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Rising Up From The Ashes: Chronicles of a Dropout
Note: Due to the nature of the subject, some of these tracks contain profanity and are not appropriate for all listeners. The views expressed in these audio tracks are not necessarily those of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
LAMP (Live Arts Media Project) is a Detroit-based, youth-led, popular education arts and media model, which produced the Hip Hop audio documentary, Rising Up From the Ashes: Chronicles of a Drop-out. Through LAMP, youth in Detroit develop ideas for long-lasting, creative solutions to the problems in the public school system. They then use art and media to express those ideas and to incite dialogue throughout the country.
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| High Security State |
| Alternative Solutions: Peer Juries |
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Freedom vs. Safety (School Security)
Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School takes up a whole city block in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Every single one of the over 2000 students have to pass through metal detectors each morning. A lot of students feel upset about the security system. Radio Rootz youth participants at BTAHS decided to explore this issue of scanning and police in school.
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