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Culture as Capital:

How We use Hip Hop to ReClaim Representations of Women in Media:

A critical discussion of community cultural wealth.

Dr. Kellie Hay (Associate Professor in Critical Cultural Studies) & Rebekah Farrugia PhD (Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director in Media Studies).

The All Woman Band consists of
* Aisha Ellis: Drums
* Emily Rogers: Bass
* Sarah Rez: Guitar
* Ashley Nelson: Violin
* Pamela Wise: Keys, Kresge Award Winning Jazz Pianist.

In the GM Theater:

* 1:00pm: Doors

* 1:00pm-2:00pm: Music by DJ Haintso

* 2:00pm: Documentary Film

* 2:30pm: Discussion

* 3:00pm-5:00pm: Concert

* 4:45pm-5:00pm: Open Mic

* 5:00-6:00pm: Reception w DJ Sassi Blaque
Following the performance there will be a reception in the Rotunda where guests can interact with the Artists and purchase their merchandise.

CHARLES H WRIGHT MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
315 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201

Media shown: Detroit Women In Hip Hop, a short documentary by Piper Carter. This candid film serves as a glimpse of an ongoing dialogue with women who identify as Hip Hop Artists who have been a part of building this movement. It provides an opportunity and platform for people to address, discuss, and challenge their feelings on Hip-Hop and the way they are receiving messages in culture.

The discussion will be with Hip Hop Scholars Professors Dr. Kellie Hay + Rebekah Farrugia PhD of Oakland University who will be releasing a book later in 2020 about their time spent following, researching and documenting Detroit Women in Hip Hop.

Hip Hop’s emergence in global cities through multiple, devastating wars (psychological, physical, and cultural) answers and questions global economic restructuring of our communities. This presentation brings together artists, activists and academics to stage new conversations about Women of color and women of color feminisms across Hip Hop’scultural forms.

Using Media to address the role, images, and treatment of women in Hip-Hop we critique and disrupt status quo narratives and present investigations about value systems and structures of violence and human value, the politics of aesthetics, and women of color feminism.  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 (B-Girling), 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)

This event will offer a portrayal of women in media that is counter to the sexual harassment, gender and race discrimination that is often the norm. It will inform and empower Women and Girls through media clips, performance, and a discussion. It will also feature Live performances by our All-Woman Band lead by Musical Director Aisha Ellis, featuring Mahogany Jones and several of Detroit’s Incredible Artists.

This program presented by The Education Department of The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and is open to all ages, teens, adults, students, professors, faculty, and community are welcome. This session will be a general discussion around some of the popular/mainstream images of Women that we see or hear on a daily basis.

About The We Found Hip Hop:

Wondering where all the women in Hip Hop had gone, Piper Carter along with Legendary Detroit Emcees Miz Korona & Invincible decided to be proactive and honor the contributions of  Women in Hip-Hop in a weekly event they created in 2009 called “The Foundation: Celebrating Women in Hip Hop”. That no-misogyny open-mic went on for 5 years strong growing into what is now a social enterprise organization called We Found Hip Hop L3C that is co-owned by Nina Payne of Foundation Management.

The social impact of Hip Hop is a cultural revolution which crosses borders, inspires ideas & influences behaviors. Encouraging freedom of expression, healthy competition, independent thought, & positive self-identity, this weekly event evolved into a movement focusing on redefining the vital role of Women in Hip Hop.

Our mission is to educate and empower the community through sharing love of the arts, inspire change and growth, build leadership, and influence the perceptions and roles of women in Hip Hop for current and future generations.

We Found Hip Hop brings international, national and local girls and women together in Detroit through music, dance, visual & performing arts, fashion, film, with emphasis on Hip Hop specific media: Open Mic, Freestyle Cipher, Graffiti, to present a series of showcases, performances and workshops supporting, and creating empowering images of Women.

email: wefoundhiphop@gmail.com
site: wefoundhiphop.com
IG/Twitter: @wefoundhiphop
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wefoundhiphop
Youtube: We Found Hip Hop
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/wefoundhiphop

 

About Piper Carter: 

• Short bio:

Piper Carter lives inside Detroit city. She is a Community Organizer in the Environmental Justice, Maker Space, Food Justice, Education Justice, Arts & Culture, and Entertainment Justice communities. She is an Image Maker, Fashion Photographer, The First Black Woman to shoot for Hi-end publications such as French Vogue, Co-Founder of We Found Hip Hop (The Foundation Celebrating Women in Hip Hop), a Founding member of the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition, Multimedia Artist for Jessica Care Moore’s Black Women Rock, a Founding member of Cosmic Slop a Michigan based Black Rock Coalition, Assistant Stage Manager at Chene Park Amphitheater, Adult Ally for Detroit Youth, Editor-In-Chief for thestudioarena.com (a sustainable fashion magazine), Detroit Coordinator for HipHop4Flint & HipHop4ThePeople, and Staff Member of Detroit Independent Freedom Schools.

site: pipercarterstudio.com
IG/Twitter: @pipercarter
Facebook: facebook.com/pipercarter