The workshop takes on a Freirian and Boalian approach to explore education through experiential knowledge and collective creation verses what is merely academically validated. It focuses on trust building and truth sharing as a foundation for creating meaningful relationships and as a stepping stone to begin writing and sharing our experiences through spoken word.
Participants will explore the leaders that inspired the Hip Hop movement. They will also practice in the arts of breakdancing, beatboxing, and rap that have been used to transform violence into creativity in the Bronx and around the world. Participants will learn how to incorporate these tools to develop classroom culture, create art, and envision a more just world.
Objectives:
• Promote art, writing, and critical analysis. • Learn tools to educate through poetry, hip hop, and theatre. • Foster an intentional community with participants. • Explore vulnerability as strength. • Reflect and rediscover our own selves.
• Understand more deeply the needs of our community and create art with the intention of transformation.