The Art of Social Change: My next showcase.

Friday, May 6th 2010:


HIP-HOP BARBER (Stage Two Lobby, 618 S Michigan 2nd floor)

HIP-HOP RESOURCE FAIR & READING LIBRARY (Stage Two Lobby, 618 S Michigan 2nd floor) featuring tables from local artists, businesses, and Hip-Hop organizations

DAY/ CHILDCARE ROOM (4th floor Multicultural conference room, 618 S Michigan)

BLACK BOOK Graffiti Writers Battle (Underground café, 600 S Michigan)

9 AM – 10 AM:

Check In and Continental Breakfast (Stage Two, 618 S Michigan 2nd floor)

Yoga Movement (4th floor multipurpose room, 618 S Michigan)

Tours of Center for Black Music Research (CBMR, 7th floor, 618 S Michigan) at 11am, 2pm, 3pm, & 4pm. 15 people maximum for each tour, sign up at check-in and registration table.

10 AM – 11:15 AM: Let’s get things started right! Hip-Hop invocations: (Stage Two, 618 S Michigan 2nd floor) Opening introductions and kick-off presentation by Teach-In organizers.

Morning Sessions:

11:15 AM-1:25 PM

Critical Whiteness Roundtable and workshop (Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 S Michigan Ave) Featuring: Kevin Coval (Young Chicago Authors), Jacinda Bullie (Kuumba Lynx), K. Bradford (Columbia), Adam Levin (First Wave Madison) and Ryan Lugalia-Hollon (Facilitator).

Collaboration, Co-op-etition and effectively using Media (Hokin Lecture Hall 101, 623 S Wabash) Lead by: Members of the Chicago Youth Voices Network (CYVN)- DeAnna McLeary (True Star Magazine) and Jeff McCarter (FreeSpirit Media)

Female MC workshop (Room 1303, 624 S Michigan) Lead by: FM Supreme with Ang 13. This workshop will be dedicated to creating a gendered space for young women to learn about the art of MC’ing.

Male MC workshop (Room 1304, 624 S Michigan) Lead by: Bomani Armah (Words Beats & Life) This workshop will be dedicated to creating a gendered space for young men to learn about the art of MC’ing.

Intro to Graffiti/ Mural Workshop (Underground Café, 600 S Michigan Ave) Lead by: Lavie Raven, Hip-Hop University Minister of Education and James Spurgeon, Kuumba Lynx Lead Teaching Artist. This workshop will be dedicated to helping teach-in participants to learn about the history and fundamentals of graffiti art.

Intro DJing Workshop (Rooms 1305, 624 S Michigan) Lead by: Justin “Itch 13” Fingers. This workshop will be dedicated to helping teach-in participants to learn about the history and fundamentals of DJ’ing.

1:30PM – 2:30PM: Lunch / / Networking (Stage Two, 618 S Michigan 2nd floor) Performances by Omar Offendum (US/Syria).

2:40 PM– 4:40PM: Will the Real Hip-Hop Scholars Please Stand Up?: Hip-Hop Pedagogy From the Streets to the University and back to the Streets (Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 S Michigan Ave). Featuring: Pancho McFarland (Chicago State), Lavie Raven (Hip-Hop University), Christopher Chauncey Deis (DePaul University), Moira Pirsch (Voices Merging), Stephanie Shonekan (Columbia) and David Omotoso Stovall (facilitating).

MC Performance Breath & Body Workshop. (Multipurpose room, 618 S Michigan Ave 4th floor) Lead by: Shannon Matesky.

Intermediate Graffiti Workshop (Underground Café, 600 S. Michigan Basement) Lead by: Nino Rodriguez and Nerd.

Building Healthy Organizational Culture: Methods for Sustainability. (Hokin Lecture Hall 101, 623 S Wabash Ave) Featuring: Asad Jafri, IMAN, Mike Hawkins, YouMedia, Mia Henry and Kristen Atkinson, Chicago Freedom School.

4:50PM - 5:50PM: Teaching Artist Workshop: Designing Outcomes Based Lesson Plans and Overcoming Adultism (Ferguson Hall 600 S Michigan Ave) Lead by: Hilda Franco, Chicago Freedom School.

“Hip-Hop, Honky-Tonk, and the American Dream"(Hokin Lecture Hall 101, 623 S Wabash Ave) Lead by: Stephanie Shonekan (Columbia College).

Hip-Hop Political Organizing (Room 1304, 624 S Michigan) Lead by:

Intermediate Graffiti workshop (600 S. Michigan Basement, Underground Café) Lead by: Justin Grey, Connect Force.

Hip-Hop choreography (618 S Michigan Multipurpose room 4th floor) Lead by: Kuumba Lynx and Full Effect Theatrical Dance Company.

6PM – 9PM:From the Motherland to the Heartland: Chicago’s Diasporic Hip-Hop Concert. (Stage Two, 618 S Michigan 2nd floor) Featuring: Kevin Coval (MC), Invincible, Tomorrow Kings, BBU, Ang 13, FM Supreme, Waterflow (Senegal), Babaluku (Uganda), Urbanized Music. FREE WITH REGISTRATION!

9:30PM: ALL AGES OPEN MIC/ CIPHER SESSION (Young Chicago Authors, 1180 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor) hosted by Isaac Miller and Insightout Literary Arts Project from Detroit, Michigan. All are welcome to come, spit and share work in all art forms!

10PM: Afrika Bambaataa after-party (The Mid, 306 N Halsted St), free before 11am if you register at: www.clubtix.com (21+)

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