9:30-10:45 am/Friday OPENING WELCOME & PLENARY (Room L.63) Welcome to 7th Annual Hiphop Literacies Conference: Hiphop Justice at John College of Criminal Justice Moderated by Crystal Endsley, John College Department of Africana Studies
Dara Byrne, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Retention and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, John Jay College
OPENING PLENARY “Intertribal Beats Bridge Cultures through Hiphop” Leo Yankton, Indigenous Scholar, Artist, and Standing Rock Activist
11am – 12:15pm/Friday
1st CYPHERS (Concurrent Sessions I) Resistive Rap, Literatures, and Literacies Room 1.67 (Level 1) Moderated by Carmen Kynard, John Jay College English Department
“What We Intend to Be Ourselves:” Resistive Rap Literacies at CUNY, 1968-1977--- Tessa Brown, Syracuse University
Through the Looking Glass: A Black Female Educator-Scholar’s Reflexive Approach to Facilitation in an Adolescent Online Street Lit Book Club--- Delicia Greene, State University of New York, Albany
Black and Brown Literacies: Hiphop Aesthetics in Ernesto Quinonez’s Bodega Dreams--- Florencia Cornet, University of South Carolina
Hiphop Republics Room 1.69 (Level 1) Moderated by Carl Paris, John Jay College Department of Africana Studies
“Can Hiphop Save the Republic?"---Manny Faces, Executive Director, Center for Hiphop Advocacy
“Straight Outta Lawsuits: Hiphop Music and Copyright Law as the Once and Future Bane of African-American Cultural Production”--- K.J. Greene, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego
12:30pm – 1:45pm/Friday LUNCH PLENARY (West End Student Dining Hall, Level 2) “Hiphop on the Inside” Organized and moderated by Katherine Schaffer, Prison-to-College Pipeline Program Coordinator, and Carlos Quintana, College Initiative Program Coordinator, Prisoner Reentry Institute of John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Performances and perspectives from teachers, poets, and coordinators of thePrisoner Reentry Institute of John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Away from Domination/ Toward Genius Room 1.67 (Level 1) Moderated by Eugenia Cawley, John Jay College English Department
“De/ReConstructing Ideas of Genius”--- Toby Jenkins, University of South Carolina
Dismantling Domination: Childish Gambino’s “Awaken, My Love!”--- Qiana Cutts, Mississippi State University
Hiphop Self-Preservation as Political Warfare Room 1.69 (Level 1) Moderated by Brandon Tilghman, John Jay College Office of the Provost
“This Sh*t is For Us”: Black Music and Our Personal Guide to Heal Trauma--- Kyesha Jennings, Educator/ Curator/ Documentarian
Centering Wellness: Using Literature and Writing as Pedagogical Tools for Personal Healing, Community Health and Social Justice--- LeConte Dill, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Hiphop’s Decolonization of the Classroom Room 1.67 (Level 1) Moderated by Maria Vidal, John Jay College Urban Male Initiative
We the People: Hiphop Culture’s Role in Fostering Democratic Education--- Mike Dando, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Decolonizing Traditional Educational Spaces: Promoting Science Literacy & Emotional Literacy through Lyric Writing--- Edmund Adjapong and Ian Levy, Teachers College, Columbia University
BlackGirlsLives Matter Room 1.69 (Level 1) Moderated by Kyeanna Bailey, John Jay College Office of the Provost “Our Lives Matter: Black Girl Scholarship and Activism”--- A Roundtable Cataydra Brown, Dasharah Greene, and Nyesha Jackson, Undergraduate Students from the John Jay College of the City University of New York
5pm-6:15pm/Friday EVENING PLENARY (L.63) "Hiphop Educating for Justice" Moderated by Dr. Elaine Richardson, Ohio State University Department of Teaching and Learning Chris Emdin, Associate Professor of Science Education, Columbia University Teachers College …followed by Science Genius Performers, featuring E the EMCEEof the Science Genius B.A.T.T.L.E.S.
Day Two: Saturday, April 1
9:30-10:45 am/Saturday
OPENING PLENARY (Room L.63) “Limbs and Language” Moderated by Crystal Endsley, John College Department of Africana Studies
Mahogany Browne, Award-Winning Poet and Teaching Artist with Students from Urban Word NYC
Hiphop Justice vs. Criminal Justice Room 1.76 (Level 1) Moderated by Victoria Bond, John Jay College Department of English
“Gone til November” Analyzing the Criminal Justice System Through Critical Hiphop Literacy--- Lauren Kelly, Boston University
LOUD Voices: Flipping the Script on the Juvenile Justice System--- Shiv Desai, University of New Mexico
Hiphop and Performance Education Room 1.77 (Level 1) Moderated by Dominique Mendez-Rose, John Jay College Center for Student Involvement and Leadership
Breaking as an Educational Tool--- Hiphop Fundamentals, Philadelphia-Based Artists and Educators
“Street Pearls” Performance Excerpt--- Mark Wong, Artist/ Dancer/ Educator
12:30pm-1:45pm/ Saturday HIPHOP AWARDS AND KEYNOTE (L.63) “Bout That Justice Life: Waxing Poetic on Hiphop Feminist Futures” Moderated by Carmen Kynard, John Jay College Department of English Elaine “Dr. E. Richardson, Professor of Literacy Studies, Ohio State University Treva Lindsey, Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University
Awards Announced Hiphop Literacies Narrative Contest Winners
2017 Critical Scholar of Hiphop Literacies Award: Dr. Elaine Richardson
2pm – 3:15pm/ Saturday AFTERNOON PLENARY (L.63) "The Wisdom of the Cypher" Moderated by Dr. David Kirkland, New York University Department of Teaching Learning and Executive Director of NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and The Transformation of Schools
Toni Blackman, Artist and Activist
3:30-5:00pm/ Saturday Closing Reception, 5:00-6:00pm EVENING PLENARY(Moot Court 6th Floor) “Spinnin Justice: A DJ Conversation across Crates, Classrooms, and Cyphers” Moderated by Carmen Kynard, John Jay College Department of English
Emery Petchauer, Associate Professor of English and Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Todd Craig, Associate Professor of English, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York Lynneé Denise, DJ/ Scholar/ Cultural Practitioner
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Special Thank You to: Audiovisual Services/AVS of John Jay College of Criminal Justice Campus Activity Board at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Faculty-Student Engagement Program (The Division of Student Affairs of John Jay College of Criminal Justice) John Jay Radio Theater and Event Support Services at John Jay College of Criminal Justice