ABOUT

The free youth program based in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area consists of sixteen sessions per semester (Spring, Summer, and Fall), each lasting approximately up to three hours and serve fifteen youth per semester.  Each session features a lecture on one of our focus skills:

HIP-HOP SKILLS
• Dee-Jaying
• Mcing/Rapping
• Graffiti/Visual Arts

LIFE SKILLS
• Entrepreneurship
• Leadership
• Asset-Based Mapping
• Community Organizing

Participants apply improved understanding while developing and producing creative small group projects using one of the three Hip-Hop techniques and/or one of the four life skills.  Assistance is provided by peers, staff, and guest trainers.  Past projects include:

• The Midnight Forum Mix-CD, vol. 1
  music compilation featuring student produced songs and professional recording artists
• 3125 Mt. Pleasant Street Mural Project
  a series of paintings commenting on community issues
• W.A.Y. To Cool To Smoke "Smokeless" Event
  party & performance to promote anti-smoking

Fall 2007 Semester Schedule

Classes and work shops are held at:

Artspace @ New Community For Children (NCFC-DC)
614 S Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20001

** in the lower-level Art Space
** 1 block from the Shaw Metro Station (green line)
Between 6th St., N.W. & 7th St./Georgia Ave. N.W.