Kyla Young, an African-American studies major, decided to make her capstone something that would impact the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cI could\u2019ve done a paper, if I wanted too,\u201d said Young, who is also a political science major. \u201c(But) I approached Dr. (Boikai) Twe, and I was like, \u2018Listen, I\u2019ve learned all this stuff in black studies; that it\u2019s about taking action, it\u2019s about taking the knowledge that we\u2019ve gained and using it to better our community. So, I think it would be stupid to sit and write a paper. You know this stuff (and) I know this stuff. Why not share it with people who don\u2019t know it, as my personal project\u2014a community project.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Young will be receiving a grade for the event that\u2019s entitled \u201cReverb: Using Hip-hop to Spark a Revolution.\u201d It will be held on Wednesday, June 3 in Building 1, Rm 001 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
The event will feature socially conscious poetry and local hip-hop aficionado Danny Rodriguez, who will be discussing the history of hip-hop and how it\u2019s been instrumental in motivating the community, according to Young. Dr. Twe will be overseeing the event, as well.<\/p>\n
Young said the motivating factor for doing this event stemmed from the \u201cHip-Hop Collaboration Workshop\u201d that was held at Sinclair this past April, as well as the hip-hop summit held at that Dayton Convention Center that featured hip-hop artist Common as a speaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole motivation behind it, is we saw what impact the Common event had and our discussion forum, here on campus, (too),\u201d Young said. \u201cSo (I thought), \u2018Okay, what\u2019s the next step? How do we get these people that are interested in hip-hop? We know people love hip-hop and love the culture and they notice there\u2019s a problem. How do we (turn) that interest and awareness into action? And, how do we make it so we can better our community?\u201d<\/p>\n
The purpose of the event is to start a youth movement that uses hip-hop and other forms of the written word to help heal the community, Young said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we are talking about is how we can take socially conscious pieces and rebuild a community of scholarly activists in the area,\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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