Soul Science Lab Joins Belafonte's Many Rivers to Cross Festival Lineup

    NEW YORK, NY, September 29, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Social justice organization Sankofa.org, founded by entertainment icon Harry Belafante, add Brooklyn-based Hip-Hop duo, Soul Science Lab, to the Many Rivers to Cross Festival, for music, art and social justice, October 1-2, 2016 in Atlanta, GA.

The Many Rivers to Cross Festival (http://www.manyriversfestival.com) is the largest music and arts festival dedicated to racial and social justice where progressive movement, artists and thought-leaders who are leading change in their communities will converge for a 2-day festival of including concerts, visual and performance arts and conversations for change. Soul Science Lab (http://www.soulsciencelab.com) is set to perform music from their debut album Plan for Paradise on October 2nd on the Social Justice stage. The 45 minute set will include songs from their recently released debut album, Plan for Paradise, which chronicles cultural and social justice, joys, triumphs and life's journeys in a blend of raw Hip-Hop, Afrobeat, R&B and second line Jazz.

The two-day festival will host three stages featuring world-renown artists, speakers and activists including Carlos Santana, John Legend, Common, Ledisi, Public Enemy, Dave Matthews, Estelle, Macklemore, TI, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Robert Glasper, Q Tip, Chris Rock, Jasiri X, Dianne Reeves, Jussie Smollett, Aja Monet, Aloe Blacc, Sounds of Blackness, Goapele, Michelle Alexander, Danny Glover, Chris Tucker and more!

"The Many Rivers Festival is presenting us with a historic moment. It is rare in our culture that we are able to experience art and activism at such a high level. It is also rare to have so many amazing artists, activists and thought leaders in the same place for causes that will impact the future of humanity. Soul Science Lab is honored and truly humbled to be part of this iconic event." - Chen Lo, of Soul Science Lab

In addition to the music performances and speeches, a series of panels and discussions will be held for some of the country's most influential and powerful movement leaders, artists, activists and over 40 nonprofits dedicated to the promoting social justice reform in an immersive Social Justice Village. The conversations will work to engage, inform, exchange ideas, and activate calls-to-action to mobilize attendees around society's most urgent human rights issues as well as how to use their platforms to amplify ideas and solutions to advance human rights for all, including systemic bias and discrimination exhibited by legal, voter disenfranchisement, ending mass incarceration, gender justice, alternative policing, freeing caged communities, the role of art in the movement and more. The festival will also include a Healing Justice Tent, where festival goes and can access key healing tools that will rejuvenate and inspire, including meditation, yoga, and other therapeutic practices that help renew the body, mind, and spirit.

All throughout the festival there will be curated art installations and sculptures including works from artists: Sophia Dawson, Brandan "B-Mike" Odums, Douglas Miles, Katie Yamasaki, Rontherin, Kristy Sandoval and Sydney James Green. Some of the artists will be creating live on site. The weekend will culminate with "Stir It Up", a two-hour curated presentation by entertainment icon/activist Harry Belafonte giving us a cultural and artistic look at the American black experience then and now.

The Many Rivers to Cross Festival will be Saturday, October 1, 2016-Sunday, October 2nd, 2016, beginning at 12:00 p.m. at the Bouckeart Farm, located at 9445 Browns Lake Rd, Fairburn, GA (Chattahoochee Hills, GA). Ticket prices start at $40-$350. For tickets, visit http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1269413.

To learn more about Soul Science Lab, please visit http://www.soulsciencelab.com. For Soul Science Lab music and media, visit @SoulScienceLab on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

To learn more about the Many Rivers to Cross Festival, lineup, location and for tickets visit http://www.manyriversfestival.com. For updates on the Many Rivers to Cross Festival, join the Many Rivers to Cross Festival Facebook community, follow @ManyRiversFest on Twitter and Instagram and follow the conversation at #ManyRiversFest.

ABOUT SOUL SCIENCE LAB
Soul Science Lab (SSL) is a Brooklyn based music production-company with an empowering approach to self-expression. Co-founder Chen Lo is a seasoned artist, educator and creative director. This visionary mind has toured the globe, performing and leading master classes with a number of cultural arts institutions, including Jazz at Lincoln Center on the Rhythym Road, the August Wilson Center, 651 ARTS and others. Chen Lo has also shared the stage with the likes of Common, Erykah Badu, KRS-ONE, A Tribe Called Quest, Xzibit and has worked with the legendary Last Poets. To date, he has recorded notable collaborations with K'Naan, Murs Jean Grae and Ryan Leslie. Co-founder Asante' Amin is a gifted multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. A MetLife Meet the Composer award winner, Amin is a musical director ahead of his time. Soul Science Lab's current projects include: Chen Lo's 2013 album Footprints, Amin's 2014 album The Visitor and "Soundtrack '63", a multi-media, musical and millennial retrospective on the Civil Rights Movement, explored through images, video, jazz, hip-hop, soul and poetry. To learn more about Soul Science Lab, visit soulsciencelab.com.

ABOUT SANKOFA.ORG
Sankofa.org is a social justice organization founded by Harry Belafonte that enlists the support of today's most celebrated artists and influential individuals in collaboration with grassroots partners to elevate the voices of the disenfranchised and promote justice, peace, and equality.

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