Lyceum Event: “Creating Your Own Future” with Mazi Mutafa, Nov. 10

Join the Lyceum Committee for “Creating Your Own Future”: with Mazi Mutafa speaking on Hip Hop Activism in Words, Beats and Life. This event will be held Thursday November 10, from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. via Zoom

Please register for “Creating Your Own Future” in advance for this Zoom event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Zoom meeting.

Mazi Mutafa, founding Director of Words, Beats, & Life, will discuss how Hip Hop is used to educate, mentor and guide youth in the D.C. area, as well as how to create lasting community impacts and connections. Words, Beats & Life is D.C.’s longest running, dopest Hip-Hop based arts educational nonprofit. In his talk, Mr. Mutafa will further discuss the power of imaginative thinking, community and purpose-driven decision making. Mr. Mutafa received his Bachelor’s degree in African American studies from the University of Maryland and became a Brother of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Maryland, Georgetown University and George Washington University and, in 2019, was an adjunct professor at American University, co-teaching a course about international hip-hop, called “Whose Hip-Hop Is It?”  As an expert in the fields of Muslimness, Hip-Hop culture, public art and arts education, creative employment, cultural diplomacy and centering marginalized voices, Mr. Mutafa has made numerous media appearances, including all network TV stations in Washington, as well as N.P.R. and other local public radio outlets, plus the Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Kids Post Washington, East of the River and Washington Times. To learn more about this guest speaker and Words, Beats, and Life Nonprofit, please visit the following website: https://wblinc.org/squad  For more information about this and other Lyceum events, please visit: https://blogs.nvcc.edu/lyceum/. If you need accommodation, please contact Steven Lessner at slessner@nvcc.edu by November 1 at 12 p.m.

Submitted by:
Steven Lessner, AN-English, SLessner@nvcc.edu