Conference | RE: DEFinition Transforming Hip Hop Through History, Community, and Self-Definition
Posted by JMC in Arts, Education, Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Music, San Francisco
RE: DEFinition
Transforming Hip Hop Through History, Community, and Self-Definition
Saturday, February 7, 2009
10:00am-5:30pm
Fromm Hall
2497 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, California 94118
*NOTE: Click here to view a Google map of the event location
This free day-long conference will chronicle the journey of hip hop, diving into the questions of ownership, identity, and our role in shaping it's future direction. Interactive workshops featuring, Jeff Chang, (author of "Can't Stop Won't Stop"). Paul Flores (poet, novelist, playwright, spoken word performer and University of San Francisco instructor), USF's Poetic Engagement, and Dr. Susie Lundy (Graffiti Historian, b-girl, deejay, educator, and muralist) and more will be featured throughout the day.
*Although we strive to meet all dietary and access needs, please give us at least 5 days notice to try to make necessary arrangements.
This event is brought to you by:
University of San Francisco Multicultural Student Services,
Mills College Student Diversity Programs,
San Jose State University Mosaic Cross Cultural Center, Poetic Engagement, USF African American Studies, Mills College Ethnic Studies, ASUSF Superfund, Associate Students of Mills College, JAMAA, and our amazing student leaders: USF’s Freddy, Akofa, Akima, Anja, and Mills’ Nia, Jasmine, Alexa, Danica, Amy.
MCSS, SDP, and Mosaic are part of the California Council of Cultural Centers in Higher Education - CaCCCHE
Tags: Can't Stop Won't Stop, Community, Dr. Susie Lundy, Fromm Hall, hip-hop, hip.hop, History, Jeff Chang, Paul Flores, Poetic Engagement, RE:DEFinition, San Francisco, Self-Definition, SF, Transforming Hip Hop, University of San Francisco, USF
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