The United States Fulbright office as well as mtvU (MTV’s 24-hour college network) made it possible for me to travel to Sydney and volunteer at community centers in Western Sydney, deliver a technology class based around global hip-hop, and write about my experience. Please take time to
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Thurs April 19 10.00 am – 1.00 pm Passadena Room, Penrith City Council, 601 High Street, Penrith This dynamic workshop will feature presentations by Sophia Marinos, Creative Producer Big hART who will speak from the recent Namatjira project, Akesha Horton, fresh from her Fulbright residency at ICE and currently completing her doctorate at Michigan
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Sat March 31 http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/diversity-at-nyu/multicultural-educationandprograms/show-and-prove.html Check out Chiara and I at the first session of the Show Up and Prove Conference. Abstract: Global Perspectives on Identity: Using Hip-Hop to Explore Australian Indigenous Cultural and Gender Identity The growing popularity of Hip Hop and its diffusion on a global
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