Ashong Organizes Hip Hop Generation

Derrick Ashong, a Berkman Center researcher and Harvard PhD student, recently organized a retreat for the Hip Hop Youth Political Engagement Retreat (HHYPER), a preliminary to the premier National Hip Hop Political Convention (NHHPC), to be held in Newark, N.J. from June 16-19. The mission: "to voice their concerns about the apathy of young people toward politics and to identify ways in which the 'hip hop generation' can wield stronger political influence," according to the Harvard Crimson article. Said Ashong, "What we want to do today is to talk about what political voice you have and how we can magnify it."