Educators use hip-hop music to send anti-bullying message to Philly students

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Dance and song filled John F. Hartranft Elementary School in North Philadelphia as hip-hop music was played to jumpstart purposeful conversations on bullying, future careers and navigating life at school and home. DJ Deezy of the Cause International spun the tunes at the Thursday morning assembly program. Clusters of students contorted their bodies in the latest dance styles. The DJ cheered on 150 students, often calling up the best dancers to the stage. A competition ensued for students to guess the names of the artists and songs to warm up the crowd. WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor DJ Deezy of the Cause International at Harftranft Elementary School in north Philadelphia. (Stephen Williams/WHYY) DJ Deezy introduced a panel of professionals with experience in various careers including a ticket sales executive from the 76ers, a counselor working with incarcerated youth, a hip-hop artist who started his career at 13 and Chase Moore, an education equity advisor at the U.S. Department of Education. Moore shared that growing up, his father was incarcerated for life, and that he...