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September 8 2012

MARIAMA WHITE-HAMMOND has been the Executive Director of Project HIP-HOP (Highways Into the Past – History, Organizing and Power) since September 2001. An organization she had been involved with the organization since high school, Project HIP-HOP is a youth-led that engages young people in critical thinking, artistic production and community organizing. Project HIP-HOP is currently working on issues ranging from breaking down territorial boundaries in Lower Roxbury to pushing for greater accountability from the juvenile justice system to promoting female artists who address the gender imbalance in hip hop culture. As a poet, singer, former dancer and amateur hip hop historian, Mariama uses the arts as one tool to raise awareness about social issues and help young people to find their voice and share their ideas with the world. She is dedicated to promoting hip hop culture as a tool to educate and unite people. Mariama is committed to developing young leaders and organizers who draw on the history of their ancestors for wisdom and strength. She searches for ways to create, practice and promote different models of community organizing and youth development. She believes that this country’s democracy is in crisis, and that it can be transformed by young people who are willing to fight for justice in our local national policy and healing in our local communities. http://www.projecthiphop.org

MARIAMA WHITE-HAMMOND has been the Executive Director of Project HIP-HOP (Highways Into the Past – History, Organizing and Power) since September 2001. An organization she had been involved with the organization since high school, Project HIP-HOP is a youth-led that engages young people in critical thinking, artistic production and community organizing. Project HIP-HOP is currently working on issues ranging from breaking down territorial boundaries in Lower Roxbury to pushing for greater accountability from the juvenile justice system to promoting female artists who address the gender imbalance in hip hop culture. As a poet, singer, former dancer and amateur hip hop historian, Mariama uses the arts as one tool to raise awareness about social issues and help young people to find their voice and share their ideas with the world. She is dedicated to promoting hip hop culture as a tool to educate and unite people. Mariama is committed to developing young leaders and organizers who draw on the history of their ancestors for wisdom and strength. She searches for ways to create, practice and promote different models of community organizing and youth development. She believes that this country’s democracy is in crisis, and that it can be transformed by young people who are willing to fight for justice in our local national policy and healing in our local communities. http://www.projecthiphop.org

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