Hip-Hop for Social Change Virtual Summit

The Springfield College Office of Multicultural Affairs team, in collaboration with other partners, presents the

Hip-Hop for Social Change Virtual Summit

The purpose of this two-day summit is to provide a background, general understanding, and experience in the study of hip-hop as a field of academic inquiry, and to address the new realities of those involved in and impacted by the culture. This summit will:

Educate our community on topics related to social justice, identity, power, privilege, positionality, and radical community care.
Focus on classism, racism and white supremacy, sexism, and heteronormativity.
Explore the multiple sociocultural factors that influence hip-hop culture.

The Hip-Hop for Social Change Virtual Summit will be held Friday April 16 - Saturday April 17, 2021. Registration is required to attend the sessions.

No prior knowledge is required to engage in and benefit from our programming. We believe that education should be widely accessible to all, and we welcome members of any and all communities to register for our programming.

Please register in order to attend the sessions

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What to Expect at the Hip-Hop Summit

Presenters and participants will discuss:

Why do some artists “get further ahead” than others?
How does hip-hop culture offer platforms for expression and healing through one’s own narrative?
How can hip-hop performers speak their truths to power while educating their community about social change, justice, and equity?
What factors shape how hip-hop culture is supported or destroyed?

Participants will learn how:

To study and redefine social responsibility and move to critical activism.
To change economic and social situations that support the oppression of individuals and groups.
To critically examine the relationship between hip-hop culture and the evolution and promotion of hip-hop in education.
To challenge old notions, provide more access, and take social responsibility to be culturally responsive for historically excluded groups.

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Schedule at a Glance Registration Required Detailed Schedule

Time	Event	Link
Friday, 3:00PM - 3:15PM	Land Acknowledgement and Opening Remarks	Go
Friday, 3:15PM - 4:00PM	Rosa Clemente - Keynote Speaker	Go
Friday, 4:00PM - 5:15PM	Panel Discussion with Tyson Rose and Carlos "REC" McBride	Go
Friday, 5:15PM - 6:00PM	DJ Spin Off	Go
Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:15AM	Enmanuel Candelario and Frantz Jerome: The Respiration Toolkit - A Multimedia Response to Covid-19	Go
Saturday, 11:30AM - 1:00PM	Tara "big tara" Crichlow Explores the Roots of Hip-Hop Culture through Oral Tradition and the Dance	Go
Saturday, 1:30PM - 2:30PM	Tatiana Desardouin Presents the Technique Within Your Groove Method	Go
Saturday, 2:45PM - 3:45PM	Rennie Harris on the Creation of Hip-Hop Culture	Go
Saturday, 4:00PM - 5:00PM	Baba Israel on How Hip-Hop Artists are Supporting Each Other and Developing New Skills	Go
Saturday, 5:15PM - 6:15PM	Tyra Good on Remixing Education to Create Liberated Spaces of Learning	Go