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Dr. Lauren Leigh Kelly

Dr. Lauren Leigh KellyDr. Lauren Leigh KellyDr. Lauren Leigh Kelly

Teacher. researcher. speaker. consultant.

Teacher. researcher. speaker. consultant.Teacher. researcher. speaker. consultant.

Hip Hop Youth Research and Activism Conference

About the Conference

The HHYRA Conference brings together youth from diverse communities for a day of workshops and interactions that revolve around the ideas of Hip Hop and social justice. The next conference will take place in May 2023 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick and will feature workshops, performances, and presentations led by high school and college students whose proposals are reviewed and accepted by the HHYRA peer review board. 

HHYRA Youth Leaders Fellowship

Annually, HHYRA selects up to 5 new members from a pool of youth applicants aged 14-19 to serve a two year term as an HHYRA Youth Leaders Fellow. HHYRA Fellows co-organize the annual conference, review proposals for the conference, receive mentorship and training in teaching and leadership, and mentor youth in teaching and leadership. 


Applications for the 2024 HHYRA Youth Fellowship at Rutgers University will be available in September 2023. 


2023 Youth Leaders Fellows

Ester Kirk, Morristown, NJ

Michaela Lattimore, Morristown, NJ

Peter Stallings, Queens, NY

Amir Truman, Long Island, NY


2022 Youth Leaders Fellows

Jahniya McCreary Long Island, NY

Lauralie Mufute, Jersey City, NJ

Synciere Smedley, Queens, NY

Sanjana Thakur, Princeton, NJ


2020 Youth Leaders Fellows

Hector Cruz, Bronx, NY

Keianna Grant, Boston, MA

Naomi Filipiak, Storrs, CT

Bryan Jaimes, Elizabeth, NJ

Semaj Skillings, Bronx, NY


2019 Youth Leaders Fellows

Safa Bilal, Long Island, NY

Alondra Contreras, New York, NY

Sydney Grant, Long Island, NY

Darius Rush, Jersey City, NJ

Ally Smith, Memphis, TN

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For More Information

@hhyraconference

Email hhyraconference@gmail.com

    Additional Links

    Empowering the Next Generation: Notes on the 6th Annual Hip Hop Youth Summit


    Hip-Hop: Pillars That Lead To Power


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