Mission:
The HipHopOsium is an organization that accepts, empowers and unites the urban community to organize information sharing and education about life issues.
Vision:
The vision of the HipHopOsium is to organize ourselves in order to help visualize and express our life experiences within and through our urban communities.
We will accomplish our mission by utilizing a culturally appropriate model created by and for us. This model encourages holistic health through creative expression shared within our community through events, conferences, publications and outreach.
HipHopOsium Project
The “HipHopOsium” is an urban health project focusing on promotion of holistic health and will be featuring clinics on….
art, basketball , deejay’ng, graffiti,
& dance….
as well as trainings on…
topics related to healthy sexuality, urban
health & survival.
**All trainings/clinics will be provided by community as well as national Promotoras and community stakeholders (artists, athletes, writers, healthcare workers.)
The HipHopOsium~ Art in Motion event
consists of two integrated elements.
This diverse urban structure empowers participants enhances their skills around education,
information sharing, and organizing in
order to culminate their experiences into
HipHopOsiums -- intergenerational
symposiums on health and culture.
“HipHopOsium” ~ Art in Motion.
Outreach and information gathering event ~ including focus groups and surveying of urban community on sex, violence and drugs. Input will be collected and the content reflected in Part Two (the symposium) of the project.
Registration of participants for a May 2006 “HipHopOsium” symposium on holistic health/healthy sexuality through HipHop.
The purpose of the event is to engage athletes, artists, youth and the adults in their communities in the grassroots development of an education program addressing holistic health, interpersonal violence prevention, drug and alcohol awareness and other health and safety issues that the participants identify.
An intergenerational symposium on health through Hip Hop culture will offer trainings to educate and provide tools around healthy sexuality, violence, and drugs. We will feature activities by local and popular artists along with workshops, resources, and resource kits which promote health and safety, as well as access to community resources.
All participants (youth, community gatekeepers, and athletes) of the HipHopOsium project will be provided with trainings, tools and resources necessary to attain both individual holistic health as well as that of their community.
