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2016 Hip Hop Literacies Conference

HHLC
March 30 - March 31, 2016
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Frank B. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center, Columbus Campus 154 W. 12th Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43210

The 2016 Hip Hop Literacies Conference, Black Women and Girls’ Lives Matter, will illuminate issues in the struggle to engender the fight for racial justice.

The conference aims to ensure that the needs of black and brown girls and women are fully addressed as they continue the fight to dismantle institutional racism and promote healing for collective empowerment of black and brown communities.

Increasing the opportunities for women and girls of color by breaking down the structural barriers that impede success is important to our advancement as a nation. It isn’t just the responsibility of government to institute initiatives to balance the scales or organizations committed to social justice to fight for the disadvantaged. It is all of our responsibilities.

The Hip-hop Literacies Conference is a way to discuss important issues to make real change today so tomorrow’s women and girls of color do not face the same injustices of the past.


OPENING PLENARY PANEL
Black Women and Girls’ Lives Matter: What movement is necessary to harness cultural resources that can alleviate suffering?

To kick off the 2016 Hip Hop Literacies Conference, three well known university professors will lead a discussion about what it will take to make Black women and girls’ lives matter in the classroom, society and the academy.
Gloria Ladson-Billings

Gloria Ladsen-Billings, Kellner Family Distinguished Professor in Urban Education, University of Wisconsin-MadisonGloria is the author of the critically acclaimed books: The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children (2009) and Crossing Over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms (2001), as well as numerous top-tier journal articles and book chapters. She has won numerous scholarly awards.  She is the architect of Culturally Relevant Pedagogical Theory, which describes the dispositions, practices and skills of teachers, who engaged the sociopolitical context of African American students’ lives and culture to promote their educational achievement and empowerment. Her current work focuses on hip hop as the culture that enlivens and invigorates contemporary students and is a primary driver of maintaining culturally relevant pedagogy.
Brittney Cooper

Brittney Cooper, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, Rutgers UniversityBrittney is a Black feminist theorist specializing in Black women’s intellectual history, Hip Hop generation feminism and race and gender representation in popular culture. Her forthcoming book Race Women: Gender and the Making of a Black Public Intellectual Tradition (University of Illinois Press) examines the long history of Black women’s thought leadership in the United States, with a view toward reinvigorating contemporary scholarly and popular conversations about Black feminism. She is a sought after public speaker and commentator with a weekly column on race and gender politics at Salon.com. Her work also has appeared in numerous publications including: New York Times, Washington Post, Cosmo.com, TV Guide, Los Angeles Times, Ebony.com, The Root.com and MSNBC. Brittney co-founded the Crunk Feminist Collective, a popular feminist blog.
Ersula Ore

Ersula Ore, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies, Arizona State UniversityErsula teaches courses in black women’s history, contemporary rhetorical theory, rhetorics and critical theories of race, and the African American rhetorical tradition. Her forthcoming book, Lynching: A Rhetoric of Civic Belonging (University of Mississippi Press), examines anti-black lynchings during the long post-bellum period as violent discursive action contesting the legislated inclusion of blacks within the nation.

View full-length agenda here!

Registration
Advanced Registration fees
Ohio State students – $5
Adult/Non-OSU affiliated – $10
Group discount rates available for middle and high school groups of 10 or more

Onsite registration:  $20

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