Coined by P. Thandi Hicks Harper, PhD in 2006, Hip-Hop DevelopmentTM speaks to Hip-Hop culture's ability to provide the practical and theoretical context necessary to discuss and implement strategies using the culture as the catalyst for successfully engaging and mobilizing youth for positive outcomes. Once ignored and feared as a theory of change worth examining, HHD continues to thrive as The Rose that Grew from Concrete (Tupac Shakur featuring Nikki Giovanni (2000).
HHDTM is a new and emerging theory of change that recognizes Hip-Hop as:
• An important integral part of Youth Development and Engagement Models.
• A “new” strategy/tool which overlaps existing approaches in the field of youth work.
• A catalyst for reaching youth where they are in order to get and keep them engaged in their developmental process through learning, civic activism, leadership, organizing, revitalizing their neighborhoods, and influencing policy.
• A means for allowing youth to bring their realities, ideas, choices, and communication styles to the forefront for positive change.
• Playing a vital role in the development and engagement of youth with or without organizational or adult structure.
• An instrument for successfully engaging, organizing and mobilizing youth in urban, suburban and rural neighborhoods irregardless of intent.
What is the Youth Popular Culture Institute, Inc.?
The Youth Popular Culture Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit research, communications and production company committed to the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, health and social welfare of youth and families who are most at risk for failure. Founded by P. Thandi Hicks Harper, PhD and Billo Mahmood Harper (veteran producers, educators and communication specialists), the Institute's focus is to provide the research, resources, technical assistance and products required to improve the health and education status of America's most disadvantaged youth and to inform the nation of the value of young people and how they can assist in improving health and education related outcomes. Another prominent focus of the Institute is to produce educational entertainment products and to assist the public in their understanding of how research findings pertaining to youth popular culture, education, health and youth can be transformed into applied technologies, special events, programs and marketable communication products ensuring 100% access and 0 disparities.
P. Thandi Hicks Harper, PhD
P. Thandi Hicks Harper is the President of the Youth Popular Culture Institute, Inc.. Her theory of change and practical application, coined Hip-Hop DevelopmentTM in 2006, emphasizes the role that Hip-Hop culture can play in constructively engaging youth, thus leading them to positive, personal, social, educational, and spiritual development. Dr. Hicks Harper’s concentration is on the transformation of basic research into applied technologies and culturally appropriate communications for children, youth, families, educators, businesses, and public health professionals.
PASSPORT TO OPPORTUNITY (P2O) is a computer CD-ROM created for teens aged 12 – 18 to explore issues related to juvenile justice and the choices that influence their interactions with the criminal justice system. It examines some sources for youth criminal activity, including poverty, violence, low self-esteem, lack of supports and resources, and peer pressure. SEE AND BUY
...So let us introduce Body Parts Rap 4 Kids, which addresses what were found through research to be the least familiar body parts to kids in this target age group. Using creative graphics, child talent, Hip-Hop music, rhythmic movement, animation, and live on-location video, this educational entertainment product presents body parts in a way that’s creative, exciting, hype, and interactive. BUY Hip-Hop 2 Prevent Drugs. Digitally (H2PD.D) CD-ROM
The Hip-Hop 2 Prevent Drugs Digitally (H2PD.D) CD-ROM was developed by the Youth Popular Culture Institute as an approach to substance abuse prevention among youth. This CD-ROM focuses on substance abuse prevention using Hip-Hop culture's original arts, including dance, graffiti, MCing, DJing, and fashion. This approach has been developed in order to engage youth in a creatively produced interactive, multimedia, and educationally entertaining experience which will provide insight into how Hip-Hop arts can be used for substance abuse communication. BUY
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Jayson Latham, David Murray
Janae Peterson, Jasmine Proctor
Adrian Ramirez, Gregory Smith
Jasmine Smith, Ivan A. Valdez
The collective voices of youth, youth workers, and youth-serving organizations for determining and implementing policies, practices, and programs to successfully develop and engage youth is presented.
This ground-breaking Action Plan celebrates the fact that youth are engaged in positive activities, are achieving positive results, and are capable of advocacy and activism. The legacy of our country lies in our ability to build and sustain youth leadership, and A 4 Real Future 4 Youth provides the blueprint.
This audio book was recorded, mixed and executive produced by Billo Communications, Inc. for the Substance Abuse Treatment, Education and Prevention Network (STEP Network), produced and edited by P. Thandi Hicks Harper, PhD; spoken word lyrics created by Timothy Jones and "Parents" by Jasmine Proctor; and piano and balaphone tracks originated by Gregory Smith.
This audio book is made possible, in part, by grant number 2H79SP012377, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention as part of the Drug Free Community Support Program.
CD AVAILABLE SOON WITH 4 REAL ACTION PLAN REPORT!!!
Approx. 60 minutes
Price: $10.00 www.strategicinc.org NEW BOOK COMING SOON!!
This book, unlike any other, is the first to present what Dr. P. Thandi Hicks Harper calls Hip-Hop DevelopmentTM (HHD) – a new and emerging theory of change and practice supported by research suggesting the use of Hip-Hop culture as a viable tool for learning and motivating children and youth to academically succeed. Finally, a book that addresses the Black and Hip-Hop culture phenomena, along with the education of Black children and youth, as pyramidal catalyst worth considering for an improved American education system.
The book is currently being shopped for publication, and Dr. Cornel West has agreed to provide a blurb to endorse this ground-breaking discussion.
1999
This report presents a vivid snapshot of America’s dominant youth popular culture and how it can effectively be used as a social marketing tool to prevent substance abuse in the 12 to 17 year-old age group.
The Hip-Hop to Prevent Substance Abuse and HIV (H2P) program curriculum, recently awarded placement on the country’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices, was created through the integration of Project SUCCESS (School Using Coordinated Community Efforts to Strengthen Students), a DHHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Model Program, and BART (Becoming A Responsible Teen), a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV Prevention Effective Program.
H2P provides: (1) counseling and life skills training, (2) problem identification, (3) peer information dissemination, (4) normative and preventive education, and (5) community connections. The project goals are to reduce substance use and early sexual activity, increase family interactions, and increase participation in constructive recreational activity. Development of the integrated curriculum was led by P. Thandi Hicks Harper, PhD of the Youth Popular Culture Institute (YPCI), a research, development and production company that focuses on positive youth development and engagement in health and education. Dr. Hicks Harper’s theory of change and practical application, called Hip-Hop DevelopmentTM, forms the curriculum’s context and framework.
Results from the 5 year H2P evaluation show the use of Hip-Hop culture’s formal features as having positive effects on middle students’ attitudes, behaviors and increased knowledge in and outside of school environments. The data show positive effects for SA and HIV preventions housed within a Hip-Hop cultural context. These results are demonstrated using a research design incorporating the gold standard – i.e. randomized control.
Collaborating Partners
CSAP Grant Recipient - Strategic Community Services, Inc.
Curriculum Development - Youth Popular Culture Institute, Inc.
Evaluation - Adia Research and Evaluation Associates, Inc.
For curriculum information and training, please contact P. Thandi Hicks Harper or Sylvia Quinton
Here is a highlight video of a part of the H2P Program:
Coming Soon!
12/6-7/2010 Timothy Jones and Dr. Harper will be doing an extensive training to 22 HBCU and Hispanic Serving Institution University Liasons in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 11/29/2010 Dr. Harper, a representative of a National SAMHSA evidence based practice model site, will present to Dr. Natalia Dolzhanskaya, Chief of HIV and Other Infectious Diseases Prevention Department of the National Research Center on Addictions of Russia.. This presentation is a part of a Study Tour on Treatment and Rehabilitation Models for IDUs, Including Integrated Care for PLWHIV and Social Support for PLWHIV and for IDUs organized by the American International Health Alliance. 11/2010 Timothy Jones and Dr. Harper are going to the following HBCUs to provide Hip-Hop Development Training and Technical Assistance:
Langston University in Oklahoma City, OK
Harris-Stowe State Univeristy in St. Louis, MO
University of the District of Columbia in Washington, DC 9/12/10 Dr. Harper attends United States Conference on AIDS 12/2/08 YPCI Youth Ambassadors “Shout Out 4 Advocacy in Education”
11/21/08 Podcast -- Hip-Hop DevelopmentTM 4 Successfully Engaging Youth
11/20/08 P. Thandi Hicks Harper, PhD will be featured in the Hip-Hop Association's book: Fresh, Bold, and So Def: Women In Hip-Hop Changing The Game. She is one of 300 international women in Hip-Hop chosen. 11/19/08 Recognizing a 1987 Howard University study on "Rap Music for Learning" prompts new interests and relevance for early childhood education Body Parts Rap 4 Kids
Select Projects
TECHNO-RHYME CHALLENGE
We are pleased to announce that the America Online Foundation awarded the Youth Popular Culture Institute (YPCI) an Interactive Education grant to produce the Techno-Rhyme Challenge Exhibition at Suitland High School in Prince George's County, MD. The Exhibition process provides an opportunity for Suitland High School students to use Hip-Hop Culture/Rap Music and interactive technology as the basis for increasing their knowledge in the areas of English/Literature, Math, Science and History. The Exhibition targets freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors who work in teams to produce educational entertainment rhymes. Completed and approved rhymes are put on a compact disk and students are provided with opportunities to perform their rhymes for their classmates.
2002
TURNING THE TABLES OF HIP-HOP: A NEW SCHOOL AGENDA ON HEALTH & EDUCATION 4 AMERICA’S YOUTH SUMMIT
Summit Background
To propel awareness into action, YPCI—along with the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Bureau of Primary Health Care, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Annie E. Casey Foundation, bILLO Communications, D.C. Department of Health’s Addiction, Prevention, and Recovery Administration, Campaign for Tobacco Free-Kids, Vanguarde Media, and other public and private partners— sponsored the first unprecedented and substantive national youth Summit held in the nation’s capital in October, 2002. The Summit triggered excitement, concern, dialogue, and critical action around the vital role that youth leaders and Hip-Hop culture can play in national efforts to encourage young people to choose healthy lifestyles and strive for academic excellence. The Summit provided participants with knowledge, strategies, and resources that will enable them to collaborate effectively in order to mobilize and empower America’s most disadvantaged youth, their families, and their communities.
The title of the Summit reflects the guiding philosophy behind the event. Turning the Tables refers to a creative style used by Hip-Hop deejays, who make inimitable scratching sounds by artistically and rhythmically moving a record back and forth on its turntable. Similarly, the Summit approached Hip-Hop, health, and education issues from more than one direction. New School Agenda implies that the Summit would go beyond traditional, "old school," linear discussions of health and education, which it did. Once exposed to the information, strategies, and resources that have been found to work, young people designed and developed their own platforms on these issues, using their popular culture and its positive elements as a foundation.
Alongside reputable attendees like Sister Souljah, Davey D., Litefoot, Tats Cru, April Silver, and Michaela Angela Davis, the Turning the Tables of Hip-Hop™ Summit was attended by 187 participants.
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