Hip Hop, African American History and Mindfulness Tools for Successful Facilitator Engagement
Format
Individual Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
Wholistic Stress Control Institute
First Presenter’s Email Address
kelvinwalston@wholistic1.com
First Presenter's Brief Biography
Kelvin Walston is Wholistic Stress Control Institute's Chief Program Officer. He has coordinated and supervised five federal Sexual Risk and HIV funded federal grants and served as WSCI Senior Health Educator for 20 years. Mr. Walston holds a Master of Arts Degree in African Studies at Clark Atlanta University. He has worked in the Public Health field with community coalitions for juvenile populations for the past 20 years. He was integral in facilitating and writing one of WSCI evidenced based prevention programs receiving SAMSHA’s highest accreditation for effective programs. His additional experience includes coordination, training and programming for Youth Peer Leadership Trainings.
Location
Session Two - Featured Session
Strand #1
Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership
Strand #2
Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership
Relevance
TBA
Brief Program Description
Calling all health educators interested in utilizing hip hop and African American history as an teaching tool to decrease risky behaviors. The objectives for this educational and engaging workshop will provide innovative ideas to: 1) engage youth utilizing hip hop music; 2) integrate African American history to enhance positive identity concepts; and 3) increase pro-social skills and reduce negative behaviors.
Summary
TBA
Evidence
TBA
Learning Objective 1
Participants will be able to deconstruct hip hop to engage youth in impactful conversation regarding sexual risk avoidance and implement two creative hip hop art activities
Learning Objective 2
Participants will be able to list historical African American history and culture facts and implement one activity to improve self-efficacy of youth.
Learning Objective 3
Participants will be able demonstrate how to incorporate mindful based stress reduction techniques such as music mediation into programming
Presentation Year
2024
Start Date
3-3-2024 1:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Walston, Kelvin and Johnson, Tarita, "Hip Hop, African American History and Mindfulness Tools for Successful Facilitator Engagement" (2024). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 105.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2024/2024/105
Hip Hop, African American History and Mindfulness Tools for Successful Facilitator Engagement
Session Two - Featured Session
Calling all health educators interested in utilizing hip hop and African American history as an teaching tool to decrease risky behaviors. The objectives for this educational and engaging workshop will provide innovative ideas to: 1) engage youth utilizing hip hop music; 2) integrate African American history to enhance positive identity concepts; and 3) increase pro-social skills and reduce negative behaviors.
