On this episode of Hip-Hop Can Save America!, aka, ‘the world’s smartest Hip-Hop podcast,” we check back in with the dancing diplomat herself, the teacher teaching teachers how to teach through a Hip-Hop inspired lens of empowerment, Aysha Upchurch, lecturer on education, artist in residence and director of the HipHopEx Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Peace and love, friends, neighbors, supporters and haters, welcome back to Hip-Hop Can Save America! aka the world’s smartest Hip-Hop podcast, and happy #HipHopHistoryMonth!
We often talk about the intersection of Hip-Hop and education on this show — and for good reason. It’s an area that has produced a ton of receipts showing the effectiveness of merging these two worlds for the good of our young people. This was perfectly exemplified when we covered the Can’t Stop Hip-Hop: The Education Movement conference at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and first heard form today’s guest. And while we sometimes get lost in the pedagogical weeds, I am so excited to kick it with Aysha Upchurch because not only does she expertly navigate those weeds, but her Hip-Hop spirit is always on full display — and it is that dance and movement-inspired lens through which she views her work, approaches the world, inspires and empowers others, and sparks radical change — that sits at the heart of the very concept of this show, and all my work. That Hip-Hop can save America! And most likely, all of humanity. Aysha Upchurch, I promise you, is part of that blueprint..
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Now, let’s get into it. Here’s my talk with Aysha Upchurch.
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