powerful activist network."

Read more about the nonprofit on www.surfrider.org.

Ben Harper & Obama College Student Rally Tomorrow. Watch Live.

Ben Harper will appear with President Obama at the University of Wisconsin's Madison campus tomorrow (Tues) to encourage young people to vote on Nov 2.

This rally, the first in a series of college campus rallies Obama has scheduled in order to get young people who voted for him in 2008 to the polls this Nov 2, is free and open to the public. Gates open @ 4:30pm EST, and event is scheduled to begin @ 5:45pm EST. But the live stream won't begin until 6:30pm EST - you can watch here. VP Biden, Members of the Cabinet, and DNC Chairman Tim Kaine are holding events at other college campuses on Tues, and 100+ campuses are holding watch parties. Find one near you here.

Tomorrow's event will last several hours. If you're near Wisc & want to attend in person, then Ben has all of the details up on his website here.

Ben Harper has also partnered with HeadCount to encourage music fans to get out to vote on Nov 2. Check out the PSA featuring Ben:



To sign up to receive a free, non-partisan Election Day reminder phone call from your fave artist, go here.

For more info about Obama's message for young people check out the transcript of the conference call that he held earlier today with college journalists, here.

Note: I couldn't find any specific info about the rest of Obama's college tour, but I hope that he comes out to the San Francisco Bay Area:) Michelle Obama will be touring California at the end of October, though, to support Democratic women who are running for re-election! Michelle's tour will also include stops in New York, Chicago, Denver, Seattle and Milwaukee.

Vote Again 2010 feat. Michael Franti, Ben Harper ...

A new video from HeadCount and Causecast:



Are YOU going to Vote Again in 2010? Check out the video contest!

PS - if you read my blog even fairly regularly you prob already know that I love HeadCount. But I love Causecast, too:)

Campus Consciousness Tour Video Update from the Road

More info about the Campus Consciousness Tour and Reverb in this previous blog post.

In addition to the tour dates mentioned in that blog post, here are the additional Campus Consciousness Tour dates. Ben Harper did the previous shows; these new dates are with Drake.

April 26 - University of Missouri
April 27 - University of Kentucky (Lexington)
April 29 - University of Massachusetts (Lowell) (postponed)
April 30 - Syracuse University
May 4 - College of the Holy Cross
May 5 - Towson University
May 7 - Cornell University
May 8 - Plymouth State University

The Surfrider Foundation's Washington, DC Chapter had an outreach booth at the Pier 6 show. Check out their review here.



It's not mentioned in the above video, but HeadCount also has a rep traveling with the Campus Consciousness Tour - Liz O'Donnell.

To stay up to date on the Campus Consciousness Tour (and view more photos) check out the tour's (awesome) Facebook page.

Ben Harper Headlining Reverb's Campus Consciousness Tour

Finally catching up on my old emails from Ben Harper & Relentless7, and saw this info. If you've never seen Ben live, then you're missing out!


photo: Ben

Ben Harper and Relentless7 will headline this year's Campus Consciousness Tour.

Created by non-profit group Reverb, Campus Consciousness Tour is half music, half environmental campaign aiming to inspire and activate students in a fun and exciting atmosphere while leaving a positive impact on each community and college that the tour reaches.

This video is a recap of the 2006 Campus Consciousness Tour. It features a fellow Lehigh University alum, Grady, who is now a grad student at Yale:)




Ben Harper and Relentless7 2010 Campus Consciousness Tour Dates:

04/15/10 - Thu 7:30pm - DeKalb, IL United States - Northern Illinois University Campus Consciousness

04/16/10 - Fri 7:00pm - Athens, OH United States - Ohio University Campus Consciousness

04/17/10 - Sat 7:00pm - Williamsport, PA United States - Lycoming College Campus Consciousness

04/20/10 - Tue 7:00pm - Baltimore, MD United States - Pier Six Pavilion Campus Consciousness

04/21/10 - Wed 7:00pm - Winston-Salem, NC United States - Wake Forest University Campus Consciousness

04/24/10 - Sat 3:00pm - Nashville, TN United States - Rites of Spring Campus Consciousness

See Tour Dates for more info.


Here's a video of Ben singing a beautiful song "With My Own Two Hands." -



Watch the new music video for "Lay There & Hate Me" here.


Here's a video for the song "My Father's House". Buy the song now at iTunes and AmazonMP3 to benefit Artists for Peace and Justice Haiti Relief. This single is part of a split digital single released with Eddie Vedder's version of "My City of Ruins." The song, written by Bruce Springsteen, was performed live at the Kennedy Center Honors, Dec 6 2009. Ben Harper and Relentless7 will be opening for Pearl Jam in Europe this summer.

Ben also autographed a guitar along with Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez and Ry Cooder, and donated some of his merch for a raffle, with proceeds going towards Haiti relief.

If you check out Ben's "activism" page on his website, the first nonprofit listed that he supports is the Surfrider Foundation. YEAH, Ben:)

Ben Harper Celebrates Earth Day in Italy with National Geographic

To celebrate Earth Day, Nat Geo Music channel is hosting a live broadcast concert featuring Grammy award-winning artist Ben Harper with Relentless 7, in Rome's famed Piazza del Popolo.

Nat Geo Music launched in October 2007 and is now available in Italy, Portugal and Latin America with further expansion expected globally. The channel is part of National Geographic Channels International (NGCI), along with the National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channel HD, Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo Adventure.

The concert will air live on April 22nd beginning at 8 p.m. in Italy (2 p.m. US EST), and will be featured simultaneously on Nat Geo Music channel, www.natgeomusic.net, in the United States and www.natgeotv.com/earthday internationally. All of the concert's carbon emissions will be offset by planting 1,000 trees this fall in Rome's Riserva della Valle dell'Aniene park. The project is run through Impatto Zero, an initiative from Italian organization LifeGate that enables individuals and organizations to offset carbon emissions through tree-planting.

The concert will also mark the debut performance of Bibi Tanga & The Selenites, one of the first signings to Nat Geo Music's new record label. In celebration of Earth Day, Nat Geo Music will release Bibi Tanga's It's The Earth That Moves EP on April 21. The digital-only EP will mark the first ever release on the recently launched Nat Geo Music label. Also on stage will be Subsonica, an Italian-based group whose fusion of electronic and rock music helped them sell out their most recent European tour.

The Nat Geo Music concert is just one of the many events that National Geographic Channels International will be holding around the world to help raise environmental awareness and encourage everyone that "what you do counts." Digital exhibits featuring imagery from photographer James Balog for National Geographic Channel's "Extreme Ice" will be held in select territories, including India and Taiwan. The images uniquely illustrate the effects of climate change on the coldest regions of our planet through special time-lapse camera technology. In Portugal, National Geographic Channel has constructed an eco-friendly house that demonstrates how to "green" your home without making a huge investment or foregoing everyday comforts.

Embracing the concept of raising awareness through music, National Geographic Channel in Latin America has launched a music contest through MySpace for viewers to submit a song that helps increase understanding about significant environmental issues. National Geographic Channels International has also recently partnered with the EMI record label and Spanish band Macaco on a special music video for Earth Day featuring acclaimed actor Javier Bardem.


This album will be released in the USA on Tuesday, May 5, 2009.

Source: Nat Geo Music Celebrates Earth Day With Ben Harper & Relentless7 Live In Concert, Nat Geo News, 4/6/09