For young people to reach their full academic and artistic potential, they need the support of their teachers and adult mentors. Many adults, however, struggle to make their classes and programs relevant to the changing culture and needs of today’s youth. In order to bridge this educational-generational gap, OMAI teams up with Urban Word NYC to offer the Annual Spoken Word & Hip Hop Educator’s Institute at UW-Madison each July.  The institute is co-directed by OMAI Arts-In-Education Director, Katrina Flores and Urban Word NYC Director, Michael Cirelli.  It is a multi-tiered program that caters to all levels of previous knowledge by participants from first time attendees to continued attendance by past participants as they delve deeper into Spoken Word & Hip Hop Pedagogies.

University & CEU credit options available for interested individuals.

Participant Applications will be available November 2009.

Please contact Katrina Flores for additional information at 608-890-1006 or kbflores@wisc.edu