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 at http://www.youthspeaks.org/MLK
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Nancy Lynee Woo is a freelance writer, editor, and creative consultant, and organizer of creative events including community writing workshops and poetry series. She is also an incorrigible optimist and is not shy about admitting it and for good reason. (Her middle name is actually “Lynée” but WordPress won’t let me use it in SEO. My…
Long Beach-based writer liz gonzález has a simple and surprising answer when you ask her to describe her creative self. “Taco.” It took me a second to absorb her answer. “Taco?” I asked. “The taco with, of course, my culture Mexican…and it would be a vegetarian taco with pinto beans de la olla…and then with…
“Inspired by the people who have come forward as part of the #MeToo movement, Imani Davis shares her poem “Platinum” and gives her Brief but Spectacular take on how society can overlook wrongdoing by famous artists.” Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour
Darick Simpson has traveled a long road from Mobile, Alabama to Long Beach, California. The Executive Director of the nonprofit Long Beach Community Action Partnership (LBCAP) recounted that journey in a recent interview with PalacioMagazine.com. There was the community college in Athens, Texas. Simpson’s athletic abilities as a football player attracted the attention of colleges….
“After months of preliminary rounds with over 500 youth poets hailing from the Bay (San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, Hayward and more), 12 finalists stepped up to the mic at the Nourse Theater on April 14th for a night of spoken word poetry at 2018 Teen Poetry Slam. Unapologetically honest, attendees witnessed some of the…
“Is poetry dead, too slow for our wired, sound-bitten world? Even if poetry is no more, says David Gewanter, then it still leaves its DNA lying around, or moves like a virus passing from body to body, playing witness to our most vital moments. Gewanter, a poet, essayist, and editor, offers his humble opinion on…
“Juliet Lubwama is a senior at the Downingtown STEM Academy. She serves as a 2017 National Student Poet for the Northeast, along with four other high school students in different regions. Through her poetry, she discusses the different struggles people face in life.” Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
“Literature can be daunting for some young people, so how can we create a culture of avid readers? Poetry can be a non-threatening alternative introduction for fledgling bibliophiles, giving them more “white space” on a page without losing narrative elements. Author Jason Reynolds shares his humble opinion on how poetry can entice young readers.” https://www.pbs.org/newshour/