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The Making After-School Cool Podcast is an essential part of the CASE for Kids push to increase the awareness of resources that improve quality in the after-school and out-of-school time field. Join Mike Wilson and field experts as they discuss best practices, the growth mindset, project-based learning, social emotional learning, restorative practices and student engagement all with after-school providers in mind. Brought to you by Case4Kids
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Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
The topic of today’s episode of the Making After School Cool podcast, focuses on the use of Hip Hop pedagoy to teach financial literacy in underserved communties. My guest is Joshua Marks who’s passion for the hip-hop inspired him to develop a curriculum called "Hip Hopportunity." The vision of Hip Hopportunity LLC is to create an inclusive learning environment for youth of all backgrounds that fosters critical thinking & financial literacy through hip-hop pedagogy.
During this podcast you will learn about the following:
- The motivation behind developing Hip Hopportunity
- The disparity in financial literacy among diverse groups of people and the importance regarding closing the economic gap
- The types of activities and lessons youth can learn from Hip Hopportunity
- The importance for youth to have a vehicle to share their voice, culture and language without judgment.
Resources
Hip Hopportunity - www.hip-hopportunity.com
Joshua Marks – joshua@hip-hopportunity.com
Mike Wilson – mwilson@hcde-texas.org
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