Sunday, July 5, 2009

WE GET FREE

We Nurture, WE Respect, WE Grow
Effective curriculum that includes ethical commentary, critical thinking and social consciousness

Group participation
Exposure to analytical & affirming analysis
Trained staff

Family atmosphere that makes connections between artistic disciplines and the educational/social community the participant identifies with
Relationships with an array of agencies providing services beyond our mission ( these are often non traditional)
Empowering spaces & people that celebrate vast ways of knowing & counter knowledge
Emancipating learning experiences

Our Pedagogy

Hip Hop Education is a critical took to present and preserve youth voice on issues of civic engagement, arts education, and literacy development while reflecting the current demographics of the United States. More often than not we find that standardized education seeks to reproduce ways of knowing that silence, lessen and often whitewash other ways of knowing. KL's work aims to build on social Justice work of out progressive educator and activist communities by exploring issues of resistance in alternative educational settings and creative performance ways.