Mission Statement

I write to link my personal experience with what’s happening in the world.

I teach to link the personal experiences of my students to the work that we’re studying, and to the world.

Devious Secret Plan

I want to use my plays to build a social justice organization that supports life-changing educational experiences for young people. Specifically:

  • Create and sustain excellent urban public schools in New Haven.
  • Link young people to organizations like the New Haven / Leon Sister City Project that will enable them to study and work abroad, get a broader perspective on the world, and connect with people different from them.
  • Create a hip-hop based True Gang Truce movement actively working to create peace on our city streets and in our national policy – linking the deaths of our young people here with the deaths of our young people in Iraq.
  • Connect young people with youth- and hip-hop-based voter education, mobilization, and registration organizations.
  • Create a sustainable investment program that will enable young adults who have extra money to support the above efforts.

If you want to be down with a devious secret plan, email aaronjafferis@gmail.com.

  • "So many sounds and voices out of Jafferis can keep you enthralled.” -New Haven Advocate
  • About Aaron

    Aaron Jafferis is a hip hop poet and playwright. Read his bio, his CV, or contact him.