Hip-Hop, music-production & career development workshops with at-promise youth in juvenile correctional facilities.
BEATS, BARS & BEYOND
About the Program
Incarcerated youth face significant challenges in navigating their daily lives. Our program brings music to them and employs culturally relevant instructors that teach beat making, songwriting, lyrical expression and technical production. Rawkstars supplies all necessary equipment and collaborates closely with our host partners to ensure excellence in operations, execution and security.
How it works
Customize Program
One size doesn’t fit all. We work with your staff and administration to design a custom solution for your specific facility. Frequency, length, content, instructors, space and all details can be tailored to your needs and budget.
Meet Your Instructors
We match students with a culturally relevant and community based professionals that understand the specific needs of this population. Our teachers are vetted, have passed security clearances and often become mentors and role models to the students.
Start Learning
We bring all necessary equipment and run our curriculum in your space, within all security and agreed upon guidelines.
Take the Stage
We encourage celebrations at the end of each cycle. This allows youth to receive positive reinforcement and celebrate their hard work towards a team oriented goal.
Empowering Through History, Culture, and Career
BB&B goes BEYOND music and also features career workshops led by experts in providing insight and mentorship when it comes to using learned skills to build a life and career, upon release. The program also features seminars on the history of hip-hop, beginning from its roots in southern blues during times of slavery, evolving through the civil rights movement and continuing as a catalyst for social change today. These lessons help youth see their own history and culture through a new lens to envision a new future.
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