Solidarity with refugees and the denunciation of violence against women, main themes of the winning video clips in the 3rd Hip-Hop for Peace Contest

After evaluating all of the entries submitted, the jury of the third edition of the ICIP Hip-Hop for Peace Contest, corresponding to 2018, has announced the winners. This competition aims to promote creativity and give visibility to the commitment of young people in the field of peace culture. In this third edition, the award-winning entries address very current issues such as the refugee crisis, the defense of feminism and the denunciation of violence against women. There were also messages defending respect, equal opportunity, social inclusion and non-discrimination because of race or sexual orientation.
In Category 1, aimed at students in secondary school, senior high school and vocational training school in Catalonia, the winning video clips are:
Salgamos de esta celda (Let’s leave this cell), a video clip created by “Las fugitivas del silencio,” made up of students from Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Secondary School in Sant Adrià del Besòs (Barcelonès), who have won the possibility of recording in a professional studio. The piece launches a message of solidarity with refugees, especially women.
You say you feel sorry for refugees
Yet in the street you glare at them
(…) All of this, as a woman, is even more complicated
Traveling for their future, with children or while pregnant
Without any protection, at risk of being abused
¡Basta! (Enough!), a video clip created by students from Vilanova del Vallès (Vallès Oriental) Secondary School, winners of a hip-hop workshop. This is a piece denouncing the abuse of women and is based on the “No means no” slogan.
If women say no means no
No, no no! Respect!
Tots som iguals (We are all equal), a video clip created by young people from L’Àngel Special Education Center, in Amposta (Montsià), awarded a special mention. In this case, the piece calls for social inclusion, equal opportunity and respect for people with special needs.
There is only one race, the human race
We are all brothers, even if we don’t share the same blood
The only disability is not realizing that we are all equal
In Category 2, aimed at young people between the ages of 12 and 25 who participate in youth, cultural, civic or socio-educational action centers in Catalonia, the winners are:
Infame, caprichosa y estúpida (Despicable, capricious and stupid), a video clip created by young people from the Vitamina project of the Carta de la Pau Foundation, winners of a recording in a professional studio. The video clip also touches on the subject of solidarity with refugees fleeing military conflicts and calls for the free movement of people.
No one chose place of birth
I am lucky not to be hungry
(…) Closing borders is an act that hurts us
We become prisoners of an imaginary line
Diversitats (Diversities), a video clip created by young people from the Torre Bassas Youth Center in Rubí (Vallès Occidental), winners of a hip-hop workshop. This piece aims to denounce prejudice and discrimination, with a particular emphasis also on gender violence.
I respect your sexuality and your way of thinking
Open your mind so that you can move forward
(…) You judge people unnecessarily
Without knowing what they think or what they do
Reflejos (Reflexes/Reflections), a video clip created by a group of young people in work-linked training at Càritas-Girona, winners of a special mention. In this case, the piece is a cry against racism that denounces, in first person, the discrimination that young people experience.
We want to study, we want to move forward
Nowhere do they let us in
We walk down the street while people glare
Because they think, without looking, that we are terrible
The award-winning groups will be honored at an institutional event that will take place at 12 noon on Thursday 28 February at the ICIP offices (Tapineria, 10, 1st floor, Barcelona). Participants in the event include ICIP president Xavier Masllorens and the head of the Catalan Youth Agency, Cesc Poch. The event is closed to the public and attendance is by invitation only.
The ICIP Hip-Hop for Peace Contest, which has reached its third edition, aims to give visibility to the commitment and creativity of young people in the field of peace culture. The event is organized in conjunction with the Department of Education and the Directorate-General for Youth of the Generalitat of Catalonia. A total of sixteen video clips were submitted in this third edition.