Overview
Hip Hop Education at Hart House and Northside Hip Hop launch “It’s Time to Build,” Event Series featuring Hip Hop knowledge keeper Martha Diaz as she sits down with Northside Hip Hop Founder Mark Campbell, to reflect on her multiple roles as founder of The Hip Hop Education Center, Hip Hop Archivist and Founder of the H20 International Hip Hop Film Festival.
Guest Speaker
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Martha Diaz
Curator, Archivist, Educator, Media Producer, Social Entrepreneur
Colombian-American futurist Martha Diaz (MD) is an award-winning community organizer, media producer, archivist, curator, educator, and social entrepreneur.
One of Women’s eNews distinguished 21 Leaders for the 21st Century, she has traversed the Hip Hop entertainment industry, the public arts and education sector, and the academy over the last 30 years. MD has produced and consulted on numerous Hip Hop media projects and founded the highly acclaimed Hip-Hop Odyssey (H2O) International Film Festival, the first festival of its kind. Through her archival projects and publications of research reports, books, and curricula, she has chronicled Hip-Hop history to preserve its cultural value and memory.
In 2010, MD launched the Hip-Hop Education Center to cultivate and professionalize the burgeoning field of Hip-Hop and Education, and most recently developed Hip-Hop CU (CommUniversity), a virtual school. She is currently a Senior Civic Media Fellow at the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, Visiting Scholar at Virginia Union University, and Chair of Archives, Curatorial, and Education Committee at the Universal Hip Hop Museum.
Hip Hop Education at Hart House will support our values of representation, collaboration and social justice to explore and provide platforms for key principles of hip hop and its importance in our everyday culture on all three campuses. Recognizing hip hop as a powerful global influencer, Hart House seeks to create unique opportunities for students and community to engage hip hop education and artistic expression.
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