Miami Regionals: The World Is Yours: Reflections O - Cincinnati Event
October 18, 2016 - Middletown
Miami University
Regionals is pleased to announce Aisha Fukushima as the keynote speaker for the
thirty-third Racial Legacies and Learning Lecture Series.
The program, titled "The World Is Yours: Reflections of a Global RAPtivist," takes place on Tuesday, October 18
at 7 p.m. in the Dave Finkelman Auditorium at Miami Regionals' Middletown
campus. A reception will follow the lecture.
Aisha Fukushima is a singer, poet and
self-proclaimed RAPtivist (rap activist). She graduated from Whitman College in
2009 with an honors degree in Rhetoric and Film Studies and minors in French
and Gender Studies. Upon graduating, Aisha traveled the world on a Watson
Fellowship to work with leading artists and created the RAPtivism project. A global hip hop project spanning ten
countries and four continents. Having lived in cities as diverse as Bangalore,
Casablanca, London Daker, Cape Town and Copenhagen, she is constantly working
to expand her knowledge of the intersections between hip hop and social justice
around the globe.
In 2012, Fukushima released her
global "RAPtivism" compilation album featuring more than 20 leading political
hip hop acts from around the world including Black Noise (South Africa),
Positive Black Soul (Senegal) and DJ Noize (Denmark). Her work has been featured by Oprah Magazine, KQED Public Television, The Seattle Times, TV 2M Morocco, The Bangalore Mirror, and HYPE South Africa's #1 Hip Hop Magazine.
"Aisha's message will engage the
audience to participate and includes performances by students from both
Hamilton High School and Middletown High School," said Bennyce Hamilton, Miami
Regionals' Director of Diversity & Multicultural Services.
This
program is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Go to Miamioh.edu/Regionals/racial-legacies
for more information or to reserve tickets.
Miami University Middletown is located at 4200 N. University Blvd.
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October 18, 2016Posted By: orthrm@miamioh.edu
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