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Family Event on 3/11 Honoring Women in Hip Hop

A family-based art education program that will explore the 4 elements of Hip Hop and how they evolved through the African Diaspora.

Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora's family-based art education program will explore the 4 elements of Hip-Hop and how they evolved through the African Diaspora & Social Justice through women-led workshops embodying the legacy of Hip-Hop’s femme graffiti, DJ, breakdance and MC pioneers.


This March 11th Sou Sou! Saturdays family programming honors the contributions of women, past and present, to the culture and traditions of the African Diaspora as part of Women’s History Month and Rhythm, Bass and Place: Connections and Reflections on Music of the African Diaspora, CCCADI's five-month celebration of Black music.


From MC Lyte to Roxanne Shante, Cindy Campbell, and Sha-Rock, to Sylvia Robinson and Salt-N-Pepa, women have been the underground and under-recognized leaders within the creation and evolution of Hip Hop. On March 11th from 1 - 5 PM, families with children of all ages will honor women as our community’s culture bearers by highlighting the history and elements of Hip-Hop through the power of storytelling and African oral tradition.

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Please help us to plan properly by registering in advance. Registration does not guarantee a reserved spot for any workshops. Admittance is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
There is limited capacity for each workshop. Allow ample time for check-in which will begin at 12:30 PM. Adults must accompany children at all times. Register here .


Sou Sou! Saturdays is CCCADI's ongoing family-based art education program. Inspired by the financial resource-sharing traditions known throughout the African Diaspora by such names as "Colecta", "Box Hand", "San", "Partna", or "Sou-Sou", this family-based art and education program reinterprets Sou Sou as an exchange of cultural resources.

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