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Back to School Issue! Hip-Hop Education Center Think Tank III Program Announcement

STEP TO SCHOOL WILDSTYLE!

Check out the Hip-Hop Education Think Tank III Lineup!

  • Think Tank Organizers - Casey Wong and Moira Pirsch
  • Featured Fellow - B-Girl Rokafella
  • UrbanWord NYC - Preemptive Education Conference
  • Gender Amplified Conference
  • Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide


Original Wildstyle film container, gear and paraphernalia - Cornell University Hip-Hop Collection
Greetings HHEC Fam!

 

Another school year begins and the HHEC has an amazing fall schedule to help you get through the challenges and celebrate the progress.
In this issue we are announcing the much anticipated Hip-Hop Education Think Tank III program. We have thrifty-five award-winning, notable speakers and presenters confirmed. The two-day convening will include panel discussions, multimedia presentations, exhibitions, film screenings, book signs, and networking receptions. 

I want to also introduce you to our wonderful Think Tank organizers, Casey Wong - Think Tank Manager, and  Moira Pirsch - Think Tank Committee Coordinator. They have been diligently working with Raymond and I since the beginning of the year. Their leadership is demonstrated in the commitment and passion they put into the work.  

Our featured fellow is B-Girl Rokafella, who was recently featured in the Makers: Women Who Make America documentary series. Rokafella continues to shine her b-girl power and inspires us to forge ahead and make moves through life with confidence, excellence, and no fear. 

The HHEC is proud to partner with Urban Word NYC Pre-Emptive conference, Gender Amplified Conference, and Yo Miss! Teaching Insidethe Cultural Divide. We recommend these events and hope that you will take advantage of the professional development and family activities that are being offered. Step to School! Own your rights! Learn and grow!

Finally, as promised, I have included photos from Cornell University's Hip-Hop Collection "Now Scream!" exhibition. In celebration of Wildstyle's 30th anniversary I selected a photo of the original Wildstyle film container, sneaker, cap, belt, and buttons. The "Now Scream!" exhibition is vast and covers a lot of the first two decades of early Hip-Hop. The exhibition will remain on view until February 4, 2014. Check it out: PreservingHipHop.org

Next issue we will highlight results from the Annie E. Casey Foundation Hip-Hop education case studies in Baltimore, MD, Providence, RI, and San Antonio, TX.

Paz and Respeto (Peace and Respect),
M:D
 
Martha Diaz
HHEC Founding Director


Cornell University Hip-Hop Collection "Now Scream!" Exhibition, April 2013

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The Hip-Hop Education Center and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
in collaboration with the Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Teachers College – Columbia University
and the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, Steinhardt School - New York University 

present Hip-Hop EducationThink Tank III

LEGACY BUILDING: CULTIVATING A GLOBAL CIPHER FROM THE STREETS TO THE CLASSROOM

November 9 and 10, 2013

@ The Schomburg Center
515 Malcolm X Blvd  
New York, NY 10037 

Keynote Speakers:  

  • Dr. P. Thandi Hicks Harper - Founder and President, Youth Popular Culture Institute, Inc.
  • Jeff Chang - Executive Director, Institute for Diversity in the Arts / Committee on Black Performing Arts - Stanford University

Town Hall Presentations and Workshops:

  • Defining the Field (Shaping the Language, using identity and amplifying voice)
  • Infrastructure and Capacity Building for the Development of the Teaching Certificate
  • Marketing Strategies / Developing an International Campaign

Film screenings and Talk Backs:  

  • We Get Free: Episode 1 by Jacinda Bullie (Kuumba Lynx)
  • Can Hip-Hop Go To School? by Christopher "Play" Martin - World Premiere
  • Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity by Shakti Butler

Interlude: Dropping Science, Sparking a Social Movement - A conversation with Bakari Kitwana (Rap Sessions), Dr. Christopher Emdin, Ian Levy,  and Tim Jones (Science Genius and #hiphoped, Center for Health Equity and Urban Science Education, Teachers College - Columbia University)

10-Minute Lightning Rounds

  • Elliot Gann - Therapeutic and Educational Implications of Beat Making, Music Production and DJ'ing in School and Community Settings
  • Nate Nevado - Rock The School Bells
  • Aaron "Spazecraft" Lazansky-Oliva - The Living Remix - World Up!
  • Kareem Edouard - Digital Linoleum: Empowering Youth through Hip-Hop Digital Publishing
  • Kyla Griffin - Assistant Principal, Victor Valley Union High School District – Victorville, CA
  • Gabriel “Asheru” Benn - Hip-Hop Education and The Common Core Standards
  • John Jennings - The Visual Culture of Hip-Hop 
  • Erik Cork - Rap, Rhythm & Rhyme: Rebuilding the Writing Foundation
  • Gerald Watson and DJ2Tone - Shaolin Jazz Project 
  • Bocafloja - Quilomboarte 

Connecting Learning with Hip-Hop and Technology Panel
Moderated by Dr. Ernest Morrell (National Council of Teachers of English and Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Teachers College - Columbia University) Panelists include, Jeremy Dean (Rap Genius), Pat Bransford (The National Urban Technology Center), Ebonie Smith (Dubspot)

Reading Hip-Hop Inside Out: From Autobiography and Novels to Ethnography and Monographs 

  • Dr. Daudi Abe - 6 'N The Morning: West Coast Hip-Hop Music 1987-1992 & the Transformation of Mainstream Culture
  • Jessica Care Moore - Moore Black Press
  • Khalid el-Hakim - The Center of the Movement: Collecting Hip Hop Memorabilia
  • Dr. David Kirkland - A Search Past Silence: The Literacy of Young Black Men
  • Dr. Bettina Love - Hip Hop’s Li’l Sistas Speak
  • Adam Mansbach - Rage is Back: A Novel 
  • Dr. Halifu Osumare - The Hiplife in Ghana: West African Indigenization of Hip-Hop
  • Dr. Emery Petchauer - Schooling Hip-hop: Expanding Hip-hop Based Education Across the Curriculum
  • Prodigy - My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy
  • Gabriel Tolliver - Made You Look: 10 Years of the Hip-Hop Odyssey International Film Festival

Book Signing | Reception | Pop-Up Exhibitions - The Black History 101 Mobile Museum | Cornell University Hip-Hop Collection | Shaolin Jazz Project

Panel Discussion:  How are arts and education institutions contributing and shaping the field of Hip-Hop Education?

Moderated by Dr. Travis Gosa (Assistant Professor of Social Science, Cornell University – New York, NY)
Panelists include, Dr. Don C. Sawyer III (Assistant Professor, Quinnipiac University – Hamden, CT), Dr. Halifu Osumare (Professor & Director, African American & African Studies / Co-Director, Institute of Dunham Technique Certification - University of California, Davis - Davis, California) , Peter Kahn, Concordia University

International Research Panel - Moderated by Moises Lopez (International Committee Manager, HHEC), Aruna Vermeulen (Netherlands), Carlos Dávalos (Mexico), Jarrett Martineau (Canada)

Closing Roundtable: Hip-Hop Academy: From the Streets to the Classroom  
Moderated by Dr. James Peterson (Hip-Hop Scholars, Inc. and Director of African Studies at Lehigh University)
Panelists include, M-1 (Dead Prez), YoYo, Carlos "Mare139" Rodriguez, and Toni Blackman

Tickets: $40 for 1 day; $65 for both days. Limited Seating. Breakfast and lunch provided. 
REGISTER HERE: www.showclix.com/event/HipHopEdThinkTankIII 


Our Mission

The Hip-Hop Education Center (HHEC) cultivates and develops Hip-Hop scholars, teaching artists, activists, cultural workers, and social entrepreneurs in the effort to professionalize the field of Hip-Hop Education and inform the larger education sector. www.hiphopeducation.org

Casey Wong

"While there have been incredible successes, a few exemplary models will be showcased at the Think Tank III, maintaining a cohesive and well-organized community has been a recurring struggle adversely affecting Hip-Hop Education’s ability to mature and realize its full potential as a movement.  The HHEC’s Think Tank series is one serious effort by the Center to help invigorate and organize Hip-Hop Education into a movement, a global cipher from the streets to the classroom, so as to ensure an enduring and lasting legacy for our youth."

Moira Pirsch

"There is no question that the commitment, spirit and forward-thinking of this new-era of hip-hop practitioner/ scholars has and will continue to change the game of education forever. The Think Tank III will not only provide space for us to share the specifics of our work but most importantly, will be a time for us to connect to ourselves and one another in new, inspiring ways. As hip-hop continues to open the walls of our institutions and our daily lives, I am honored to be building with the team at the HHEC."

Featured Fellow

Ana "ROKAFELLA" Garcia


At the age of 11, Rokafella had already found her rhythm and was on her way to becoming a B-Girl. She co-founded Full Circle Prod Inc. in 1996 with her husband Kwikstep, who is also a B-Boy. She's not only a renowned dancer, but a poet, musician, filmmaker and entrepreneur who’s regarded as a pioneer for B-Girls and B-Boys on stages across the world.
Check her out on Makers: 
http://www.makers.com/ana-rokafella-garcia


Urban Word NYC 

Preemptive Ed Conference 2013: Critical Literacy and Connected Learning 
September 26 - 29, 2013

Urban Word NYC, the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs at NYU, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, Hip Hop Education Center, the Institute for Urban and Minority Education, and El Puente present the 2013 Preemptive Education Conference, featuring a dy­namic weekend training series that engages the best practices in spoken word, hip-hop, urban arts, and social justice education. Register here: http://preemptiveed2013.eventbrite.com

Gender Amplified

On September 28, 2013, women and girls from around the United States will come together for a free, day-long event on the Barnard College campus in New York City to discuss the state of women in music production, how to get involved in the technical side of the music industry, and the relationship between music production and commerce. The festival will feature live performances by artists including THEESatisfaction, Alluxe aka Laura Escudé (Electronic Creatives), and Genesis Be, industry panels, and instructional workshops geared to high school youth to encourage them to pursue studies in music production and technology.  http://genderamplified.eventbrite.com

Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide

September 24 - Fusing the art of theatre and radio, "Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide" is an eye-and ear-witness account of one artist navigating a maze of miscommunications and memories, while breaking down assumptions that divide residents of a city who live in close proximity but come from conflicting worlds. Judith Sloan remixes her experiences of a lifetime as she transforms into a multitude of characters in this sometimes funny, sometimes sad, yet always truth-seeking show.  http://tinyurl.com/StoriesFromYOMISS-JSloanNYU

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