The Clemente will partner with eleven community organizations to co-present the International Indigenous Hip-Hop Festival (IIHHF), a four-day gathering rooted in the origins of hip-hop culture, which emerged in the wake of displacement caused by the construction of the Cross Bronx Expressway. Linking this history to the experiences of Latinx diasporas and Indigenous communities, the festival examines contemporary struggles against the erasure of Indigenous languages and the ongoing impact of environmental disaster.

Festival components to highlight include a Grounding Ceremony and Community Care Workshops, centering Indigenous and diasporic practices of restoration, alongside the afternoon Workshops series. The Clemente contributes to Territory & Land Reclamation in the Face of Displacement, led by Monxo López, Libertad O. Guerra, and Oscar Oliver-Didier of South Bronx Unite (SBU), The Clemente, and the Shape of Cities to Come Institute (SCCI). This session traces the Bronx’s history of dispossession and community-led reclamation.

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