New York, NY—The Hip-Hop Association, in conjunction with the Social Services of Hip Hop, We Got Issues!, Afro-Latin@ Project, and the New York State Youth Leadership Council present HHEAL Fest, a three-day celebration during NY’s Immigrant Heritage Week. HHEAL Fest will include interactive workshops, panels, film screenings, and performances that will focus on Hip-Hop as a tool for education, immigrant history, media literacy, and life skills and youth empowerment.
Taking place from April 18-20 at the Raphael Hernandez School of the Performing Arts (IS 217) in the Bronx, HHEAL Fest combines the Freshest Youth Program, Hip-Hop Education (H2Ed) Summit, and a third day dedicated to a town hall meeting and a special tribute dedicated to the Founder of Hip-Hop - Kool Herc and the First Lady of Hip-Hop - Cindy Campbell in homage of their Jamaican roots.
Some of the presenters and speakers include Erica Ford (Life Camp), Dr. Daniel Banks (NYU- Hip-Hop Theater Lab), Minister Server (Hip-Hop Life Coach), Peter the Rapmathician, Maria Rubio, (NYCORE), B-Girl GI Jane, Capital X (Death Penalty Abolitionist), Sarah Montgomery-Glinski (Hip-Hop Association), Andrew Landers (Hip-Hop Association), Dr. David Kirkland (NYU-Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development), Nicole Duncan-Smith, Author, I am Hip-Hop), Cristina Jimenez (New York State Young Leadership Council), Dr. George Priestley (Afro-Latino Project), and Sandy Shin (Breakthrough: Building Human Rights Culture).
In addition to the progressive facilitators representing at the HHEAL Fest, many community organizations will have tables full of information on their programs and initiatives. Organizations participating include Hip-Hop 4 Life, Life Beat, and

Make sure to register by April 1 at www.hiphopassociation.org/hheal08