Press / Media

We are currently developing our Press Resources section! In the coming months we will have a complete press archive, hi-resolution photo library, and a comprehensive presentation of our new logo that is in the works!

In the meantime, please browse our current Press Resources section.

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>> Archived Press Releases

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> October 6, 2008 -
Living Word Festival 2008 Race Is Fiction

> June 25, 2008 -
Local Youth Heading to Slam in Washington D.C.

> June 26, 2008 -
Grammy Winner Common and Nebraska Teen Team Up with MTV and Kaiser Family Foundation

> June 25, 2008 -
Local Youth Heading to Slam in Washington D.C.

> March 10, 2008 -
Youth Speaks Partners with HBO on a Series of Groundbreaking New Documentaries Featuring Youth Speaks Teen Poets   From Around the Nation

> March 3, 2008 -
12th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam Press Release

> February 14, 2008 -
A Minute Competition Press Release

> January 11, 2008 -
The 11th Annual Bringing the Noise for Martin Luther King Jr.

> March 1, 2007 -
Over 70 Young Artists Take the Stage @SF-MOMA and the

> Oakland Museum in the Semi-Final Rounds of the 11th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam

> February 22, 2007 -
Youth Speaks Casts 17 Poets for the Current Season of HBO’s Def Poetry

> February 21, 2007 -
San Francisco Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman judges The Grand Slam Finals of The 11th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam

> January 31, 2007 -
The 11th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam

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>> Press

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> Finding their voices: Program for young writers honors Martin Luther King Jr.

> Tackling issues of race and identity, poets’ voices speak loud and clear at the Living Word Festival

> Young minds in the Bay Area have strong – and thoughtful – opinions about the recall. And they, as a group, are hardly a monolith.