GABRIEL “ASHERU” BENN | GUERILLA ARTS INK.

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Gabriel “Asheru” Benn, M.Ed. is an
educator, youth activist, and international
Hip Hop artist based in Washington, DC.
He is a graduate of the University of
Virginia (B.A., Anthropology), and National
Louis-University (M.Ed., Curriculum &
Instruction).
He has served as a
teacher/administrator in DC Public,
Private, and Charter Schools for 17 years,
and for the past 9 years as Founding
Director of Guerilla Arts Ink, LLC, an arts
& educational consulting organization
specializing in out of school time (OST)
cultural arts programming, innovative
curriculum design, and youth development.
In 2006, Benn co-founded Educational
Lyrics, an educational publishing company
with the mission/vision of making
equitable, culturally responsive instructional
materials for the 21st Century classroom.
His cornerstone program is H.E.L.P., the
Hip Hop Educational Literacy Program, a
supplemental series of workbooks designed
to HELP students of all reading levels
through the innovative usage of timeless,
socially relevant Hip Hop lyrics for critical
analysis, multicultural relevance, and
effective literacy instruction.
H.E.L.P
materials are currently being used in
schools, and afterschool and alternative
programs all over the country, and has been
endorsed by a wide range of educators and
youth advocates, including Sen. Barack
Obama (in 2008), Dr. Cornel West, Dr.
Jawanza Kunjufu, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill,
and many others.
He is widely known for his musical
contributions to the hit TV show “The
Boondocks” for which he wrote and
performed several songs, including the
show’s theme song. Benn also co-wrote
“The Return of the King” episode, for which
he won the prestigious Peabody Award in
2006.
Upon invitation, Gabriel “Asheru” Benn has
had the distinguished honor of lecturing and
presenting
his
unique
professional
development model at dozens of schools,
universities, international conferences and
teacher institutes across the country,
including the NEA, IRA & NCTE, as well as
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Stanford
University, American University, Columbia
University, Tufts University and the
Congressional Black Caucus. He was
recently appointed by the U.S. State
Department as a U.S. Global Cultural Hip
Hop Ambassador, and traveled to
Bangladesh in November 2014 as part of his
first diplomatic assignment. In 2016 Benn
was selected to represent Washington, DC
at the annual SXSW Festival in Austin, TX.
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VIDEO SPOTLIGHT…….
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An inside look at Guerilla Arts Ink. and
the work of Teaching Artists! Watch Now!
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Guerilla Arts and the Power of Self
Advocacy TEDxYouth@Columbia
Heights| Watch Now!
Uplifting through education on NewsOne with Roland
Martin. Watch Now!
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THE RESOURCES…….
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Hip Hop Educational Literacy Program
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www.edlyrics.com
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CONTACT!
Ritza Yana, Managing Partner
ritzayana@ryink.com
202.834.3215
Website: www.ryink.com
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