Hip Hop 4 Life
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| Background information |
| Hip Hop 4 Life | |
| Founder(s) | Tamekia Flowers |
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| Type | NPO 501 c(3) not-for-profit |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | New York, NY |
| Key people | Tanisha Tate, Ianna A. Small |
| Area served | New York & National |
| Focus | Engaging, educating and empowering young people to adopt a healthy lifestyle |
| Method | Enlisting health professionals, entertainers, celebrities and athletes to educate young people on health issues through interactive workshops and empowerment seminars. |
| Slogan | Creating a generation of mentally, emotionally and physically healthy leaders. |
| Website | www.hiphop4lifeonline.com |
Hip Hop 4 Life (Formerly Hip Hip 4 Health) is a 501 c(3) not-for-profit youth empowerment organization dedicated to engaging, educating and empowering young people to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Health professionals, entertainers, celebrities and athletes are enlisted to educate young people on health issues through interactive workshops and empowerment seminars. Hip Hop 4 Life serves young people aged 10-18, with a special emphasis on at risk and low income youth.
Since its inception in 2003, Hip Hop 4 Life has partnered with youth and community service organizations to execute workshops and events that have reached thousands of young people nationwide. [1]
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[edit] Programs
Shades of Beauty: Today's Girls, Tomorrow's Women[2] An empowerment program designed to address issues affecting today’s girls including body image, self-esteem, the true definition of “beauty,” goal-setting, sexuality, peer pressure, hygiene, drugs/alcohol/tobacco, and the negative portrayal of women in entertainment, media and society. Hip Hop 4 Life helps girls to realize their true beauty and empower them to be truly outstanding.
Man Up! An Empowerment Program For Boys (ages 10-17) [3] [4][5] An empowerment program designed to address issues a boy faces during this transition to manhood including self-esteem, respect, responsibility, sexuality, hygiene, alcohol/drugs/tobacco vision-building, goal-setting and the true definition of a man. Hip Hop 4 Life works to develop a positive foundation in the lives of the boys. In November 2007, Hip Hop 4 Life launched Man UP! In partnership with BET’s Emmy-award winning Rap It Up program.
Teen Empowerment Team Teen empowerment program that provides a viable platform to assist teens in the development of their leadership potential, communication skills and self-esteem. This initiative engages 50 teens (aged 13-18) across the New York City area in support of Hip Hop 4 Life events and advisory committees.
[edit] Events
Hip Hop 4 Life's Past and Future Events include:
- BET Rap It Up and Hip Hop 4 Life Youth Empowerment Tour As part of a national HIV/AIDS public awareness initiative, BET Rap It Up partnered with Hip Hop 4 Life and NYC's Hot 97 radio station to host a series of celebity forums. The 4-day tour visited local New York City high schools to address social behaviors and attitudes impacting today's young adults.
- Georgia Campaign For Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Atlanta, GA
- Health Time At the Apollo, Harlem Health Day
- National Kids Day, Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club, Bronx, NY
- 10 Week Co-Ed Empowerment Workshops, Brooklyn's Children Museums
- YouthFest 2008
[edit] Official Alliance Partners
- Girls Incorporated of New York City
- The Girl Scout Council of Greater New York
- The YMCA of Brooklyn
- Tomorrow Leaders, Inc.
- Holthouse Boys & Girls Club (Houston)
- Challengers Boys & Girls Club (Los Angeles)
- Whitehead Boys & Girls Club (Atlanta)
- FBR Boys & Girls Club (Washington DC)
[edit] Corporate Supporters
- VH1 Soul
- BET
- BET Rap-It-Up
- Universal Music Group
- Power 105.1 (NY)
- Power 106 (LA)
- Radio Disney
- Deutsche Bank
- The Walt Disney Company
- Washington Mystics
- Black Beat
- Right On!
- Coca Cola
- Hasbro
- Mudd Jeans
- ABC Radio Networks
- Champs Sports
- The Princeton Review
- P&G
| Celebrity Partners | Professional Partners |
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| Essence Atkins, Soulja Boy, Power 105's Egypt, Kwame, Ed Lover, Mike Jones, Sammie, Kenya Moore, MC Lyte, Lloyd | Lakiya Oliver (Fox Entertainment Group), Kierstan Tucker (Kedar Entertainment), Shanti Das (Universal Motown Records), Darlise Blount (BET), Mercedes Blount (BET), Richelle Cross (Class & Sass), Dana Singleton (Sigma Group) |
[edit] Hip Hop 4 Life Executive Team
Tamekia Flowers, Founder/Executive Director
Tanisha Tate, Program Director
[edit] Notes
- ^ idealist.org - Hip Hop 4 Life
- ^ idealist.org - Shades of Beauty: Today's Girl, Tommorow's Woman
- ^ Hip-Hop 4 Life Launches Man Up! Program In Harlem - HipHop-Elements.com
- ^ SheNotes: Hip Hop 4 Life Launches It's Much Anticipated Man UP! Program
- ^ BET Networks PR Website - News Releases
