Hip Hop Public Health

Vaccination is one of the most important tools to save Black lives right now. We explain in Part 5 of #CommunityImmunity - our latest rap anthology about vaccines ft. Darryl DMC McDaniels from RUN DMC, Dr. Olajide "The Hip Hop Doc Williams, Dr. Monique Docta Mo Flow Hedmann-Maxey, Artie Green and Gerry Gunn! Watch it now at HHPH.org/CommunityImmunity

Tune-in Alert! Our founder Dr. Olajide Williams, Arizona State University’s Assistant Professor, Dr. Gilberto Lopez & Stop The Spread’s Sharon Knight & Kimberly Chen LIVE today for Harvard Club of Southern California Anti-Racism Committee’s panel on vaccine confidence & vaccine equity. Join us at 3:30 pm ET: https://hcsc.clubs.harvard.edu/article.html?aid=1444

Reminder! Our founder Dr. Olajide Williams & CEO & Executive Director, Lori Rose Benson will be LIVE today giving a lecture on how to harness the transformative power of music art & science to improve health literacy and inspire behavior change at the College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa! Make sure you join us at 4 pm ET!

This Mother's Day, Walk This Way with our advisory board member, Darryl DMC McDaniels and join the The FELIX Organization at Pier 25 at N. Moore Street along Hudson River Park in NYC on Sunday, May 9 for a socially-distanced Walk-a-Thon from 8 am-10 am. Help raise funds for foster youth and sign-up today at walkthiswayforkids.org! #NationalWalkingDay

What do Dolly Parton, Elton John & our advisory board member, Darryl DMC McDaniels have in common? Read what University of Pennsylvania researcher, Kathleen Hall Jamieson + Tom Avril have to say in this article for the Philadelphia Inquirer. https://www.inquirer.com//covid10-pro-vaccine-viral-videos

Big news! We’re excited to announce that we’re partnering with Made To Save, a brand new education and grassroots organizing campaign working to increase vaccination access and share trusted information in communities of color. Here’s their plan: Investing directly in community-based organizations working in the areas hardest hit by the pandemic ... Sharing factual information about COVID-19 vaccines with Listening to folks on the ground about what they need, and engaging folks with questions about the vaccine in genuine dialogue Watch the video and go to MadeToSave.org to learn more. Civic Nation #MadetoSave

ICYMI: Here's the full episode of Bloomberg News' "Black in Focus. Our CEO & Executive Director, Lori Rose Benson and advisory board member, Darryl DMC McDaniels spoke to Karen Toulon about how we use the transformative power of music, art and science to build health equity.