New Friendship charter school summer and after school parternship

During the Summer of 2007 and the Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 school year, IAHHE provided curriculum enrichment in hip hop education for the Friendship Public Charter School. We conducted freestyle ciphers, taught students the basics of deejaying, emceeing, and grafitti art.

We also put hip hop in an historical context through the study and exploration of iconographic persons in hip hop history and in the history of the civil rights movement.

The program in the summer was an all day enrichment at the Blow Pierce campus and the after school program was in the evening at the same school and at Woodridge Elementary School.

We focused mainly on middle school students and held spirited discussions on music, identity, race, politics, crime, relationships, and the meaning of art.

Each program ending in a culminating presentation of the students work during the program and also gave students a chance to perform their chosen hip hop form of expression.

In all, the summer program enrollment served 80 students and the after school program served 40 students.

We look forward to this year's partnership with Friendship Charter School and to continue to acquaint the next generation with a deeper understanding of the positive aspects of hip hop art and culture.