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	<title>Fulbright-mtvU Fellows &#187; Hip Hop Therapy Project</title>
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	<description>Fulbright and mtvU sent five students around the world to study and promote "the power of music." Check out their blogs here.</description>
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		<title>Goodbye For Now&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/12/01/goodbye-for-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Adams - in Uganda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For my final blog entry, I will provide an overview of the work I did while in Uganda, discuss project sustainability and future plans, and share a few lessons learned from my Fulbright experience.
The Overview
The goal of my Fulbright project was learn how the Hip Hop Therapy Project (HHTP) could be strengthened to better serve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breakdance for Peace and Positive Social Change</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/11/30/breakdance-for-peace-and-positive-social-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Adams - in Uganda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[mmediately after the official end of my Fulbright grant, I had the opportunity to coordinate a “Breakdance for Peace and Positive Social Change Campaign” with funding from the Northern Uganda Transition Initiative (NUTI). This involved organizing 11 school-based and 4  community-based breakdance performances in 4 districts of northern Uganda. The performances used dancing, acting, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Hip Hop???</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/11/13/why-hip-hop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Adams - in Uganda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[n addition to my focus on strengthening the Hip Hop Therapy Project, I was also interested in learning more about why young people in northern Uganda were drawn to Hip Hop music and culture. I informally interviewed approximately 20-25 youth participating in the Hip Hop Therapy Project. Most of the young people I spoke to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gender Dimension</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/09/01/the-gender-dimension/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/09/01/the-gender-dimension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Adams - in Uganda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that has fascinated me the most while working on my Fulbright project is the role that breakdancing can play as a tool for girls’ empowerment.
In northern Uganda, like in many parts of the world, traditional gender norms dictate that women and girls be quiet, respectful and subservient to men. Girls participating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Grand Land</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/08/11/the-grand-land/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Adams - in Uganda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been conducting interviews with young people participating in the Hip Hop Therapy Project on their views about American Hip Hop music and culture (a report on that to come shortly!).  During one of these interviews, a young man named Ojok Thomas told me he was a rapper so I asked him to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Makin’ Beats and Breakin’ it Down!</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/07/01/makin%e2%80%99-beats-and-breakin%e2%80%99-it-down/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/07/01/makin%e2%80%99-beats-and-breakin%e2%80%99-it-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Adams - in Uganda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kanye West]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nabil Elderkin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[n May 23, 2009,  I organized a “Back to School Breakdance Challenge” for the youth participating in the Hip Hop Therapy Project. The purpose of this show was to provide these youth with an opportunity to showcase their skills and talent and to reward them for their hard work and dedication.  It also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The King Is Dead</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/06/29/the-king-is-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/06/29/the-king-is-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Adams - in Uganda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The King is Dead.  That was the headline of the one of the major Ugandan papers today. The front pages of all of the other daily Ugandan papers were also dedicated to the story of Michael Jackson’s death.  Many radio stations here are playing his music all day and local Ugandan politicians and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hip Hop Meets Health Education</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/05/20/hip-hop-meets-health-education/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/05/20/hip-hop-meets-health-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 15:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Adams - in Uganda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the recent needs assessment exercise I conducted with children participating in the strong>Hip Hop Therapy Project (HHTP) two of the needs that emerged were:
1.The children expressed a need for more information around sexual and reproductive health.
2. The children expressed the desire to showcase their breakdance skills and talents.

In an effort to respond to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Clothes are More Important than Food</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/04/22/why-clothes-are-more-important-than-food/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/04/22/why-clothes-are-more-important-than-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Adams - in Uganda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I strongly believe that any time you enter a community with the goal of “helping”, you should work closely with that community in determining what issues need to be addressed and how to address them.

One of the goals of my Fulbright project is to identify how the existing Hip Hop Therapy Project (HHTP) can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our First Hip Hop Workshop</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/02/24/our-first-hip-hop-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/02/24/our-first-hip-hop-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Adams - in Uganda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my return to Uganda, the children participating in the Hip Hop Therapy Project have been requesting that teachers from our partner organization, Breakdance Project Uganda! (BPU), come to Gulu again to teach them new dance moves and Hip Hop beats. 
Two weeks ago, I used some of the money I received from Fulbright and [...]]]></description>
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