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The Hip-Hop Education Center and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in collaboration with, the Institute for Urban and Minority Education at Teachers College Columbia University and the Metropolitan Center at the Steinhardt School - New York University presents Hip-Hop Education Think Tank III Legacy Building: Cultivating a Global Cipher from the Streets to the Classroom.
REGISTER HERE -> www.showclix.com/event/HipHopEdThinkTankIII
Think Tank III will bring together over 300 seasoned practitioners, administrators, scholars, counselors, social workers, and teaching artists in K-12, O-S-T (out of school time) programs, and institutions of higher learning to professionalize the field of hip-hop education. The two-day event will include a keynote by Jeff Chang and the world premiere of Christopher Martin's (Kid-n-Play) documentary Can Hip Hop Go To School?