Fordham University's Graduate School of Social Service

In collaboration with Hip Hop Therapy & Hip Hop Psychology

presents

"ONE MIC, ONE MOVEMENT: Advances in Hip Hop Therapy & Hip Hop Psychology" CONFERENCE & CONCERT

Saturday, February 4, 2012

 @ Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, (New York, New York)

www.hiphopstudentunion.org

www.hiphoppsychology.org

"One Mic, One Movement: Advances in Hip Hop Therapy & Hip Hop Psychology": is composed of a series of academic lectures, interactive workshops and a culminating concert. The purpose of this event is to bring together Hip Hop social scientists & to showcase Hip Hop-based interventions in a variety of diverse settings. This event is the first of a series which will re-occur in annually. [READ CONFERENCE PAMPHLET FOR MORE INFORMATION, Click here.]

Saturday, February 4, 2012:

Location (Pope Auditorium @ Fordham University's Lincoln Center Campus).

8AM-9:15AM REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:15AM-9:30AM INTRODUCTIONS (Donald Garner, MSW, MPA, PhD student)

9:30AM-10AM Edgar H. Tyson, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University. WELCOME ADDRESS.

10:00AM-11:00AM Jaleel K. Abdul-Adil, PhD., Co-Director of the Urban Youth Trauma Center (UYTC), Associate Director of Colbeth Clinic Disruptive Behavior Clinic (DBC) School-Age Program, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Juvenile Research. "Rigorous Hip-Hop Research: A Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy?" Pope Auditorium.

10:00AM-11:00AM Michael Viega, MMT, MT-BC,PhD candidate in music therapy, Temple University, Fellow, Association of Music and Imagery, Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA. "The Hero's Journey in Hip-Hop and its Application in Music Therapy." Classroom TBA.

11:00AM-12:00PM Raphael Travis, DrPH,LCSW, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Texas State University-San Marcos. "From 'Me' to 'We': Reintroducing Hip-Hop Culture to Better Capture the Importance of Strengths & Relationships" Pope Auditorium.

11:00AM-12:00PM Debangshu Roychoudhury, MA, PhD student New York University, The Graduate Center at the City University of New York; Lauren M. Gardner, MSW,PhD student Fordham University, The Graduate Center at the City University of New York; & Donald Garner, MSW, MPA, PhD student Florida State University, Fordham University. "Poetic Justice: Expressing the Philosophical, Spiritual, and Psychological Underpinnings of Social Justice Narratives from Three Urban Scholar-Artists." Classroom TBA.

12:00PM-1:15PM RECESS FOR LUNCH 

1:30PM-2:30PM Daniel Gaztambide, MA, & Walter Hidalgo, MA. "A Minister, a Therapist, and a Mic: Integrating Hip-Hop and Spirituality in Counseling and Ministry with Ethnic Minority Youth." Pope Auditorium.

1:30PM-2:30PM Benjamin Hoeltje,Certified Social Worker & Music Therapist, Rhap-Academy in Krefeld, Germany, "Rapmusictherapy (RMT) to encourage emotional expression by youth at-risk." & Sylka Uhlig, Presentation details TBA Classroom TBA.

2:30PM-3:30PM Mark Naison, PhD, Professor of African American Studies & History, Principal Investigator Bronx African American History Project, Director of Urban Studies Program, Fordham University. Lecture title TBA. Pope Auditorium.

2:30PM-3:30PM T.Tomas Alvarez, III, MSW, Robert Jackson, John Gill, MSW, Myrtho Gardiner, LCSW, Earl Skinner,& Kursten B. Hensl, PhD, JD. "Beats, Rhymes, and Life (BRL): Using Hip Hop as a Catalyst for Healing, Community Change and Youth Development and Mental Health." Classroom TBA.

3:30PM-4:30PM Farbeon, BA, MA student, Founder & Program Director of the Hip Hop Re:Education Project, New York University. "Hip Hop Re:Education Project" & Olad Aden Presentation Title TBA Pope Auditorium.

3:30PM-4:30PM Scott MacDonald, MMT, MT-BC, Music Therapists, Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment & Michael Viega, MMT, MT-BC, PhD candidate in music therapy, Temple University, Fellow, Association of Music and Imagery, Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA. "Hear Our Voices: A Music Therapy Songwriting Program and the Message of the Little Saints through the Medium of Rap." Classroom TBA.

4:30PM-5:30PM Edgar H. Tyson, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University. Susan Hadley, PhD, MT-BC, Professor of Music Therapy at Slippery Rock University, George Yancy, PhD, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dusquesne University  &  Mark Naison, PhD, Professor of African American Studies & History, Principal Investigator Bronx African American History Project, Director of Urban Studies Program, Fordham University. Panel presentation. Title TBA. Pope Auditorium.

5:30PM "ONE MIC, ONE MOVEMENT" CONCERT Featuring the Liberated Soul Collective & more Underground internatonal talent. More info. on performers coming soon!  Pope Auditorium.