THE STATE OF HIP HOP Diverse Methods in Learning

THE STATE OF HIP HOP

Diverse Methods in Learning

This conference is comprised to discuss and raise awareness about Hip Hop Education and how it can be utilized as an alternative method of learning to shift the present paradigm in educational challenges that today’s urban youth encounter due to a suffering education system.

BaJa Ukweli

Program Coordinator/Outreach Officer – Africana Institute

Jah Jah Shakur

National Communication Director – The Temple of Hip Hop

Africana Institute

The Africana Institute at Essex County College is the center for exploration, celebration, and critical examination of the African global experience. The mission is to revitalize, reconnect and strengthen the global African cultural, social and intellectual heritage. For more information about the Africana Institute visit www.essex.edu/ai or contact us at 973.877.3219 or via email at africana@essex.edu.

The Temple of Hip Hop

Founded in 1996 by Hip Hop pioneer and legend KRS-ONE, the Temple Of Hip Hop is an international ministry, archive, school and society (M.A.S.S.) movement that teaches Hip Hop beyond entertainment. The TOHH promotes and preserves Hip Hop’s accumulated historical/cultural/spiritual wisdom for the purpose of empowering the Hiphoppa and guiding the Hip Hop nation.

The TOHH is beyond race, religion, ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation. The TOHH expresses Hip Hop as a unique way of life that promotes health, love, awareness and wealth (HLAW). The TOHH is not a place, a fan club, entertainment corporation or religious organization. The TOHH is a movement of conscious people who are committed to using Hip Hop as a life-strategy for spiritual enlightenment, creative expression and self-empowerment. 

The TOHH is concerned with the way in which Hip Hop Kulture will be documented and interpreted in world history. The TOHH is concerned with the spiritual awareness of the Hip Hop Nation. The TOHH does not seek to replace the general beliefs and practices of churches, mosques, synagogues, temples or lodges. Hip Hop has many different religious beliefs and is in harmony with a variety of spiritual views, customs, traditions and codes of conduct. Our body is the temple that Hip Hop expresses through, therefore we are the Temple of Hip Hop; we are not doing hip-hop, we are Hip Hop!   

THE STATE OF HIP HOP

Diverse Methods in Learning

PROGRAM

MASTER OF CEREMONY

Martha Diaz

Founding Director/President H2ED Center

12:00 – BaJa Ukweli Welcome Remarks

12:10 – Zul Latifah Libation

12:20 – African Origins of Hip Hop Cultural Presentation

            [African Drummers/DJ, Capoeria/Break Dancers,Heiroglyphics/Grafitti, Griots/MCs]

12:40 – Dr. Khalfani – Opening Remarks and Position

12:55 – Jah Jah Shakur – Hip Hop Studies commentary

1:10 – Martha Diaz – Introduction of Panelists and H2ED Center initiatives

1:25 – Panel Discussion 1– What is Hip Hop Studies?

            [Educators and Administrators]

2:10 – Panel Discussion 2 – What is Hip Hop Scholarship?

            [Artists Active in Hip Hop Studies]

2:55 – Panel Discussion 3 – What are the benefits of a Hip Hop Curriculum and Course of Study?

            [Community based organizations]

3:10 – Keynote Address – Dr. Cornell West and KRS ONE

5:10 – Q&A Session

5:40 – Closing Remarks – Dr. Akil Kokayi Khalfani