Queeriosity 2019: Leila Mottley “If Body is Weapon”
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“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
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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
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“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
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“Spoken Word Artist Gabriel Ramirez performs slam style poetry at The Poet WILL Be Televised!” For more, visit HERE2019 Bringing the Noise for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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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”
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“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
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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
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“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...Youth Speaks: “Cruelty Free Mexican Food by Manuel Ávalos
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“One of the submissions from the 2017 Button Poetry video contest. Subscribe to Button! New video daily: http://bit.ly/buttonpoetry If you loved this poem, check out Rudy Francisco:...