Outside the Box Seminar Series
Celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop and its impact on Higher Education: A Two-Part Seminar with Rosa Clemente
About the Series
The Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB) in People & Culture has partnered with Rosa Clemente, organizer, producer, independent journalist, and scholar-activist, to develop and facilitate specialized professional learning for staff and managers. The intended audience for this experience is employees who are beyond an introductory level of engagement with diversity, equity, and inclusion. This is an immersive experience around identity, culture, and creating organizational change that requires committing to attending two workshops hosted via Zoom Meeting.
Speaker Biography
Rosa Alicia Clemente is a Black-Puerto Rican woman born and raised in the Bronx, NY. She is an organizer, producer, independent journalist and scholar-activist. As president of Know Thy Self Productions, a full-service speakers bureau, production company, and media consulting service, she has produced eight community activism tours. Through the production house, she also co-founded and was the national coordinator for the first-ever National Hip-Hop Political Convention in 2003, which helped bring together more than 3,000 activists to create and implement a political agenda for the hip-hop generation.
