“UNIFYING THROUGH THE HIP HOP CULTURE†INC.Founder Michele A. Hairston, a Hip Hop Educator and Historian had a vision to unify the inner city Youth, Teachers and Parents through the Hip-Hop culture by incorporating Education, Entertainment, and Art in the curriculum. Ms.Hairston started Unifying Through The Hip Hop Culture in 2001 through researching the youth in the inner- community to learn that they spends 75% of their time watching videos and listening to the rap music and imitating the art of life that usually ends in violence. Ms. Hairston also works in the classroom with teacher and educator by implementing lesson plans to fit the curriculum for their students. Through this, Ms Hairston started incorporating Hip Hop into the lesson plans such as; Math, Phonics, Literacy and Social Skills.In Addition, the Youth learn hands on activities activites like; Graffiti (Art), Break Dancing, Emceeing (Rap), Djing and learning the Knowledge of the hip hop culture. The youth also involved in topics like, violence, drugs, alcohol and the degrading of females and harsh use of the N-Word.***Mission is to bridge the gap between Hip Hop and educating to enforce it in the classroom and after school program as apart of a curriculum. However, helping children to succeed in their academics and Social Skills and long with providing lesson plan for Educators and Youth Directors to enhance their student’s academics, attendance and self-esteem.***As result of this, Michele Hairston created such groups as the Hip Hop Against Violence Movement ,Harrisburg City Breakers, Educated Emcees and the Harrisburg Graffiti Crew to keep the youth off the street. The Harrisburg City Breakers had won the Best B-Boy award at the Central Pennsylvania Hip Hop Awards in March 2007 By David Muhammad :).
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