Martha Diaz

Martha Diaz is a Colombian-American community organizer, media producer, and social entrepreneur who is best known as the founder of the H2O International Film Festival.[1][2]

Martha Diaz
Born(1969-07-29)July 29, 1969
NationalityColombian-American
OccupationFounder, Hip-Hop Education Center
Known forCommunity Organizer, Media Producer, Archivist, Curator, Educator, Social Entrepreneur

Career

Diaz started her career as an intern working for Ted Demme on the cable show Yo! MTV Raps.[3] Diaz has associate produced several documentaries including, Black August directed by Dream Hampton, Where My Ladies At? directed by Leba Haber-Rubinoff, and Nas: Time Is Illmatic directed by One9.[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]

Since 2004, Diaz has 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]

References
  1. N.Y. Film Festival Highlights Hip-Hop - Billboard Nov 16, 2002
  2. Seven Who Invent a Better Future - 2010
  3. http://feministing.com/2007/04/07/martha_diaz_lady_of_hip_hop_1/ Feministing: Lady of Hip-Hop]
  4. https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/53208b2ec07f5df7d2000881-time-is-illmatic Tribeca Film Festival 2014]
  5. ‘Nas: Time is Illmatic’ Team Talks Expanding 20-Year Hip-Hop Legacy - Black Enterprise October 6, 2014
  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. https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2013/11/09/hip-hop-education-think-tank-iii-legacy-building-cultivating-global-ciphe
  9. http://www.movingimage.us/programs/2015/08/27/detail/made-you-look-documenting-the-art-history-power-and-politics-of-hip-hop-culture/
  10. Hip Hop Education Center CEO Martha Diaz & The Academy’s Patrick Harrison Talk New Film - Ebony Mag May 24, 2017
  11. http://gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/courses/2011/SP/CLI-UG1479_001.html
  12. http://gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/courses/2015/SP/CLI-UG1436_001.html
  13. Taking back the mic: Hip-hop as a STEM learning tool - Washington Post December 14, 2012
  14. 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. Teachers Use Hip Hop to Engage Students By Jason Koebler
  17. 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. http://www.unionsquareawards.org/arts-orgs/36-2007/86-hip-hop-association-.html
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