Your Move MKE is an organization with the mission of improving quality of life on Milwaukee’s South Side through hip hop-oriented initiatives and spaces. Founded in 2020, they strive to bring families together through programming that focuses on self-expression, charity and skill-building. The organization’s executive director is Raquel “Rockz” Aleman.
Chartered shortly before the pandemic hit, Your Move MKE was co-founded by Rockz, Brandon “Super Ego” Kitts and Alberto “Blade” Vallejo. The Hip Hop Chess Club, which was founded in 2015 and puts the game of chess in the same space as kids learning how to make beats and write raps, became their first official program as a business. The organizers wanted their name to honor the chess club while embracing the notion that success comes from when one takes ownership over their goals. “Between 2015 and 2020,…
