Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership | Illinois

William Patterson
Associate Director, African-American Cultural Program, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Relations

Entrepreneurial course taught by Professor Patterson

AFRO 398, Hip Hop and Social Entrepreneurship- The Emerging Implications of Cultural Capitalism and How it Can Be Used to Instigate Social Change

Hip Hop Culture emerged in the late 1970’s and 1980’s as a platform through which young people from marginalized communities expressed themselves to the world. This course will focus on the implications of acquiring new wealth and being “young, black, rich and famous” (Boyd 2002). Student will also review and build on the work of researchers such as Tyson (2003) Davis (2003), and Gant & Stokes (2002), examining the use of Hip Hop program development and intervention theory for addressing social concerns such as HIV/AIDS and African American female identity. It will also engage students in culturally specific policy analysis, indigenous evaluation, and grant research methods from a Hip Hop perspective.

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About Professor Patterson

• Youth Media Workshop website
• I-Powered website

Read more:

• "Youth Media Workshop", Inside Illinois (September 2006)
• "Youth Media Workshop Wins Award for Excellence", WILL Illinois Public Media (2006)
• Media Matters with Bob McChesney: Interview with William Patterson and Kimberlie Kranich, WILL Illinois Public Media (January 2004)