Program Descriptions
Males 2 Men Mentoring and Empowerment
A Rite-of-Passage Experience for Young Males in the 21st Century.
This program blends performance, storytelling, SEL tools, mentorship, and Hip-Hop DetoxX’s signature approach to truth-telling in an environment of love, respect, accountability, and structure.
Core Outcomes
Participants learn to:
• Manage emotions, stress, and peer pressure
• Build healthy identity, confidence, and discipline
• Strengthen communication and conflict-resolution skills
• Reject violence, self-harm, substance misuse, and digital toxicity
• Respect themselves, women, elders, and community
• Develop purpose, academic focus, career pathways, and leadership skills
• Live “Rise Up, Follow Up, Follow Through” as a life practice
Program Formats
• School assemblies & conference-style sessions
• 6–12 week in-school curriculum
• After-school SEL cohorts
• Summer leadership intensives
• The annual 1,000+ student Males 2 Men Seminar & Hip-Hop DetoxX LIVE Benefit
Males 2 Men addresses the real challenges young males face—social media, trauma, violence, bullying, identity confusion, and cultural pressures—while equipping them with the tools, mindset, and
support needed to rise into healthy manhood.
In-school and After-School Programs
Holistic Human Development, SEL, Arts, Tech & Wellness for Grades 3–12
Some program options Include
• Poison-to-Purpose SEL Curriculum
• Emcee Skool, DJ Arts, Spoken Word & Theatre
• Boxing, Martial Arts, Yoga, Stress Relief & Mindfulness
• Djembe Drumming, Dance & Movement
• Drone Technology & Digital Media
• Coding, Tech, Entrepreneurship & Financial Literacy
• Culinary Arts & Nutrition
• Art Therapy & Creative Expression
• Leadership, college readiness & career pathways
Why Schools Choose HHD
• Builds emotional intelligence and conflict-resolution skills
• Increases engagement, motivation, attendance, and belonging
• Supports trauma recovery and self-regulation
• Integrates literacy, creativity, STEM, and cultural relevance
• Strengthens school climate and reduces behavioral incidents
Programs can run:
• Weekly
• Multi-week series
• Semester-long programs
• Year-round school partnerships
• Large-scale rotational events like Step-Up Days
PARENT, TEACHER & STAFF DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
Building Stronger Families, Stronger Classrooms & Stronger Communities.
Hip-Hop DetoxX offers powerful workshops for parents, educators, administrators, and all youth-serving professionals. These sessions increase cultural awareness, emotional intelligence,
trauma-informed practice, and the social-emotional support adults need to guide today’s youth.
Parent Empowerment Workshops
Parents learn to:
• Understand the digital world, social media, and cyber wellness
• Recognize trauma, anxiety, depression & behavioral signals
• Build healthy communication with their children
• Set boundaries with love, respect, and consistency
• Support academic success & emotional stabilization
• Strengthen family unity & home leadership
Teacher & Staff Professional Development
Educators gain tools to:
• Apply trauma-informed & healing-centered strategies
• Use culturally relevant SEL in daily instruction
• Strengthen classroom relationships & student engagement
• Prevent and de-escalate conflict
• Navigate the digital pressures affecting student behavior
• Integrate wellness practices into school routines
• Understand the Hip-Hop DetoxX Holistic Human Development Model
These workshops give adults the frameworks and confidence to support youth in a time of emotional overwhelm, digital overload, social fragmentation, and cultural trauma—while strengthening school
climate and community cohesion.
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