Amina Norman-Hawkins

Amina Norman-Hawkins is a writer, performing artists, and hip-hop activist who has spent over a decade involved in the advancement of Chicago’s hip-hop culture and community. Amina is Executive Director and Co-Founder of Chicago Hip-Hop Initiative, a not-for profit community development organization; Co-Chair of the Chicago LOC, the local organizing body for the 2006 National Hip-Hop Political Convention; and Co-Founder of Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Month, which is recognized each July throughout the city. She’s also a respected emcee, poet, and member of Urbanized Music, a collective of Chicago-based true school artists, and also works with Kuumba Lynx a resident artist, teaching children and teens the art of emceeing.