Writing & Performance Workshops are the heart of Youth Speaks. We come together weekly with an amazing poet mentor to imagine, write, share, and rehearse. Sign up today!

February - June 2025

Wednesdays 5pm-7pm

Pull up for Youth Speaks Wednesday After School Writing Workshops. Young folks across the bay can pull up to Youth Speaks Office (SF) or Chapter 510 (OAK) for 4 new themed After School Writing Workshops.

*$500 Stipends are available for participants who attend 10 out of the 12 workshops offered. Stipends are limited.

1st Wednesdays @ Chapter 510: Breaking Form 

  • A Space dedicated to exploring form poetry with rules, writing with them, and breaking them!

2nd Wednesdays @ Youth Speaks Office: Revolutionary Rhythms

  • Poetry workshop series that merges the soulful power of R&B music with the transformative potential of poetry.

3rd Wednesdays @ Chapter 510: Black to the Future

  • A workshop series studying & celebrating black poets and writing about the future.

4th Wednesdays @ Youth Speaks Office: Da Kick Back

  • A chill creative space dedicated to building community and vibing.

RARE 5th Wednesdays  @ Youth Speaks Office: Dungeons & Dragons - Collaborative Storytelling

  • Come create a character and play through an interactive world of storytelling with other young imaginers.

Youth Speaks Office | 265 Shotwell St., San Francisco

Chapter 510 | 546 9th St., Oakland

 

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