Hip-Hop Education Guidebook is Born
By Marcella Runell, Director of Education, Hip-Hop Association

A year of labor… and a new edition to the world of Hip-Hop education has been born.

On February 25, 2007, we will be hosting the official book launch party for the Hip-Hop Education Guidebook: Volume 1. The book is truly a labor of love , as it contains lesson plans from teachers all over the United States from Brooklyn to Oakland and everywhere in between.

There are also essays which frame the issues present in Hip-Hop education written by well-known authors such as Kenji Jasper, David Kirkland, & Nicole Duncan-Smith, and so much more… Be sure to check it out and get your copy soon.

The Book Launch party will be at:

Red Bamboo [6pm - 9pm]
271 Adelphi Street
At the corner of DeKalb Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11205-4602 Google Map

Contact me for more info [marcella@hiphopassociation.org]

Job Description:
A major music website is seeking a Director of Content who has a vision for what hot in the world of hip-hop/R&B plus the experience of working in a multimedia environment and the organizational skills to lead our diverse content team of writers, bloggers, videographers and editors. This is a high-profile position, with unlimited growth potential for the right candidate.

Reply To:
Please send resume and a cover letter including salary requirements to: bigfee167@yahoo.com.

Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No phone calls or agencies please. We offer a competitive salary with excellent benefits. We are an equal opportunity employer.

Attention College Students !

Are you interested in gaining real world experience from the #1 Hip Hop station in the #1 market in the country? Well look no further WQHT New York, HOT 97 FM is giving you the experience of a lifetime. We are currently recruiting students for our Spring 2007 Programming Department internship opportunities. These internships are unpaid and are open to college students attending an accredited 4 year college or university on a for college credit basis only. Interns will be responsible for wide array of responsibilities including but not limited to administrative duties and music research. As a result, interns will have the opportunity to work hand and with some of the top music industry professionals and be a part of the programming operations for the #1 Hip Hop station in the #1 market in the country. Are you an undergraduate student entering your junior or senior year? Well spoken and very detail oriented? Thorough follow-up skills, exceptional organization skills, with an ability to work in a fast paced intense environment? And of course a drive to succeed and make an impact in this business? If so what are you waiting for? Apply now! All applicants must be able to provide a letter from you academic institution acknowledging that credit will be received for internship participation. All letters are verified. The Spring 2007 internships will generally run from January ‘07 - May ‘07.

Please submit your profile and resume online. No phone calls please.

RARE FORM & STONES THROW in association with Miss Nelch,
Okayplayer, Dork Mag, Brooklyn Bodega & Wax Poetics present

DONUTS ARE FOREVER
a special tribute to James “J Dilla” Yancey

Saturday, February 10th, 2007 @ Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th Street (btw Kent & Wythe Avenues)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn (L train to Bedford Avenue)
(718) 782 5188 | www.galapagosartspace.com

Doors open 10pm / 21+ / early arrival suggested

2 rooms of music provided by
DJ SCRATCH (legendary producer / DJ, EPMD)
DJ SOUL (Lotus NYC resident)
DJ AKALEPSE (APT resident)
DJ BRAINCHILD (onesoulfulnegro.com, Dork Mag)
BILL SHARP (Fat Beats, East Village Radio)
SAUCEY (Miss Nelch - NYC / LA)

and your host / special guest PHAROAHE MONCH
www.pharoahe-monch.com

OPEN BROOKLYN BREWERY BAR 10PM - 11PM

ADMISSION IS FREE, however donations are STRONGLY suggested
100% of any donations received @ the door go to Ms. Maureen Yancey

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www.stonesthrow.com
www.myspace.com/nicolenelch
www.okayplayer.com
www.dorkmag.com
www.brooklynbodega.com
www.waxpoetics.com

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1st Annual It’s All About M.E.E. Festival – A Celebration of Media, Expression and Education
Sponsored by SoonR, African Ancestry, St. Martin Press, The Ave Magazine, and The Institute for Urban Education at New School University

The It’s All About M.E.E. (Media, Expression, and Education) Festival is a 3-day multi-media celebration taking place from February 23–25, 2007. It’s All About M.E.E combines the best of our Freshest Youth Program, the Urban Word NYC Poetry Slam Final, and the Hip-Hop Education Summit [H2Ed].

Over 15 community arts and media organizations will participate in the celebration, representing cities like San Jose, Oakland, L.A., Chicago and DC, as well as countries like Mongolia, Brazil & Canada. Workshop Facilitators include Full Circle, The Grassroots Artists MovEment (G.A.ME), Beatbox Entertainment, What’s the 411 Initiative, Words Beats and Life, and Hip-Hop Congress. Special celebrity guests include Roxanne Shante, Doug E. Fresh, and Pharoahe Monch, as well as notable Educators and community leaders such as Jeff Duncan-Andrade, Tamara Dawit, Professor Dave Stoval, Mark Gonzales, Ora Wise, Lavie Raven, and Professor Andrew Ryan will engage in dialogue and workshops. In addition to three days of programming, the Hip-Hop Association will celebrate the official release of the Hip-Hop Education Guidebook: Volume 1, a comprehensive tool for those interested in Hip-Hop Education.
“Finally, a book that deftly (and def-ly) chronicles the history, development and practice of Hip-Hop-In-Education, and more importantly- Hip-Hop AS education. If education is not one of the first ten elements of Hip-Hop, then nobody in Hip-Hop is keepin’ it real except teachers.”

–Danny HochWriter, Actor, Founder of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival

“Teachers have no other choice but to learn how to use Hip Hop in the classroom. It’s the language of the children. They have to respect the culture of Hip-Hop.”

–Talib Kweli, Hip-Hop artist
“The H2Ed Guidebook places Hip Hop as not only today’s most important media-artistic influence, but also in its rightful place as the most relevant social, political and cultural phenomena of our time. It is critical and analytical, instructional and intellectual, and thus provides our school community a variety of ways to think about and act upon our lives. It has become a foundational resource in our classrooms.”

–James O’Brien, Ph.D & Principal | Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (BCAM)

Sponsors of the 1st Annual It’s All About M.E.E. Festival include SoonR, African Ancestry, St. Martin Press, The Ave Magazine, and The Institute for Urban Education at New School University. For more information and registration visit www.h2ed.net/itsallaboutmee.

Contact:

212.500.5970
press@hiphopassociation.org

About the Hip-Hop Association:

The Hip-Hop Association (H2A) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) community building organization with national headquarters in Harlem. Our mission is to utilize Hip-Hop culture as a tool to facilitate critical technology, education, and leadership development; while preserving Hip-Hop culture for future generations. For more information visit www.hiphopassociation.org.

About Urban Word NYC:

Urban Word NYC ignited the youth spoken word and poetry scene in New York City when it was established in partnership with Teachers & Writers Collaborative in 1999. Since then, Urban Word NYC has provided thousands of New York City teenagers with free, safe, ongoing, and uncensored writing and performance opportunities. Urban Word believes teenagers can and must speak for themselves and the key to building self-confidence, honing critical thinking skills, and developing imaginative and honest writing is to honor what they say and feel. For more information, please visit www.urbanwordnyc.org.

About BCAM:

Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School provides students a small, personalized learning environment with school, family, and the surrounding Brooklyn and citywide community in a collaborative educational partnership. We offer an exciting and challenging college preparatory academic curriculum and a professional focus in leading communications, arts, and media fields, in a culture wherein students are encouraged to develop individual responsibility, social awareness, self-expression, collective action, and discipline. Through this three-dimensional notion of high school, BCAM students gain the academic, professional, and social skills to enter a range of college and professional opportunities, and most importantly, succeed in this high stakes 21st Century.

Industry Guest: Lynne Kirby Senior Vice President, Original Programming Sundance Channel

Media Coalition Networking Salon
Date: February 21, 200

Time:
6:30pm-9pm

Event Details:

Guest Speaker:
Lynne Kirby,
SVP Sundance Channel

Sponsored by MTV Networks
Hosted by the Tribeca Film Institute

Networking MC:
Denise Richardson, WNET TV Host

Look forward to seeing you this month and we encourage you to bring a
guest. Just make sure your guest signs up with one of the participating
organizations.

REMINDER HOW THE SALON WORKS

Following the talk with the Guest Speaker, members are invited to
present their “digital portfolios” showcasing their work as actors,
writers, directors, editors, cinematographers, music composers, or
other industry capacities.(These portfolios must not exceed 3 minutes.)

OR

Focus Group Screening of a work-in-progress:

How to submit your work:

Present your submission on VHS or DVD to the organization of which you are a member

Admission is free (BUT YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COALITION ) CLICK ON LOGOS BELOW TO JOIN

PLEASE
NOTE: This event is NOT an exhibition series. Our objective is to
connect filmmakers with buyers, employers, and each other.

HIP HOP CONGRESS MINNESOTA SUMMIT

TO BE HELD AT CONCORDIA COLLEGE IN MOORHEAD, MN

The Hip Hop Congress will host its 2nd Annual Minnesota Summit: “Politics, Globalization and the Hip Hop Generation” from Friday, February 16th through Sunday February 18th, 2007.

Don’t fall into the trap of assuming that Hip Hop Congress means drugs, guns, and scantily clad women. We highlight the entire Hip Hop spectrum and advocate a broader vision of Hip Hop culture than the stereotypes often seen on TV and Radio. Hip Hop Congress (HHC) is an International Grassroots Network that educates, empowers, and unites individuals. We preserve and evolve Hip Hop by inspiring social action and cultural creativity within the community. Drawn from an evolving Black Historic and Cultural Forms, the Summit will be an opportunity to connect this modern cultural expression to Concordia’s broader programming in celebration of Black History Month.

The Summit will encourage participants to educate themselves on world and domestic issues, organize action, and recognize how hip hop culture can be used to create positive change. It will bring together a diverse group of people who comprise this youth-driven, youth-based, and youth-inspiring community. The goal of this year’s summit is to connect those interested in Hip Hop with education, social consciousness and community action. Furthermore, it will raise comprehensive discussion related to the politics and the globalizing dimension that defines our world today.

Download the Hip-Hop Congress Minnesota Summit - Press Release