"When we talk about youth agency, we need to talk about WHO gets to be free." - Dr. @denasimmons in conversation with Drs. Dr. Meisha Porter and Edmund Adjapong Ph.D. #HipHopEd

"The people who know, are the people whose faces have been pushed to the earth. If you want to know the answers, ask Black people. Ask Black women." -- Dr. Dena Simmons #HipHopEd

“Hurt ppl hurt ppl; healed ppl heal people. There’s a lot of hurt teachers who don't always recognize when they are being triggered. When we don’t recognize our trauma and heal from it, we create a cycle of triggering in our classrooms.” - Dena Simmons #HipHopEd

Reflect on our practice Reflect on our trauma Reflect on our power - Dr. Dena Simmons #HipHopEd

“Kids aren’t showing up to school to listen. They’re showing up to connect, bc we’ve been disconnected for so long. We have to operate from where young people are.” — Dr. Meisha Porter 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #HipHopEd

Love this so much already, just off the title… “Re-envisioning the World We Want to Build: Harnessing the Power of Hip Hop Literacy for Youth Organized Activism” Bianca Nightengale-Lee, Ph.D. & NyRee Clayton-Taylor #HipHopEd

Listen to the kids, trust them because they are brilliant. #HipHopEd

“A lot of times schools get it wrong, so our job is to make it right.” - Dr. Bianca Nightengale-Lee, Ph.D. The fact that she & NyRee Clayton-Taylor AND their students were presenting about agency and liberation = form matching content on 1000. Loved this workshop so much. #HipHopEd

“Immersing what’s youth loves and is interested in is the gateway to effective learning.” - The_JuvenileForensicSLP 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #HipHopEd

“SEL starts with storytelling.” —@SEL4theculturewas ‘s workshop on SEL and hip hop was beautiful and powerful, absolutely packed with useful info, knowledge, insights, and warmth. Can’t wait to get into their curriculum. #HipHopEd

“We are doing the work that cannot be undone.” -- @YaribelMercedes #HipHopEd

“Hip hop Ed is a portal to the freedom and creativity that already lies within.” - Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯#HipHopEd

Once you learn to love you it’s difficult if not impossible to hate yourself. - Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz #HipHopEd #HipHopEdConference2023 #HipHopEd #LiveBrunchSundays

"If we're talking about reclaiming our stories, our stories cannot be narrow." "We also need to talk about investing in Black women" -- @YaribelMercedes This is reminding me so much of discussions in Dr. Dr. LaToya L. Sawyer 's Black Women's Rhetoric class <3 #HipHopEd

Adding “Woven Together” by Dr. Courtney Rose to my dissertation reading list after hearing about it from @YaribelMercedes. Looking at that whole title, I can’t wait #HipHopEd

People are dying on Rikers when Mayors Adams and DOC Commissioner Molina could take immediate action to release people through the 6-A program. Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Commissioner Stanley Richards, why aren’t you using this tool at your disposal to prevent more tragedies?

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“Community in itself is resistance” — Mayida Zaal ❤️ #LBHC23

Back at Liberation Based Healing Conference for Day 2! #LBHC23 ❤️👏🏼

Mfouambila Kongo Dance Company at #LBHC23 !!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼