Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

October 22, 2007

Week Without Violence keynote speaker, Byron Hurt, came to campus on Monday, October 22 to screen his award-winning documentary "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes" in front of an audience of F&M students, faculty, and staff, and  Lancaster and York community members. Before the screening, Hurt spent the day talking to students and other members of the F&M community, enjoying both lunch and dinner with a group of student leaders and representatives of co-sponsoring groups.

Byron Hurt listens to students' views and opinions after dinner.

 

Byron Hurt talks to Adara Combs '09 and Shakya Cherry-Donalson '09, both of The Women's Center Executive Board, and Black Student Union during dinner.

 

Byron Hurt talks to students following dinner with student leaders of co-sponsoring groups.

 

Byron Hurt answers audience questions after the screening of his film.

 

Byron Hurt with The Women's Center Director, Judy Pehrson (left) and Raishel Garges '08 (right) after the screening and talk.

 

*Co-sponsors for Byron Hurt were: The Women's Center, SAVE, Athletics, Writers House, Center for Liberal Arts and Society, Women & Gender Studies, Africana Studies, Black Student Union, LGBTA, Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, and IMPACT.