Martha Diaz Explained

Martha Diaz
Birth Date:29 July 1969
Known For:Community Organizer, Media Producer, Archivist, Curator, Educator, Social Entrepreneur
Occupation:Founder, Hip-Hop Education Center
Nationality:Colombian-American

Martha Diaz is a Colombian-American community organizer, media producer, archivist, curator, and social entrepreneur.

Career

Diaz started her career as an intern working for Ted Demme on the cable show Yo! MTV Raps.[1] Diaz has associate produced several documentaries including, Black August directed by Dream Hampton, Where My Ladies At? directed by Leba Haber-Rubinoff, and directed by One9.[2] [3] In 2002, Diaz founded the H2O International Film Festival with a dozen filmmakers, entertainment industry professionals, activist, and artists.[4] [5]

Diaz has been a guest curator at NJ Performing Arts Center,[6] the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library,[7] [8] Museum of the Moving Image,[9] and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.[10]

Diaz was a part-time professor at New York University's Gallatin School from 2011 to 2015.[11] [12]

Diaz in collaboration with Marcella Runell Hall created the "Hip-Hop Education Guidebook: Volume 1", a comprehensive collection of lesson plans and resources that educators can use to integrate hip-hop into their classroom curriculum. The book concept was inspired by Diaz, who founded and curated the Hip-Hop Education Summit with Patricia Wang from 2003 to 2005. In 2010, Diaz formed the Hip-Hop Education Center (H2ED) to formalize and unify the field of hip-hop based education.[13] [14] [15]

Diaz conducted the first national study on hip-hop education programs and initiatives in partnership with Pedro Noguera and Edward Fergus.[16] Diaz was a fellow at the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation[17] at the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution). In 2008, Diaz was the recipient of the Catherine B. Reynolds Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship.[18] In September 2014, Diaz was selected as a Community Scholar at Columbia University.[19]

Diaz served as chair and executive director of the Hip-Hop Association, a community building 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The Hip-Hop Association received a Union Square Arts Award, which recognizes the central leadership role played by arts and culture in providing educational opportunities for young people, building collaborations and promoting social change.[20]

In 2017, Diaz was selected as a Nasir Jones Fellow at The Hiphop Archive and Research Institute in The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.[21] She was also invited to be a 2020 Civic Media Fellow at the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of California.[22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://feministing.com/2007/04/07/martha_diaz_lady_of_hip_hop_1/ Feministing: Lady of Hip-Hop
  2. https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/53208b2ec07f5df7d2000881-time-is-illmatic Tribeca Film Festival 2014
  3. http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/one9-eric-parker-time-is-illmatic-film-financing/ ‘Nas: Time is Illmatic’ Team Talks Expanding 20-Year Hip-Hop Legacy - Black Enterprise October 6, 2014
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=QA0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=h2o+film+festival+martha+diaz&pg=PA10 N.Y. Film Festival Highlights Hip-Hop - Billboard Nov 16, 2002
  5. http://womensenews.org/2009/12/2010-seven-who-invent-better-future/ Seven Who Invent a Better Future - 2010
  6. http://www.onetwoonetwo.com/njpacs-alternate-routes-hip-hop-festival-april-7-9-2011/ Alternate Routes Hip Hop Festival
  7. https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/10/23/higher-learning-using-hip-hop-education-transform-schools-and-communities Higher Learning: Using Hip-Hop Education to Transform Schools and Communities
  8. Web site: Hip-Hop Education Think Tank III: Legacy Building - Cultivating a Global Cipher from the Streets to the Classroom.
  9. Web site: Museum of the Moving Image - Programs - Made You Look: Documenting the Art, History, Power, and Politics of Hip-Hop Culture.
  10. http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/hip-hop-education-center-ceo-martha-diaz-the-academy-of-motion-picture-arts-and-sciences-patrick-harrison-talk-made-you-look-four-decades-of-hip-hops-impact-in-cinema#axzz4j1BKlqS6 Hip Hop Education Center CEO Martha Diaz & The Academy’s Patrick Harrison Talk New Film - Ebony Mag May 24, 2017
  11. Web site: Social Enterprising: Redefining Social Change in the 21st Century > Courses > Academics > NYU Gallatin .
  12. Web site: Hip-Hop Trails: Tracing and Rediscovering the Origins and Legacy of Hip-Hop Culture > Courses > Academics > NYU Gallatin .
  13. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/taking-back-the-mic-hip-hop-as-a-stem-learning-tool/2012/12/14/eac27f50-454a-11e2-8e70-e1993528222d_blog.html Taking back the mic: Hip-hop as a STEM learning tool - Washington Post December 14, 2012
  14. https://www.amplify.com/blog/article/3-life-skills-students-can-learn-from-hip-hop-and-technology 3 life skills students can learn from hip-hop and technology - Amplify
  15. http://goodnewsplanet.com/hip-hop-education-reaches-youth-in-low-income/ Hip-Hop Education Reaches Youth in Low-Income - Good News Planet TV October 31, 2011
  16. https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2011/11/07/teachers-use-hip-hop-to-engage-students Teachers Use Hip Hop to Engage Students By Jason Koebler
  17. http://invention.si.edu/hip-hop-collaborations-dont-stop Hip-Hop, the Collaborations Don't Stop
  18. http://www.nyu.edu/reynolds/grad/alumni_html/new08_html/diaz.html Catherine B. Reynolds Fellowship
  19. http://gca.columbia.edu/columbia-community-scholars-program-cohort-ii Columbia University Community Scholar
  20. Web site: Home.
  21. Web site: Fall Colloquium with 2017 Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow Martha Diaz . 5 October 2017 .
  22. Web site: Martha Diaz .

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