CONTACT INFO

For more information contact:

Tou SaiKo Lee -  tousaikolee@gmail.com

MouaKong Vang - vuemouakong@gmail.com

"Street Stops to Mountain Tops" (Project Description)

Street Stops to Mountain Tops is a dynamic and meaningful project, which provides youth leadership development, creative opportunities, and exposure to the positive influence of Hip-Hop elements of Breakdancing and Music to under-serving Hmong youth and children living in villages throughout the world. The month long project will be in Thailand that will bring Hmong American Hip-Hop Artists from the United States to various Hmong villages in Thailand to establish an impactful movement of unity, expression and cultural connection.

Mission

To nurture a motivational environment for Hmong youth in villages to creatively express themselves through Hip-Hop artforms; to educate and empower Hmong youth to excel in their full capabilities, build self-confidence and make positive decisions in their daily lives

Goals

- Advance Hmong-American Breakdancers as leaders beyond their communities through sharing their skills, gifted abilities, and values of dedication, training and work ethic in rural underserving communities; they will be able to cultivate and share their wealth of knowledge from their experience in Hmong villages back in the United States.

Promote SSMT as an extracurricular activity for Hmong youth in Thailand in the rural communities and emphasis on the importance of creative self-expression

-    Provide leadership and creative opportunities for youth development.

-    Encourage self-confidence in Hmong youth in Thailand through learning new skills and positive reinforcement from mentors and peers

-    Raise awareness on the lack of resources, social issues, and educational disparities facing Hmong youth in Thailand in rural communities

- Establish prospective leaders in Thailand to continue the sustainability of movement and continue to support after the project.

-    Establish and sustain relations between rural Hmong youth in Thailand and local Thai Breakdancing community