Hip-Hop Association
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| Hip-Hop Association | |
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 501c3 Hip-Hop Community Development Organization |
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| Origin | New York City, New York |
| Years active | 2002-present |
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[edit] About The Hip-Hop Association [H2A]
Founded in March 2002, the Hip-Hop Association (H2A) was formed to facilitate, foster, and preserve Hip-Hop culture. Our mission is to utilize the culture as a tool to encourage critical thinking, social change and unity, while empowering communities through media, education, preservation, and leadership initiatives. The Hip-Hop Association was formed to offer a full representation of Hip-Hop culture, will a particular focus on those that has been successful in creating positive ways to utilize it’s power. http://www.hiphopassociation.org
[edit] Overview
• The Hip-Hop Association [H2A] founded January 2002 • Annual H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival founded 2002 • Annual H2Ed [Hip-Hop Summit] launched in 2003 • H2O IFF establishes the world’s only youth curated Hip-Hop video and film festival in 2003 • H2Ed draw over 144 organizations in 2004 • H2O IFF draws audience of 5,000 in 2005 • H2O IFF programs screenings to thousands at several film festivals across the world in 2005 • H2A launches global news service Defuse News in July 2005 • H2A launches Defuse Media Labs in September 2005 • Launched of International Hip-Hop Community Fellows Program June 2005 • Over 30 part time staff and advisory board members internationally
[edit] Initiatives
[edit] Media – H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey]
H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] is the media initiative of the Hip-Hop Association. With programming like the H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival, the Freshest Youth Program, the Odyssey Awards, the Director’s Cut, and the Defuse Media Lab, its mission is to create cultural sustainability & industry longevity by supporting the use of Hip-Hop culture as a tool for social awareness & youth empowerment. The initiative also includes the acquisition of media properties that the H2O directors, staff, and advisory board believe will support the H2O mission. Defuse News is such a media property.
[edit] 1. H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival
Through our annual H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival we increase awareness of the filmmakers and understanding of the Hip-Hop community with audiences. Promoting social awareness and youth empowerment through media, H2O IFF works with aspiring and experienced filmmakers, encouraging them to develop and create new work that showcases positive images of Hip-Hop culture. H2O IFF offers training, networking opportunities, educational resources, panel discussions and an exhibition platform for video and filmmakers to showcase and define the variety of images and stories that depict Hip-Hop culture and its communities. With an audience of over 5,000 in 2005, the festival has grown into a world-class event, uniting filmmakers whose mission is to uplift, improve and redefine the Hip-Hop community through positive images and storylines.
[edit] 2. Freshest Youth Program
The Freshest Youth Program showcases a series of youth-made, judged and curated film shorts with an array of social issues, images and voices from around the world. Along with its partners Listen Up!, MNN Youth Channel and the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Freshest Youth Program is committed to empowering youth by providing media literacy training, basic filmmaking workshops and supportive resources to cultivate a new generation of Hip-Hop media-makers.
[edit] 3. Odyssey Awards
The Odyssey Awards ceremony recognizes today’s hottest Hip-Hop filmmakers, industry professionals and pioneers. This signature event always features appearances and performances by Hip-Hop heavyweights. Awards are presented in over 9 categories, including: Documentary Shorts; Best Documentary Feature; Freestyle Award; Freshest Youth Award; Under the Influence Award; Best Narrative Feature; Living Legend Award; Memorial Award; and the Trailblazer Award.
[edit] 4. Defuse Media Lab
The Defuse Media Lab is a three-day intensive media literacy initiative for students in college and universities. Students are trained and selected to participate in the jury committee of the H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival. Students are required to screen and select the top films that will be honored during the 2005 Odyssey Awards.
[edit] 5. Defuse News
Defuse News is the official news service of the Hip-Hop Association. The mission of Defuse News is to connect the global Hip-Hop community through reliable news and information from a Hip-Hop perspective. Published monthly, Defuse News includes commentary from members of the Hip-Hop community, as well as information about global issues and developments, community announcements, and resources like grants, fellowships, and job opportunities.
[edit] 6. Director’s Cut
In February 2006, the Hip-Hop Association will officially launch a new program within the media initiative to meet the demands of our largest constituents, filmmakers. The Director’s Cut will support ten filmmakers for 11 months to provide additional marketing, travel stipends, and distribution support.
[edit] Education- H2Ed [Hip-Hop Education]
H2Ed [Hip-Hop Education] is the education initiative of the Hip-Hop Association. With programming like the H2Ed [Hip-Hop Education] Summit, the national Education Committee, and developing projects like the Pre-Regent Exam and H2Ed Guidebook, we promote community and self empowerment through education.
Formed in 2003 to serve educators and those committed to reaching youth through Hip-Hop culture, H2Ed was founded under the premise that Hip-Hop, the most influential cultural force today, has the power to educate, inform and empower today’s youth. By using a creative mix of standard educational formats and the popularity of Hip-Hop, H2Ed is committed to organizing the community we call T.O.P.S.Y. Partnership (Teachers, Organizations, Parents, Social Workers and Youth) to create a centralized repository for educational data, communication, and reform initiatives.
[edit] 1. H2Ed [Hip-Hop Education] Summit
Our annual H2Ed Summit is a forum, which offers the exchange of educational curriculum and theories, to create community building, inter-generational relationships, and future leaders. With the discovery of how Hip-Hop culture works as an educational tool, the Summit includes multimedia panels, workshops, youth performances, and a town hall meeting. H2Ed is the first ever New York City based organization to formally bring together more than 1,000 national and local educators, scholars, and organizations for a conference dedicated to connecting Hip-Hop culture and educational curriculum’s. Educators currently using Hip-Hop in their educational practices facilitate workshops, while Hip-Hop historians and field experts discuss the history of Hip-Hop and its impact. Interest in this type of program spans the globe as a new breed of educators become involved in the educational system.
[edit] 2.Summer Teacher Institute
The Summer Teacher Institute brings K-12 teachers together with arts education specialists, activists, historians, curriculum designers, and performers to learn how to utilize Hip-Hop as a tool to educate, inform and empower today’s youth.
[edit] 3.Education Committee
H2Ed has formed an Education Committee made up of educators to brainstorm, research, compile data for the H2Ed projects.
[edit] 4.Pre-Regent Exam
An online Hip-Hop Test as a Pre-Regent Exam that will be created from the information collected by the Education Committee. Educators will be able to have an account that will track scores, strengths, and weaknesses from students using the program. Coming in 2006!
[edit] 5.H2Ed Guidebook
The Hip-Hop Association will publish a reference guidebook that will provide samples on how to use Hip-Hop culture as an educational tool, and where to find additional supportive resources. The research materials used for the book have been gathered by the H2Ed Education Committee. The book will be available in 2006!
[edit] Preservation – H2P [Hip-Hop Preserves]
From the beginning of the Hip-Hop Association, we’ve worked to gather, archive, and share knowledge about the history, power, and growth of Hip-Hop culture. The Hip-Hop Preservation initiative uses this information to assist and support individuals, other grassroots organizations and institutions that share the same goal. Through this, the Hip-Hop Association is able to facilitate access to resources to empower the community and invest in those who exemplify the Hip-Hop Spirit.
[edit] 1. Hip-Hop Preservation Project
The Hip-Hop Association in collaboration with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will archive 100 of the Best Hip-Hop Films from 1975-2005 for purpose of research and education. Our collection of films will be valuable material for students, educators, and scholars who want to study the history of Hip-Hop cinema and culture. Our collection will be included in the Hip-Hop Preservation project that was started at the Schomburg in 2004. In addition, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has asked us to collect the best lesson plans and curricula using Hip-Hop to also include in the project. The Preservation Project is tentatively scheduled to launch on November 1, 2006.
[edit] 2. Community Partners
The Hip-Hop Association partners with a variety of cultural, media, educational and social institutions from around the world. We have become model leaders in the field and serve as mentors for individuals and organizations that want to launch their own Hip-Hop projects and/or want to enhance their programs. Since 2002, the H2A has partnered up with community-building organizations.
National Partners
Hip-Hop Congress | An International Grassroots Network, with 30 chapters nationwide, that educates, empowers, and unites individuals to preserve and evolve Hip-Hop by inspiring social action and cultural creativity within the community.
International Hip Hop Exchange (IHX) | A non-profit arts organization founded in 2000 to promote and nurture the development of Hip-hop culture and activism, globally, by facilitating exchange between Hip-Hop artists, activists, and youth communities worldwide.
ListenUp! | A youth media network that connects young video producers and their allies to resources, support, and projects in order to develop the field and achieve an authentic youth voice in the mass media.
Media Coalition of Artist of Color | The Media Coalition of Artist of Color is a vehicle for cooperative and collaborative efforts by media organizations of color based on their shared mission of empowerment and opportunity in film, television, and new media.
MNN Youth Channel | The Youth Channel is a division of Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) targeting youth under 25. They provide training and hands on experience in all aspects of public access television and video production.
World Up! | A non-profit organization dedicated to educating the American public about international cultures and issues that affect the global community through Hip-Hop. Their goal is to promote diversity and tolerance by creating a platform for exchange.
International Partners
BUFF | The first ever British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) will premiere in March 2006 with screenings and awards for first-run features, documentaries, shorts, and music videos from British and international filmmakers.
Don’t Sleep Association | A French non-profit organization created in 2001 in Marseilles, France, by a group of artists to cultivate Hip-Hop culture in the urban quarter. This year, their “Cinema Urbain” program spotlighted the Hip-Hop spirit in cinema.
Intermundos | An organization based in Colombia that works to network marginalized Colombian communities and different international cultural youth movements through Hip-Hop, art, documentaries, radio programs, information centers and workshops.
Hipnotik Festival | This festival in Barcelona, Spain was born with the aim of creating a national and international platform of reflection on the Hip-Hop Movement, showing its artistic forms and investigating its influence on other forms of expression.
Punch | Based in Birmingham, UK, they specialize in educational music activities for young people and offer workshops on DJing, Mcing, percussion and other musical skills. Punch also creates a range of arts productions.
Institutional Partners
- Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC)
- Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
- Hunter College
- Pace University
- Bronx Museum of the Arts
- Arthur Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture
Coalitions
The NYC Grassroots Media Coalition (NYCGMC) | A growing alliance of media makers, artists, independent media organizations and community based organizations who are interested in working towards a more democratic media in NYC.
Media Coalition of Artist of Color | The Media Coalition of Artist of Color is a vehicle for cooperative and collaborative efforts by media organizations of color based on their shared mission of empowerment and opportunity in film, television, and new media.
Past Partners
Blackout Arts Collective (BAC) | A grassroots coalition of artists, activists and educators working to empower communities of color through the arts.
Grassroots Artists MovEment (G.A.ME) | A Hip-Hop Union which provides free healthcare to artists & activists' families through the G.A.ME HealthCare Network.
[edit] Leadership– H2L [Hip-Hop Leaders]
In June 2005, the Hip-Hop Association launched its newest initiative focusing on leadership development. Through our social entrepreneurial workshops, and our Hip-Hop Community Fellows program, the H2A supports individuals and organizations that share our mission but do not have the means for professional development and cultivation.
[edit] 1. Hip-Hop Community Fellows
Established on June 1, 2005 by the Hip-Hop Association in collaboration with the International Hip-Hop Exchange and World Up!, the Hip-Hop Community Fellowship works to foster cultural exchange and leadership among members of the global Hip-Hop community. As an educational residency program (up to one year), artists, professionals, educators and researchers will be brought to the United States from participating countries for the purpose of participating in field research, leadership workshops, networking, internships, and training. Each fellowship will culminate in the creation of a final project.
[edit] Staff Biographies
Martha Diaz, President Martha Diaz is an educator, organizer and filmmaker with a decade of media production experience. She has a B.A. in Communication with a minor in Television and Film Production from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Diaz is the founder and visionary of The Hip-Hop Association.
Rolando H. Brown, Executive Director Rolando Brown is a marketing and business development executive by trade and student at New York University, majoring in Leadership and Management Studies with concentrations in Organizational Behavior and Advertising/Public Relations. An aspiring social entrepreneur, Rolando is committed to creating economic and social development as well as empowering community building programs that can serve as pillars for the processes of innovation and community problem solving.
Stacey L’Air Lee, Director of the H2O Media Initiative Stacey L’Air Lee, a 25-year-old progressive young woman, is on a mission to help better the world through educating via media and the arts. A theatre graduate of the Borough of Manhattan Community College, she splits her time working for The Hip-Hop Association and New York Women in Film and Television. A native of New Orleans, LA, Lee hopes to be able to take her experiences and give back to her home by implementing new ideas into the education and public sectors.
Dondrie Burnham, Director of Film Programming & Acquisitions Dondrie Burnham is an actor, advisor and poet. She has worked in the theatre for over 10 years both on and off stage. She holds a B.A. in Theatre Performance from Marymount Manhattan College. During her stint at Marymount she co-founded StoneSoupTheatreArts, a political theatre company based in Manhattan serving as both a company and board member. Currently splitting her time with the Hip-Hop Association and New York Women in Film and Television, Dondrie hopes to utilize her positions to help redefine the actor/director relationship in Hip-Hop Films.
Maximiliano Benitez, Director of the Freshest Youth Program Chicago native Maximiliano Benitez is a filmmaker, youth media educator and activist. His experience includes work on many film projects, social justice campaigns and education initiatives. On a cross-country tour he documented American personal political stories for the American Story Project. Working as a researcher he contributed to Future 500, a book and online directory of youth social justice organizations. He is currently the Director of the Hip-Hop Association’s Freshest Youth Program.
Amaris Mesa, Director of Defuse Media Lab Amaris Mesa has worked for over 10 years as both an artist and teacher instructing students of diverse cultures in media literacy and leadership development. Amaris has performed in places such as the Apollo and the United Nations, combining theatre and Hip-Hop in order to educate the masses of social ills like violence, child abuse and date rape. Currently Ms. Mesa conducts Leadership development activities for teens with the Vanderbilt YMCA and the Department of Education.
Shamako Noble, Director of the H2Ed Education Initiative Shamako Noble is an emcee, activist and the second President of Hip Hop Congress, a grassroots organization whose mission is to inspire civic action and cultivate cultural creativity. Hailing out of the Bay Area's largest city, San Jose, Noble is a well-known advocate for Hip Hop and Education. He has taught workshops, lectured, performed music and spoken word poetry, and written for many different websites and magazines. He is also well known for his skill in freestyle.
Andrew Landers, Education Committee Leader Andrew Landers is a teacher with over twelve years of education experience. He has a B.S. in education from the School of Education at Boston University, and a Master of Science in Literacy from the City College of New York. He incorporates hip-hop songs in the classroom, as well as welcoming student contributions and input in his lessons. As the Education Committee Leader, Andrew oversees the compilation and maintenance of all research materials and lesson plans for The Hip-Hop Association’s educational initiatives.
Sarah Montgomery-Glinski, Education Committee Leader Born in Boston, Sarah Montgomery-Glinski has experienced both progressive and traditional public education. Presently working towards a Masters in Elementary Education, Sarah is currently in her second year teaching. With a B.S. in Education Policy and Urban Education from New York University, Sarah has spent extensive time analyzing the efforts of the U.S. and South African governments to equalize access and achievement in public education. Sarah is passionate about understanding and manipulating the effects of race, class and the greater economy to help realize educational equality. Stevie Wonder, Hip-Hop and chocolate have nurtured and maintained her through all stages of her life.
Mona Ibrahim, Director of Preservation Initiative Mona Ibrahim is dedicated to utilizing the arts to promote social consciousness and social change. She is working to cultivate links between organizations, artists, and activists from around the world to unify, educate, and empower global communities. She has worked extensively with acclaimed independent filmmaker Haile Gerima, best known for his award winning film “Sankofa,” and most recently as the 2nd Assistant Director on Gerima’s independent feature “Teza,” which was shot on location in Ethiopia. Mona holds a B.A. in Communication and a minor in Psychology from Stanford University.
Alyce Emory, Director of The Preservation Project Alyce Emory, co-founder of the H2O (Hip-Hop Odyssey) International Film Festival, has over 15 years of film festival and event production experience. She has participated on panels discussing topics from “Women Making Films” to “New Careers In Entertainment”. She serves on advisory boards for the Imagenation Film Festival, WHCR 90.3 FM City College New York Radio Station, and the Sound of Art artists collective. Her professional memberships include New York Women in Film and Television Film Preservation Committee, the Independent Feature Project, Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, and the National Association for Black Females Executives in Entertainment.
Ebenezer Bond, Director of the Leadership Initiative Ebenezer Bond is the founder and executive director of World Up!, an organization committed to strengthening international solidarity by celebrating hip hop's influence as a universal tool for a new global culture. Prior to founding World Up! Ebenezer was the associate producer for Jambalaya Jazz, an international music festival in Rio de Janeiro that combines American roots music with Brazilian roots music in the image of the New Orleans Jazz Festival.
[edit] Advisory Board
Bakari Kitwana Educator & Author
Dr. Christopher Malone Professor, Pace University
Dr. Roxanne Shante Hip-Hop Pioneer & Psychologist
Lauren Moores Educational Consultant
Shari Frilot Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Festival
Toni Blackman Educator, MC, Poet & U.S. State Department Ambassador of Hip-Hop
[edit] Board of Trustees
George Martinez Chairman, Hip-Hop Association
Tina Imm VP of New Media, VH1
Martha Diaz President, Hip-Hop Association
[edit] Awards & Honors
2005
- Reginald Hudlin: Writer, Director, Producer & Entertainment Executive
- Warrington Hudlin: Filmmaker, Organizer & Curator
- Kid 'n Play: Hip-Hop duo & Actors
- Sonia Sanchez: Poet Laureate of the Planet
- The Last Poets: Activists, Poets & Musicians
- Justo Faison: Mixtape Awards Founder & DJ
- ODB: Emcee & For the Children
2004
- Kurtis Blow: Pioneer
- Dr. Roxanne Shante: Pioneer
- DJ AJ: Pioneer
- JoJo: Rock Steady Crew Founder
- Futura: Graffiti Artist
- The RZA: Founder of Wu Tang Clan
- Rick James: Highly sampled Producer
2003
- Grandmaster Flash: Pioneer
- Rerun: Pioneer
- Peeblee Poo: Pioneer
- Harry Belafonte: Entertainer, Human Rights Activist, Philanthropist
2002
- Afrika Bambaataa: Founder of Universal Zulu Nation
- Kool Herc: Father of Hip-Hop
- Grandmaster DXT: Pioneer, Producer, Recording Artist
- Fab 5 Freddy: Pioneer, Socialite
- Jam master Jay: Pioneer
- Money Ray: Pioneer
