Tetsu Higuchi ’12 and Devaughn Holliday ’12
Co-founders, Cypher League Media

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A Brooklyn-based media company and arts collective, Cypher League Media’s vision is to “create platforms for sharing the arts and ideas of our generation.” Today, Cypher League (established in 2012) runs a digital and physical publication; event production; a record label called Dojo; and a music-sharing and collaboration app. The company celebrates young creators—artists, activists, and entrepreneurs who embody the inventive, inclusive, and ambitious spirit of hip-hop. Cypher League, with several Milton alumni as founding members, employs students and recent graduates from universities, including New York University, Northeastern and Cornell. The company profiles individuals who are building by connecting—who seize and provide opportunities for education, expression, and expansion of consciousness. The company’s tagline is “Culture is Yours to Create”—which is also the name of their recent tour that promoted “free-expression, good music, and an empowering mindset” at universities like Middlebury, Wesleyan and Amherst. In the vanguard of a new movement in hip-hop music and culture, their goal is to provoke curious people into taking positive action, to invigorate a generation of youthful cultural participants, and to be the leading independent media platform for the millennial generation through a dedication to original and relevant content.

Learn more at cypherleague.com.

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Uncertain times demand great leaders—and great leadership demands courage, intellect, and unshakable sense of ethics. Milton centers these ideals in its classrooms and community at large. Alumni at the tops of their fields cite their Milton experiences as foundational in preparing them to lead. On campus, students begin leading as soon as they begin learning, readying themselves for the world they will inherit with the confidence needed to effect positive and lasting change.