Building Education through the Arts and Transforming Society (B.E.A.T.S) hosts the 2nd annual Hiphop Expo, Saturday, April 17, 2010, 11:30 am-6:30 pm at Ohio University’s Grover Center.

The theme for this year’s expo is titled “When and Where I Enter: Women Beyond Gender Talk” so you know it’s going to be an engaging experience!

The goal is to combine the expressive and creative elements of hiphop in interactive hands-on sessions, such as a spoken word workshop and performance featuring Ursula Rucker and a discussion surrounding women in hiphop with Michaela Angela Davis. Davis will also be our keynote speaker for the event! There will also be a Speak Out session on what we should do to make a woman’s image in hiphop a more positive one, as well as a woman-run hiphop shop called the SistaCypher!

WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS! For our support of this event, we are looking for you guys to help out with volunteering. This ranges from setting up the event, transporting our guests, watching over the time of the sessions, and cleaning up the event. This is a solid chance to get some community service hours done, and a great chance to meet the guests up close.

WE ALSO NEED ARTISTS! Preferably our women in hiphop, whether you dance, spoken word, rap, draw, whatever, we need you to perform at our SistaCypher.

This is an event for all ages, free for everyone, so stop by Grover on Saturday and have a good time!

Peace.

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