Hip Hop & Social Justice

Hip Hop and Social Justice

Please join the Parr Center for Ethics and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities for a panel on hip hop and social justice, featuring performances as well as discussion from three outstanding local artists.

Our panel will include shirlette ammons (poet, musician, author), Pierce Freelon (musician, educator, activist), and Josh Rowsey aka (J)Rowdy (poet, musician), with Professor Perry Hall (UNC, African, African American, and Diaspora Studies) moderating. We will begin with an hour of performance featuring music and poetry from each artist. The panel will then have a moderated discussion about hip hop and activism, education, and social justice. We will close with a moderated audience Q&A. After the event, we will invite everyone to join us at the weekly cypher in the Pit.

This event is free; all are welcome – and encouraged – to attend.