Youth Speaks has many friends and partners across the country. Here are a few. If you’re interested in getting linked, please send an email to info at www.youthspeaks.org.
YOUTH SPEAKS CHAPTERS
Youth Speaks Seattle
Youth Speaks Hawai’i
Youth Speaks Wisconsin
BNV PARTNERS
The Young Writers Club
Urban Word NYC
Creative Writing Alliance
Young Chicago Authors
InsideOut
Tiger Tail
LITERARY PUBLICATIONS
The Atlantic Monthly
Poets & Writers
Poetry Flash
Zyzzyva
LITERARY RESOURCES
Oakland Public Library
San Francisco Center for the Book
San Francisco Public Library
Absolute Write
LITERARY SOCIETIES
Academy of American Poets
OPEN MICS / POETRY EVENTS
Brainwash Café
Club Deluxe
Poetry & Pizza
Pro Arts
BAY AREA PERFORMANCE SPACES
Galeria de la Raza
Intersection for the Arts
Kearny Street Workshop
Bindlestiff Studio
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
BAY AREA YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS
826 Valencia
LYRIC
Seven Tepees
Youth Uprising
Organize Da Bay
Locus Arts
Young Audiences of Northern California
Girls for a Change
Making Waves (Marin/Richmond)
BAVC
Youth Together
The Center for Young Womens’ Development
Larkin Street Youth Services
Youth Uprising Center
Cole Street Clinic
East Oakland Youth Development Center
Youth Alive!
Girls Inc.
ARTS PRESENTERS
Hip-Hop Theater Festival
National Performance Network
GirlFest Hawaii
GirlFest Bay Area
INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES
Arkipelago Books
Bird & Beckett Books and Records
City Lights
Marcus Books
Modern Times
MULTILINGUAL POETRY
Center for the Art in Translation
The Translation Project
SMALL PRESSES
Aunt Lute
Manic D Press
Small Press Distribution
Soft Skull Press
YOUTH SPEAKS STAFF
Sean Mason aka Mezmetic
Sevyn Layerz Deep Studioz
Adriel Luis
Michelle Lee
Khalil.Anthony
Suicide Kings
ASSOCIATED ARTISTS
Jeff Chang
Aya de Leon
Danny Hoch
Adam Mansbach
Ishle Yi Park
Bassey
Suheir Hammad
Beau Sia
Climbing Poetree
Blackout Arts Collective
Byronn Bain
Khalil.Anthony
Goapele
Swarm Gallery
Zion I
Ise Lyfe
Rico Pabon
Hard Knock Records
Pinoise Pop
Native Guns
Sivadart Gallery
From Monument to Masses
The Attik
Youth Uprising
Youth Together
La Pena Cultural Center
Youth Sounds
Youth Movement Records
The Ella Baker Center
Proletariat Bronze
Galapagos4
iLL-Literacy
POP CULTURE COMMENTARY
FILM/MEDIA
Say It Loud Productions
Listen Up
UthTV
Independent (Online) Media Center
KPFA – Free Speech Radio
HIP HOP AUTHORITIES
Hip Hop Association
Hip Hop Directory
SOHH
WORDS for DORKS
Wordsmith
Scrabble Association
Take Our Word
Etymologic
FITS
HypeBeast
High Snobiety
I Love Beeing
Giant Peach
Cocoa Clothing