Hip Hop Congress will host its 8th Annual Midwest Summit sponsored by the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs. The Summit partners with Detroit’s 5E Gallery and a number of youth education and college access programs like the Center for Educational Outreach, the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiative’s Gear Up Program, Ann Arbor’s Neutral Zone youth center, and Ann Arbor Public Schools’ Rising Scholars Program. The summit brings together a diverse group of individuals and encourages participants to educate themselves on social issues, organize action, and recognize how hip hop can be used to create positive change.

Activities will include workshops, panels, and discussions on hip hop, youth empowerment and education, and women in hip hop.

The conference will be followed by free dinner a film screening of "Ghettophysics" at 6:30pm, and a free concert featuring Tree City, Progress Report, Nae Smiles, Naenk, and more at the League Underground.

All conference events are free. Register at http://uuis.umich.edu/workshop2/workshopdet.cfm?wid=793

Free pre-conference registration available at http://uuis.umich.edu/workshop2/workshopdet.cfm?wid=793

The Hip Hop Congress will host its 8th Annual Midwest Summit (www.hhcmidwest.com) sponsored by the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs at University of Michigan – Ann Arbor from February 3rd to 4th, 2012.

The Summit will bring together a diverse group of individuals encouraging participants to educate themselves on issues, organize action, and recognize how hip hop can be used to create positive change. The goal of this year’s summit is to connect those interested in Hip Hop with youth empowerment, education, social justice and community action. Activities will include concerts featuring renowned Hip Hop artists as well as workshops, panels and discussion on Hip Hop Youth empowerment and education and Women in Hip Hop. Scheduled guests include renowned Hip Hop artists Big K.R.I.T., Narcicyst, Maimouna Youssef, OneBeLo, Tree City, The Foundation All-Stars and more. There will also be workshops teaching Graffiti Art, Breakdancing, DJ’ing, and MC’ing.

The Workshops are in the Michigan Union (12 pm - 6:30 pm) and the following events begin in the Michigan League Basement