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Summary

  • We are The Foundation of WOMEN in HIP HOP. Our mission is to educate and empower the community through sharing love of the arts, inspiring growth, building leadership, and influencing the perceptions and roles of women in hip hop for current and future generations..
  • After 5 years of running a Successful Transformative Truly Open-Mic/Open Cipher Space in Detroit dedicated to Uplifting Women’s Voices, Showcasing Women Talent, Conducting Healing Workshops, and Expanding Opportunities for Women Artists.We’ve been awarded a Knight Foundation matching grant to launch Detroit’s 1st Women in Hip Hop Conference + Concert at #AMC2016 (Allied Media Conference) alliedmedia.org
  • Detroit’s 1st Contemporary Interactive Women in Hip Hop Conference will bring together leading figures in Detroit’s hip hop, digital media, art, dance, & performance communities to explore the historical & contemporary context, dynamics, impacts, and potential of Hip Hop music and culture on Women & ways Women are empowering themselves utilizing Hip Hop as a tool.
  • We’ll Strengthen Detroit as a connected node in both the local and global dimensions of Hip Hop culture in the extensive network of cities that celebrate Women in Hip hop by showcasing workshops, performances, discussions, and media addressing topics that range from: the international cross-cultural impact to the intersection of Hip Hop and digital technology, creative commerce: making a living in today’s music industry, and storytelling across multiple platforms.
  • The three-day event will include a cipher, b-girl dance, film screening, hands-on workshops, a technology space, a recording experience, a mural, a network gathering, a community dinner, and panel discussions. The conference will also feature a concert showcasing the next generation of women in hip-hop. The concert will include performances by:

  • What We Need:

    • We need $10,000 to cover free conference registrations for youth, travel and housing support, food for presenters and community dinner, paint and supplies for the mural and hands on workshops.
    • Equipment
      – Projector – $3000
      – Projector Screen – $700
      – Professional Sound System (Portable PA System) – $15,000
      – Industry Standard Vocal Microphones (5) – $800
      – Industry Standard Instrument Microphones – $800
      – Microphone Stands – $300
      – Mirrorless Camera w Lens For Filming and Documentation – $5000
      – Zoom Microphone for Filming – $1000
      – Drum Kit $1500
      – DJ Equipment $3500

       

      – Computers (6) – $10,000
      – Music Production Interfaces (4) – $5000

    The Impact

    The Women in Hip Hop Interactive Experience will bring together artists, activists and academics to creatively confront dominant misogynistic narratives in music and media. We will get to the root of how violence, and especially violence against women, became embedded in the cultural code of Hip Hop and we will rewrite that code to work towards the liberation of all people, drawing upon the brilliance of feminist Hip Hop activism, artistry, and scholarship.

    Participants walk away with a greater understanding of the value of women in Hip Hop as a culture across disciplines.:  Art (Graffiti/StreetArt etc.), Dance, Technology (DJing/Music Production/Video), Words (Emceeing/FreeStyling/Writing/Rhyming/Poetry), and Culture (the Knowledge Element of reading, observing video and listening to audio media, discussion)

    Risks & Challenges

    One major risk to us achieving our goal of having a major youth presence is that the population we currently serve is considered in the “low-income” bracket and unable to afford the cost of entry to the conference.

    Other Ways You Can Help

  • Maybe you just can’t contribute, but that doesn’t mean you can’t help:If you can donate supplies instead of money, that is also welcome.
    • paper (large/butcher), markers (500), easels (10), pens/pencils (500), composition books (300), PA system (1), floor (for dancing), sharpies (2x 24 pack), blank art books (150), paint brushes (175), paint (acrylic/spray paint)
    • Please help us get the word out and make some noise about our campaign.

    And that’s all there is to it.