{"id":786,"date":"2012-08-22T13:48:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T20:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/?p=786"},"modified":"2018-02-01T00:53:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T00:53:14","slug":"behind-an-american-graduate-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/2012\/08\/22\/behind-an-american-graduate-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind "An American Graduate" Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAVC Blog
\nAugust 14, 2012
\nWritten by: Chris Runde<\/p>\n

Since March of this year, musicians and filmmakers in BAVC\u2019s Next Gen youth programs have been contributing to a nationwide project focusing on the high school dropout crisis in the United States. Supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting<\/strong>, American Graduate<\/a> is a public media initiative created in response to the staggering 1.3 million young people who drop out of high school each year. The project engages with 68 public broadcasting stations and 300 community partners throughout the country to create locally-based solutions and media content.<\/div>\n
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Working in partnership with KQED, youth from BAVC\u2019s Factory<\/strong> and BUMP Records<\/strong> programs were recruited to create work that documents the state of the American educational system as experienced by the students in it. Artists in BUMP Records recently completed a compilation of music<\/a> that explores the complexity of the situation in Oakland, California. Touching on topics like the links between education level and income\/incarceration, student alienation, and the challenges faced by teachers working in the system, the songs approach difficult subject matter with nuance and honesty. The album, An American Graduate<\/em>, can be downloaded for free at BUMP Records\u2019 Bandcamp site: http:\/\/bumprecords.bandcamp.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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In support of the album release and larger project goals, BUMP artists Bhindi G<\/strong>, JustKidding<\/strong> and 3ss3ns3<\/strong> performed a short selection of songs from An American Graduate<\/em> on Saturday, <\/strong>August 18 at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland.<\/div>\n
Visit: KQED’s Sound Cloud site to listen to the album<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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