Portrayals of masculinity in hip-hop and rap often mimic stereotypes of aggressiveness, violence, sexism and homophobia. 

Challenging these attitudes successfully necessitates an analysis of gender and its intersection with race and the promotion of new definitions of masculinity and femininity.  This is the work for gender activists of all ages; this film and community campaign are vital tools in this effort.

The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition has partnered with ITVS Community Engagement Campaign for HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes to focus on issues of masculinity, sexism, consumerism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture and the larger American society.

It is designed to help us ask broader questions about gender and race while building new partnerships and coalitions around the issues.  You can either host a viewing party on February 20 when Beyond Beats airs on PBS, or hold a screening and dialogue on an alternate date in your community. Email us at beats&rhymes@gpac.org to register for the campaign!

Featured Campaign Event
 

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes
A Community Screening & Dialogue
on Race, Gender, and Hip-Hop

with Byron Hurt, Aries Dela Cruz, Don McPherson,
Raquel Rivera and Riki Wilchins

March 22, 2007
7pm
35 East 125th Street
New York, NY

RSVP required.  rsvp@gpac.org or 202.462.6610

Event Sponsors
GenderYOUTH Chapter - Columbia University
Ms. Foundation for Women
Firelight Media
Young People For

Event Partners
Chica Luna Productions
Mothers on the Move
Gay Men of African Descent
NYU Office of LGBT Student Services
Fordham University

 

 Beyond Beats & Rhymes Campaign Tool-Kit


Register at beats&rhymes@gpac.org
to receive promotional items to support your
Beyond Beats & Rhymes
events!  
 

For Viewing Parties & Community Events
Viewing Party Tool-Kit
Event Flier
Resource List
Media Materials
Screenings Across the Country
Gender & Homophobia Resource
ITVS Community Engagement Campaign

For Corporate Accountability
Letter to BET (Black Entertainment Television)
Letter to MTV (Music Television Network)
Letter to VH1
Letter to Viacom
Sample Letter for Record Label Companies
Letter for Record Label Companies Template
Top 5 Record Labels Contact List

Other Resources
Additional Resources List
National Entertainment State Map

The Merchants of Cool
 

GenderYOUTH Screenings & Events


January 28
Washington, D.C.
Busboys and Poets
2021 14th Street, NW
5.00pm
RSVP: hiphop@communitycinema-dc.org

January 31
Winston-Salem, NC
Family Services, Inc.
610 Coliseum Drive
2.30pm
Contact: 336.722.8173

February 6
Sarasota, FL
New College Gender and Diversity Center
Hamilton Classroom 8 - Teaching Auditorium, 7pm
Contact: tmorelock@ncf.edu

February 8
Spartanburg, SC
Campus Life Center Ballroom
University of South Carolina - Upstate
7pm
Contact: mjohnson@uscupstate.edu

February 10
Silver Spring, MD
Men Can Stop Rape
AFI Theatre & Cultural Center
12.00pm
Info: www.mencanstoprape.org

February 13
Northfield, MN
Gender and Sexuality Center,
Office of Intercultural Life, Stimson House
Carleton College
5.00pm
Contact: dykemanl@carleton.edu

February 16
Richmond, VA
Residence Life - University of Richmond
Whithurst Living Room
4.30pm
Contact: carlos.siekavizzarobles@richmond.edu

February 19
Milleville, NJ
Cumberland County Sexual Assault Program
Zelphy's Performing Arts Center
530 N. High St.
11am-2pm
RSVP: 856.455.1684

February 19
Charlottesville, VA
LGBT Resource Center, Black Student Alliance,
Minority Squared, The Women's Center
University of Virginia
Kaleidoscope Lounge Newcomb Hall, 3rd Floor
7.00pm
Contact: joypugh@virginia.edu 

February 20
La Jolla, CA
Women's Center, Cross-Cultural Center,
LGBT Resource Center
Univ. of California at San Diego - Women's Center
6.00pm
Contact: mtumolo@ucsd.edu

February 21
College Park, MD
University of Maryland -
Nyumburu Cultural Center, Multipurpose Rm.
5.00pm - 7.00pm
Contact: jalewis@umd.edu or 301.405.8172 

February 21
Mt. Vernon, IA
Alliance, Intercultural Life, BACO,CUE,
Men Against Violence, Sister 4 Sister,
Third Wave Resource Group, & Women's Action Group
Cornell College - The Commons, Hedges Rm.
8.00pm
Contact: n-bienfang@cornellcollege.edu

February 22
Dallas, TX
Amnesty International
Southern Methodist University -
Hughes-Trigg Student Center Forum
7.00pm - 10.00 pm
Contact: Kschutz@smu.edu

March 1
Pittsburgh, PA
Rainbow Alliance
University of Pittsburgh -
David Lawrence Hall, Room 121
8.45pm
Contact: klc45@pitt.edu or 412.648.2105

March 1
St. Paul, MN
Commitment to Community
Hamline University - Drew Science Rm. 118
8.00pm
Contact: mthiede01@gmail.com

March 10
Washington, DC
 Latin American Youth Center - Art & Media House
3035 15th Street, NW
1.00 pm - 3.00 pm
Contact: Marie Moll-Amego at 202-319-2281

March 13
Urbana, IL
WILL-TV’s Youth Media Workshop
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spurlock Museum’s Knight Auditorium
600 S. Gregory St.
7 pm
Contact: 217.333.1070

March 19
Washington, DC
Allied in Pride, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance
The George Washington University
Continental Ballroom - Marvin Center
8.00pm
Contact: dorfman@gwu.edu

March 19
Washington, DC
Community Action & Social Justice Coalition
American University
McKinley 108
7.30pm
Contact: emily.noll@american.edu

March 20
Tallahassee, FL
Pride Student Union

Florida State University
7.00pm
Contact:
zdryden@gmail.com

March 22

New York, NY
w/ Byron Hurt, Don McPherson, and more!
GPAC w/ Firelight Media & Ms. Foundation
7.00pm - 10.00 pm
Contact: beats&rhymes@gpac.org or 202.462.6610

March 24
New York, NY
w/ Tyrone Hanley, Brittney Hoffman
Facing Race Conference
CUNY Grad Center Auditorium
1.00pm – 2:30pm
Contact: beats&rhymes@gpac.org or 202.462.6610

March 29
Mahwah, NJ
Ramapo College of NJ Women's Center
J.Lee's - 2nd floor Student Center Film
7.00pm
Contact: EJankows@ramapo.edu

April 9
Bronxville, NY
w/ Carmen Ashhurst, DeShannon Bowens, Juan Ramos, Karen Carroll, May Krukiel, Eric Carver
Sarah Lawrence College & Victims Assistance Services
Sarah Lawrence College
6.30pm - 8.30pm
Contact: laura@victimassist.org  or (914) 345-3113

April 10
Winston-Salem, NC
Family Services, Inc.
Winston-Salem State University- Anderson Center
6.00pm
Contact: Leonard Williams at 336.722.8173

April 15
Grinnell, IA
w/ Dayna Hamann, Julie Ross, Lindsay RobinsonFeminist Action Coalition and Queer People of Color
Grinnell College - Joe Rosenfield Center
8.00pm
Contact: rossjuli@grinnell.edu

April 15
Purchase, NY
w/ Carmen Ashhurst, DeShannon Bowens, Juan Ramos, May Krukiel, Davon Chance, Eric Carver
Trans Action and Victim Assistance Services
SUNY Purchase - Humanities Theater
7.00 pm
Contact: j.weissbein@purchase.edu or   
               laura@victimassist.org

April 17
New York, NY
w/ Laura Bagnarol and Phyllis Gillians
Fordham University Graduate School and
Victims Assistance Services
Fordham University Graduate Center
11.00am - 1:00pm
Contact: laura@victimassist.org or 914.345.3113

April 26
Columbus, OH
w/ Sile Singleton and Steve Carr
TEEN G.L.E.A.M - Broad Street Christian Church
1049 E. Broad Street
7.15 pm
Contact: skyecolumbus@sbcglobal.net  

There are more screenings in the works for the
following locations:

San Diego, CA
New Haven, CT
Athens, GA
Waterloo, IA
Mount Vernon, IA
Pittsfield, MA
Benton Harbor, MI
Purchase, NY
Yellow Springs, OH
Elizabethtown, PA
Burlington, VT
Spokane, WA

If you are interested in learning more about these
screenings, please contact beats&rhymes@gpac.org
or 202.462.6610.