This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Arts & Entertainment

Hip-Hop - A Tool for Literacy - Teacher Workshop

The Huntington Arts Council Inc. presents it's annual Cultural Arts Workshops for Teachers 2012.


Linda H. Humes founder of Yaffa Cultural Arts Inc. and Adjunct Lecturer, John Jay College, NYC will lead this workshop. Educators will learn how to discern the positive and negative components of Hip Hop and how to provide tools of this powerful movement to motivate, educate and foster a closer relationship with young people. This provides techniques for storytelling through voice and literature.


The workshops are FREE to teachers in Journey school district partners: Commack, Harborfields, Huntington, North Babylon, Northport/East Northport, Plainview/Old Bethpage and South Huntington school districts.

Find out what's happening in Huntingtonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.


Teachers from other districts will pay a $15 fee per workshop


Register: call the Arts-in-Ed coordinator at 271-8423 X or email: artsined@huntingtonarts.org

Find out what's happening in Huntingtonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?