Hip-Hop Educates & Advances Lives!
A Celebration of Heritage, Education, and Social Justice

• Who: The Hip-Hop Association, in conjunction with the Social Services of Hip-Hop, We Got Issues!, and the Afro-Latin@ Project, present the HHEAL Fest.

• What: The HHEAL FEST is a 3-day festival that will focus on connecting social justice movements to Hip-Hop culture, explore the role of women, immigrants and youth, and teach how everyone can be an agent for change

• When: April 18-20, 2008

• Where: Raphael Hernandez School of the Performing Arts- IS 217 (977 Fox Street, Bronx, NY 10459)

• How Much: Admission is free for attendees of the Freshest Youth program, and the Town Hall meeting. There is a small fee of $25 to participate in the H2Ed Summit.

• Why: This is a great event for educators to find out more about integrating Hip-Hop culture and education in their classrooms as a means to engage students in learning.

PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE

Freshest Youth Program | April 18, 1-5 PM: Students from NYC Public Schools will participate in a day of FREE activities that include media literacy workshop, film screenings, and Hip-Hop aesthetic workshops (mcing, djing, break-dancing, graffiti, and beat-boxing). The Hip-Hop Association, in collaboration with its community partners, offers youth a fresh perspective on learning, the arts, and social justice.

Welcome/Intro (1pm) – Principal, Marvin Reid, Andrew Landers (Co-Director of H2Ed), and Sarah Montgomery-Glinski (Co-Director of H2Ed)

Panel Discussion (1:15-2:30pm) - Express Yourself: Using Hip-Hop as a Creative Outlet

Moderator: Jineea Butler (Social Services of Hip-Hop)

Panelists: Franco Rosado (Activist/Hip-Hop Theater), Maria Rubio (Teaching Artist/Aerosol Art), Kazi Rolle (Teaching Artist/Hip-Hop Project), GI Jane (B-Girl/The Community for Education Foundation), and Mazi Mutafa (Word Beats and Life)

Hip-Hop Theater Play - (2:45-3:15pm) - Excerpt Performances of "Eastside Story" presented by Deep Sea Innertainment

Film Screenings | Concurrent Workshops (3:30-5pm)

H2Ed Summit | April 19, 9:30 AM-5 PM: The H2Ed Summit brings together noted Hip-Hop educators, historians, and community organizations to facilitate professional development workshops. The H2Ed Summit serves as a space for exchange of educational models, practices, theories, and multimedia training in order to build inter-generational relationships and future education leaders.

Welcome (9:30am)

Opening Keynote Address (9:45am) - Dr. Daniel Banks (Director of Hip-Hop Theater Initiative - Tisch School of the Arts, NYU)

Panel Discussion - The Impact of Hip-Hop in Education Reform and Social Justice Movements (10-11am)

Moderator: Sarah Montgomery-Glinski (Co-Director of H2Ed)

Panelists: Erica Ford (Life Camp), Cristina Jimenez (NY State Youth Leadership Council), Capital X (Death Penalty Abolitionist), and Dr. David Kirkland (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development - Department of Teaching and Learning, NYU)

Morning Workshops (90-min) (11-12:30)

* Conscious Women Rock the Page (Literacy) - J-Love, We Got Issues!

* Palestinian and Israeli Education Project - Ora Wise

* Rapamatics - Derrick Phillips

* HELP [Hip-Hop Educational Literacy Program]- Gabriel “Asheru” Benn (DC)

Lunch (1-2pm)

* H2A Resources + Community (15-min presentation) Andrew/Sarah

* Breakthrough Presentation of ICE (15-min presentation) Sandy Shin

* I Am Hip-Hop/Skills Board Game (15-min presentation) Nicole Duncan Smith

Matinee Movie Screening 2-2:45pm (45-min)

Hip-Hop Debate Presentation (Seattle) Jen Johnson/Angelica Macklin

Afternoon Workshops (90-min)(3-4:30pm)

* Stop The Violence Curriculum (violence prevention) - Hakim Green

* The Message (Literacy) - Felicia Pride (DC)

* Beyond Bars and Borders (media, immigration rights, - Mark Gonzales (LA)

* Song Writing and Storytelling in a Community Context – Brian Satz, Hip-Hop

Theater Festival

Closing Keynote Address/Performance (4:45-5pm)

Piper Anderson – Multidisciplinary Performer, Author, Facilitator of Transformative Healing, and Educator

Town Hall | April 20, 3-5 PM:

The Hip-Hop Association (H2A), the Afro-Latin@ Project, and The New York State Youth Leadership Council invite you to: The Truth About Immigrants Through the Voices of HIP-HOP, an evening of poetry, songs, music, games, and conversation about the real story of our immigrant communities. Hosted by La Bruja and Renoly Santiago. A special tribute by the first and only African-American, International Chess Grandmaster, Maurice Ashley, dedicated to the Founder of Hip-Hop - Kool Herc and the First Lady of Hip-Hop - Cindy Campbell in homage of their Jamaican roots.

This forum will explore issues on heritage, race relations, and immigrant contributions. It will include a screening of Citizens of Nowhere by Betty Bastidas and Joel Mejia. The film gives a voice to the thousands of undocumented immigrant youth living in the US, with the constant fear of being deported while serving as resource for advocates of immigrant youth, the education sector and non-profit organizations serving immigrant communities. DJ Laylo (Dominican Republic), Eli Efi (Brazil), Jackie Rob, Slangston Hughes, Chosan (Sierra Leone), El Ballet Folklórico Nuevo Amanecer (Mexico) and the Mahina Movement (African-American/Irish) will be performing during the Town Hall Meeting.