Vision Statement

To create learning where healing, hope, and creativity are cultivated through collaboration between young people, the academy/ educational institutions, and communities of color.

Mission Statement

Cyphers For Justice engages youth, educators, and scholars as critical researchers through hip-hop, spoken word, and critical digital literacy to address social injustice.

PRINCIPLES

PRACTICES

AGENCY: At Cyphers For Justice we center, honor, and bolster the voices, agency, and leadership of youth.

• Critical Literacy

• Cultural Literacy

• Platforms for sharing youth work

• Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)

• Youth Board

POWER: At Cyphers For Justice we value, recognize, and honor the cultures, histories, and assets of people of color.

• Creative productions that amplify youth voices

  • Film Making

  • Spoken Word

  • Cyphers

• Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

HOPE: At Cyphers For Justice we work to create a space where healing, creativity, and hope can be nurtured.

• Food & Freestyle Hour

• Ice-Breakers/ Check-Ins

• Platforms for sharing youth work