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Hip hop performance | Allandra Bulger | TEDxOaklandUniversity

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Hip hop music can be used as a tool for personal development.  In this performance,Insite the Riot performs her song Keep It Moving and demonstrates the connection between hip hop music creating a compelling vision, goal setting, remaining focused on the desired outcome and reframing obstacles as opportunities. 

Allandra Bulger (aka Insite The Riot) is a change agent and the founder of New Heights, an education company which utilizes music as a tool to promote perseverance and expanded self-awareness.  Bulger is noted for her hip hop performances, which encourage audiences to “incite a revolution in our thinking.”  She also employs art as a way to serve and support cultural, social and philanthropic causes.  To date, Bulger has independently released two projects, Away With Words (EP) and A Way With Words Vol.2.  Bulger is also a member of the Foundation, a Detroit based artist collective which celebrates women in hip hop.

Through her work with nonprofit organizations, Allandra has held a number of leadership positions including managing the Title IV-E Funding Program of the Wayne County Juvenile Assessment Center, where her work with administrative and fiscal controls systems resulted in the procurement of more than five million dollars in federal reimbursements to local community agencies. As a consultant with DEXDesign Associates Inc, she specialized in developing and delivering technical assistance to community based nonprofit organizations resulting in new programs, improved services, and the creation of economic development activities.  She is currently serving as a program fellow through the Wayne State University Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program.

Allandra has a master’s degree in public administration specializing in Nonprofit Organization and Management from Oakland University.

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