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Voices of Parkdale

May 8 2012 - 7:00pm
May 8 2012 - 9:00pm

Location

Parkdale Project Read
1209 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 38' 20.112" N, 79° 25' 38.1468" W
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"Literacy is about more than reading and writing - it is about how we communicate in society. It is about social practices and relationships; about knowledge, language, and culture ... indeed, it is the excluded who can best appreciate the notion of ‘literacy as freedom' "
- United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012

Contact email: 
admin@mayworks.ca
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1st Annual Hip Hop & Empowerment Conference: "Knowledge, pedagogy and education"

Feb 22 2012 - 12:00pm
Feb 22 2012 - 3:30pm

Location

Student Lounge, St James Campus, George Brown College Toronto, ON
Canada
Phone: 647-992-2654
43° 39' 11.6136" N, 79° 22' 59.4624" W
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A FREE Conference bringing together the George Brown Community, local artists, educators, and members of the larger community to examine the role of academia, arts, and culture to empower youth. The conference will feature a keynote address, a set of workshop facilitated by community leaders and an interactive networking concert. Hip Hop culture has proven it can change the world one neighbourhood at a time and one person at a time and that power to create social change is coming to George Brown College on Wednesday February 22nd.

Featuring a keynote address from Sam Seidel, educator and author of "Hip Hop Genius"

 

FREE EVENT with food provided

Contact name: 
Mohammad Ali Aummer
Contact email: 
maumer@georgebrown.ca
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Journalists for Human Rights
Journalists for Human Rights

jhr Rights Radio: Hip hop and community organizing with Rebel Diaz

January 17, 2012
| jhr U.S. correspondent Joey Grihalva sits down with hip-hop group and community organizers Rebel Diaz in Milwaukee during their #OccupyTheAirwaves tour.

40:48 minutes (56.06 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

Manifesto Festival repping for women and aboriginal people involved in the hip-hop scene

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| Canadian hip-hop sensation Alida Kinnie Starr speaks with Ellie Gordon-Moershel backstage at a performance for aboriginal hip-hop artists.

7:35 minutes (6.66 MB)
Progressive Voices
Progressive Voices

Turn off the radio and turn on your mind

August 22, 2011
| We speak with hip-hop artist Intikana on the origins of hip-hop and its connection to political activism, the colonization of Boriken (Puerto Rico) by the United States, and more.

33:05 minutes (30.29 MB)
Needs No Introduction
Needs No Introduction

Rhythm is healing: Kinnie Starr on identities and the future of feminism

June 4, 2011
| The talented Alida Kinnie Starr speaks candidly about her music, the future of feminism and the upcoming Women's World conference in Ottawa-Gatineau.

29:24 minutes (40.39 MB)

Haitian youths use hip-hop to inspire earthquake recovery

A music video featuring an enterprising group of boys at a residential care centre in Port-au-Prince. The boys were separated from their parents in the January 2010 earthquake and are using hip-hop to inspire their fellow Haitians to rebuild the country. Video by Unicef.org

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The F Word
The F Word

It ain't that type of party: women in hip hop

October 23, 2010
| Where is the female MC? The F Word explores women in hip hop. Featuring an interview with Eternia.

59:43 minutes (54.68 MB)
Redeye
Redeye

Festival of politics, arts and music wraps up after 20 years

August 11, 2010
| Under the Volcano has been engaging and informing activists in the Lower Mainland since 1990. This year is its last year. We speak with founder and organizer Irwin Oostindie.

11:34 minutes (10.6 MB)
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