ONLINE: Hip-Hop in the Heartland

UW Professional Learning and Community Education and Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives event.

press release: Over the past 13 years, Hip Hop in the Heartland has provided educators and community members an opportunity to connect hip hop as both an art form and an instructional tool to improve the academic success of students who remain marginalized in our schools.

Join us virtually on May 22 for an event that will bring together leading educators, professors, emcees, and activists. These experts utilize the media of spoken word, hip hop, and urban arts as relevant, dynamic, and necessary educational tools to engage students across multidisciplinary curricula.

This session aims to create a platform for participants to learn about the scope of hip hop history, culture, and politics; deepen their practice as spoken word and hip hop educators; and engage in best-practice approaches to student-centered liberatory education models.

When: May 22, 2021, 10:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. CDT

Where: Online

Program Fee: $25