WOMANHOOD LEARNING PROJECT
The Womanhood Learning Project is a two-year study that explores women’s roles and leadership positions in different sectors within Hip-Hop culture and the community, while examining the negative media factors and power struggle that hinder the growth and awareness of these women and how these factors impact the youth, especially young girls. This project is intended to bring unity among women in Hip-Hop to create a space to learn, build, and bring about concrete change.
The Womanhood Project will include two phases:
1) the formation of an advisory committee, development of community partners, programming activities (workshops, receptions, press conference), research, commence a case study, a resource book, video documentation, and an online community,
2) More research and community building, completion of case study guide, promotion of the online archive/resource center, completion of a short documentary, more programming activities (workshops, receptions, press conference), and a college and grassroots tour.
The Womanhood Learning Project is a two-year study that explores women’s roles and leadership positions in different sectors within Hip-Hop culture and the community, while examining the negative media factors and power struggle that hinder the growth and awareness of these women and how these factors impact the youth, especially young girls. This project is intended to bring unity among women in Hip-Hop to create a space to learn, build, and bring about concrete change.
The Womanhood Project will include two phases:
1) the formation of an advisory committee, development of community partners, programming activities (workshops, receptions, press conference), research, commence a case study, a resource book, video documentation, and an online community,
2) More research and community building, completion of case study guide, promotion of the online archive/resource center, completion of a short documentary, more programming activities (workshops, receptions, press conference), and a college and grassroots tour.
Martha Diaz, Co-Director, President
Diana Noreiga, Co-Director, Executive Director
Alecia Chakour - Director of Operations
Shana Louallen, Director of Communications and Media Relations
Mona Ibrahim, Director of Programming and Distribution Development
Beth Sachnoff, Head Researcher, H2Ed Development Associate
Renee Moore, Research Assistant
Amanda Cumbow, Research Assistant
Ebonie Smith, Researcher Assistant
Diana Noreiga, Co-Director, Executive Director
Alecia Chakour - Director of Operations
Shana Louallen, Director of Communications and Media Relations
Mona Ibrahim, Director of Programming and Distribution Development
Beth Sachnoff, Head Researcher, H2Ed Development Associate
Renee Moore, Research Assistant
Amanda Cumbow, Research Assistant
Ebonie Smith, Researcher Assistant
FRESH, BOLD AND SO DEF RESOURCE BOOK
The H2A has been developing the book, Fresh, Bold, and So Def: Women in Hip-Hop Changing The Game. This book will profile over 300 international trailblazing artists, industry professionals, social activists, and pioneers of Hip-Hop culture. These 300 women have made an undeniable impression in rap, and broken down barriers to make a difference in not only Hip-Hop culture but also the entertainment industry as a whole. They have bucked the status quo, demanded respected, and achieved tremendous success because of their unbendable backbone, strength and passion in taking a closed-door "no," kicking it down, and transforming some of their male counterparts into passionate supporters.
Groundbreaking and informative, Fresh, Bold, and So Def is best described as an encyclopedia of women in Hip-Hop who’ve had to fight to make the careers they wanted and deserved. It will be the premiere inspirational source for pinpointing powerful women, and showing how to persevere past Hip-Hop’s misogynistic roadblocks to make trendsetting accomplishments in an aggressive and disrespectful culture that represents an exaggerated extreme of society sexism.
Releasing September 2009!
The H2A has been developing the book, Fresh, Bold, and So Def: Women in Hip-Hop Changing The Game. This book will profile over 300 international trailblazing artists, industry professionals, social activists, and pioneers of Hip-Hop culture. These 300 women have made an undeniable impression in rap, and broken down barriers to make a difference in not only Hip-Hop culture but also the entertainment industry as a whole. They have bucked the status quo, demanded respected, and achieved tremendous success because of their unbendable backbone, strength and passion in taking a closed-door "no," kicking it down, and transforming some of their male counterparts into passionate supporters.
Groundbreaking and informative, Fresh, Bold, and So Def is best described as an encyclopedia of women in Hip-Hop who’ve had to fight to make the careers they wanted and deserved. It will be the premiere inspirational source for pinpointing powerful women, and showing how to persevere past Hip-Hop’s misogynistic roadblocks to make trendsetting accomplishments in an aggressive and disrespectful culture that represents an exaggerated extreme of society sexism.
Releasing September 2009!
*Maria “Toofly” Castillo – Graffiti Artist, Activist –Younity
*Dowoti Desir – Director, Malcolm x & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center
*Dr. Irma McClaurin – Scholar, Poet, Writer, Author
*Marcella Runell Hall - Author, Activist, Educator, Administrator - NYU
*Dr. Roxanne Shante – Pioneer MC and Psychologist
*Dowoti Desir – Director, Malcolm x & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center
*Dr. Irma McClaurin – Scholar, Poet, Writer, Author
*Marcella Runell Hall - Author, Activist, Educator, Administrator - NYU
*Dr. Roxanne Shante – Pioneer MC and Psychologist
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PRESS CONTACT: Shana Louallenshana@hiphopassociation.orgP: 646.359.8448WOMANHOOD PASSAGE FUNDRAISER & WOMANHOOD LEARNING PROJECT -Hip-Hop Association Hosts Inspirational Fundraiser, Honors Pioneers of Hip-Hop Culture- NEW YORK, NY (May 12, 2009) – The Hip-Hop Association, in collaboration with the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs at New York University, proudly presents the Womanhood Passage Fundraiser, a special evening acknowledging the strength, beauty, leadership, challenges, and successes of women in Hip-Hop. With an exquisite rooftop view of Washington Square Park and New York City, the event will take place at NYU’s Rosenthal Pavilion, located in the Kimmel Center, from 7pm-10pm on Thursday, June 25, 2009.Special guests represent Hip-Hop artists, as well as executives, activists, media makers, and entrepreneurs. Confirmed speakers include: MONIE LOVE, ROCKAFELLA, BARAKA SELE, TOOFLY, MARCELLA RUNELL HALL, DJ BEVERLY BOND, KIM OSORIO, DJ JAZZY JOYCE, RACHEL RAIMIST, THEMBISA MSHAKA, DR. ROXANNE SHANTE, MARTHA COOPER, and CINDY CAMPBELL, the Mother of Hip-Hop. The Womanhood Passage Fundraiser is meant to serve as a safe space where we can address issues affecting women. The youngest guest speaker is 15 year-old P-STAR, who will talk about her documentary P-Star Rising, recently screened at the TriBeCa Film Festival. The event kicks off the Hip-Hop Association’s 2009 Womanhood Learning Project (WLP) initiatives.The Womanhood Learning Project magnifies women’s roles and leadership positions within Hip-Hop culture and the community. The two main goals for the WLP in 2009 are a resource book entitled, Fresh, Bold, So Def: Women in Hip-Hop Changing the Game and the Ladies First Fund, the first grant for women in Hip-Hop. Fresh, Bold, So Def: profiles over 300 artists, activists, and entrepreneurs, while the Ladies First Fund is an initiative that offers a $5,000 grant to a candidate dedicated to social entrepreneurship in the Newark, New Jersey area.The WLP is supported by the likes of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development at Rutgers Business School, New York Liberty, Ford Foundation, Union Square Awards, and the NYU Office of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Student Services (LGBTSS). “This event is more than just honoring those that have paved the way, it is also promoting intergenerational healing amongst women,” says Martha Diaz, Founder of the Hip-Hop Association. “Too often the negative associations of women in Hip-Hop go unresolved; we hope to have the Womanhood Passage Fundraiser move us toward a resolution while promoting some of the most positive women in Hip-Hop.” Womanhood Passage Fundraiser June 25, 2009 ~ 7pm -10pm NYU Kimmel Center-Rosenthal Pavilion, 10th Floor Ticket Info: $100 (General Admission) $45 (Students & Non-Profit Organizations)$300 (Groups of 4 - $100 Savings)PURCHASE TICKETS HERE: www.hiphopassociation.org
*Toni Blackman – Freestyle Union and US State Dept. Ambassador
*Beverly Bond – DJ, Activist - Black Girls Rock Foundation
*Maria “Toofly” Castillo – Graffiti Artist, Activist –Younity
*Raquel Cepeda – Filmmaker, Author, Journalist
*Rosa Clemente – Cultural Critic, Activist - Know Thyself
*Martha Cooper – Pioneer Photographer, Author – We B*Girlz
*Michaela Angela Davis – Fashionista, Cultural Anthropologist
*Tamara Dawit – Activist - What’s the 411? (Canada)
*Caridad “La Bruja” De La Luz – MC, Poet, Activist – Latinas 4 Life
*Dowoti Desir – Director, Malcolm x & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center
*Delphine Diallo – Photographer, Filmmaker, Visual Artist (France)
*Johanna Guevara - 7one8Designs
*Suheir Hammad – Poet, Author, Activist
*Indy Hunjan - Kala Phool, Rising Styles (England) *Maori Karmael Holmes – President of the Black Lily Film and Music Festival
*Raqiyah Mays – Managing Editor, The Ave and Radio Host for Hot 97/98.7
*Dr. Irma McClaurin – Scholar, Poet, Writer, Author
*Elisha Miranda – Filmmaker, Author, Activist, Sister Outsider/Chica Luna
*Jeanette Petri – Anatittude Magazine (Germany/Belgium)
*Felicia Pride – Journalist, Author, The Message
*Rokafella – B-Girl, Activist - Full Circle Productions
*Dr. Tricia Rose – Pioneer Scholar, Author, Black Noise, Brown University
*Marcella Runell Hall - Author, Activist, Educator, Administrator - NYU
*Dr. Theda Palmer Saxon – Life coach, Pres. of Seasoned Woman, Inc., Author, Pace U.
*Raquel Sanchez - Alphabet City Design
*Dr. Roxanne Shante – Pioneer MC and Psychologist
*Akiba Solomon – Journalist, Author - Naked: Black Women Bare All About Their Skin, Hair, Hips, Lips, & Other Parts
*Noelle Theard – Photographer, Documentarian, Activist
*Beverly Bond – DJ, Activist - Black Girls Rock Foundation
*Maria “Toofly” Castillo – Graffiti Artist, Activist –Younity
*Raquel Cepeda – Filmmaker, Author, Journalist
*Rosa Clemente – Cultural Critic, Activist - Know Thyself
*Martha Cooper – Pioneer Photographer, Author – We B*Girlz
*Michaela Angela Davis – Fashionista, Cultural Anthropologist
*Tamara Dawit – Activist - What’s the 411? (Canada)
*Caridad “La Bruja” De La Luz – MC, Poet, Activist – Latinas 4 Life
*Dowoti Desir – Director, Malcolm x & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center
*Delphine Diallo – Photographer, Filmmaker, Visual Artist (France)
*Johanna Guevara - 7one8Designs
*Suheir Hammad – Poet, Author, Activist
*Indy Hunjan - Kala Phool, Rising Styles (England) *Maori Karmael Holmes – President of the Black Lily Film and Music Festival
*Raqiyah Mays – Managing Editor, The Ave and Radio Host for Hot 97/98.7
*Dr. Irma McClaurin – Scholar, Poet, Writer, Author
*Elisha Miranda – Filmmaker, Author, Activist, Sister Outsider/Chica Luna
*Jeanette Petri – Anatittude Magazine (Germany/Belgium)
*Felicia Pride – Journalist, Author, The Message
*Rokafella – B-Girl, Activist - Full Circle Productions
*Dr. Tricia Rose – Pioneer Scholar, Author, Black Noise, Brown University
*Marcella Runell Hall - Author, Activist, Educator, Administrator - NYU
*Dr. Theda Palmer Saxon – Life coach, Pres. of Seasoned Woman, Inc., Author, Pace U.
*Raquel Sanchez - Alphabet City Design
*Dr. Roxanne Shante – Pioneer MC and Psychologist
*Akiba Solomon – Journalist, Author - Naked: Black Women Bare All About Their Skin, Hair, Hips, Lips, & Other Parts
*Noelle Theard – Photographer, Documentarian, Activist
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