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Street College is a host of programs, scholarships, and STEAM enrichment experiences that encourage underserved youth and young adults to build back their communities by exposing them to comprehensive, high-level engineering concepts, and design thinking from a Hip Hop perspective.
We support schools, and other youth service organizations with Street College programming, like Ghetto Genius Motorsports and Street College Engineering: 101, the Lovin' U Tour and the Hip Hop Xpress Double Dutch Boom Bus, Studio Saturdays, and a series of other diverse STEM activities like RC builds and for K-12 students and young adults inspired by the late Dr. William Patterson "Dr. P" from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. P unlocked the potential of Hip Hop and innovative technology with his research in the Ghetto Genius Paradigm. Dr. P's new form of education provokes a refreshing train of thought to help others explore the wealth of Hip Hop, rather than exploit it. Watch below as Dr. P breaks down the Ghetto Genius.
The Ghetto Genius Paradigm
By focusing on indigenous community organizations, watch Dr. P illustrate how different disciplines of learning can be taught and learned through a cultural perspective. He thus introduced a new form of education that provoked a refreshing train of thought for his audience. His courses were Hip Hop Informatics, LIS 390, and Decoding Dr. Dre, TEC 398.
STREET COLLEGE LOVIN' U TOUR: CHAMPAIGN-URBANA 2024-2025
The Lovin' U video was dedicated to sharing the message of preventative behaviors for managing COVID-19 in the African-American community. It was also part of our design to inform and share content that supports the development of families residing in low-resource neighborhoods.
The Street College Prep Academy is the result of evidence-based applied research, where we identify specific "cool factor" engagement methods, show up consistently and authentically in underserved spaces, and attract the curiosity of underserved youth and young adults.
Performed by Poet Laureate of Dayton, Ohio July 2023
Find Food IL is a community food map from University of Illinois SNAP-Ed that you can use to find food pantries, WIC offices, and more resources close to you. To learn more and search for resources in your area, visit: https://go.illinois.edu/FindFoodIL.
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