Queeriosity 2019: Leila Mottley “If Body is Weapon”
“Queeriosity, Youth Speaks’ annual showcase of LGBTQIA+ artists taking the stage to (re)frame perceptions of language, sexuality & gender.” Visit...
Meccamorphosis performs “Petty” at 2018 Texas Grand Slam Poetry
Her name is MeccaMorphosis and I found her performing her piece “Petty” at the 2018 Texas Grand Slam Poetry Festival at The Village Cafe: https://www.thevillagedowntown.com. Write About...
A Name Buried in the Dirt by Vania Luna Gutiérrez
“Youth Speaks partnered with Manifest Creative, a team of Bay Area filmmakers, photographers, and writers, to co-create a series of visual stories that take the viewer into the daily lives of...
Youth Voices: Gabriel Ramirez – On Realizing I Was Black
“Spoken Word Artist Gabriel Ramirez performs slam style poetry at The Poet WILL Be Televised!” For more, visit HERE
2019 Bringing the Noise for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ryse Youth Center poets remind us that there is power in naming ourselves as alive, as hope, and as our ancestors wildest dreams. “Everyone knows that the house caught fire / but they don’t know...
Flashback Brave New Voices: “Somewhere in America”
“Created and produced by Youth Speaks, Brave New Voices is the nation’s first youth-centric poetry slam, and is the largest most diverse ongoing spoken word event in the world. Brave New...
2018 Bringing the Noise: We Will Find Each Other by Ariana Brown
Flashback; “Youth Speaks’ annual celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. held on January 16, 2018 at the Nourse Theater in San Francisco, CA”. Watch more...
Afro-Latina: You are much more than what the Dictionary Says You are
“Melania-Luisa Marte is a first-generation American. She was born in the Bronx and raised in the Lower East Side of New York City. She is a member of the 2018 Dallas Poetry Slam Team currently...