Posts Tagged ‘Tomas Alvarez’
Hip Hop therapy moves into its second generation, as survivors become mentors
In Oakland, like many urban cities, violence tends to beget violence. But one program is attempting to use artistic expression to interrupt the cycle of bloodshed that pervades the city.
Read MoreA Lovely Day: A new documentary highlights Hip-Hop therapy in local high schools
In 2009, Tomás Alvarez III sat at his desk as a group of nine teenagers filed into his classroom at Oakland High School. This was the fifth year of his Beats, Rhymes and Life program, which uses hip-hop music as a form of therapy for at-risk teenagers. Alvarez began the class in the usual fashion,…
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