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Winter 2010 – Under 21, Open Mic Series. Write. SPEAK. Live. Repeat.
Youth Speaks Writing Workshops Winter 2010 Campaign
All workshops start the week of January 18
Winter 2010
Write. Speak. Live. Repeat.
MONDAYS Downtown Oakland YMCA
2350 Broadway Oakland, CA – a few blocks away from 19th St. BART – Starts January 18th – 4 pm
Build Your Body Like a Fortress w/ Leah-Joy Turnbull
In remembrance that your body is a temple, exercise your writing to strengthen your inner essence. Build your words fortress strong. For all looking to write their world.
TUESDAYS Berkeley High
2223 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA, RM C325 – a few blocks away from Downtown Berkeley BART – Starts January 19th – 4 pm
MOLOTOV MOUTH w/ Jamie DeWolf
Molotov Mouth is a slam boot camp designed to turn an open mic performer into a slam-winning juggernaut. We’ll attend live shows, discuss strategy and performance techniques, and discover how to win when you need to. Taught by HBO Def Jam Poet, Suicide King, Slam Champion, and host of the largest slam in the Bay Area, Jamie DeWolf.
THURSDAYS ARISE High School
3301 E 12th Oakland, CA Ste 205 – directly off Fruitvale BART – Starts January 21st – 4 pm
SLAM PREP w/ Meg Day
Ten straight weeks of raw, honest, down & dirty truth-saying. No more skirting the issue, no more hiding behind tight rhymes. You got a message? We want to hear it. Bring your shovel. We got digging to do.
MONDAYS Samoan Community Development Center
2055 Sunnydale Ave. SF, CA – get off at Balboa BART & take the 9 towards San Bruno – Starts January 18th – 4pm
The Art of Storytelling w/ Drew Vai & Terisa Siagatonu
The Art of Storytelling is Youth Speaks’ first-ever workshop for Samoan youth & examines the intersection of self, the City, & the Sacred Center. Based in Sunnydale, but open to youth from SoMA, Mission, Excelsior, Tenderloin, & your block. Come discover your origin and build your own mythology.
TUESDAYS Youth Speaks
1663 Mission St. Ste. 604 San Francisco, CA – a few blocks from either 16th & Mission or Civic Center BART –Starts January 19th – 4 pm
SLAM PREP w/ Dennis Kim aka Denizen Kane
Before you rock the mic, you’ll have to find the inner light. Join Def Poet and Youth Speaks Artist in Residence Dennis Kim to find how you move the crowd by stilling the self. The journey to the Slam begins with a single breath.
THURSDAYS Filipino Community Center
4681 Mission St. SF, CA – get off at Balboa BART, take the 14 or 49 towards Daly City – Starts January 21st – 4 pm
Sound Science III w/ Josh Landicho aka Bwan & Mandeep Sethi
In our universe, hip hop is poetry, poetry is activism, and BIG, Pac, & Nas are part of a continuum that includes Al Robles, Jose Garcia Villa, and the Gabriela Network. Come & add your voice to the canon, contribute to the continuum. If you don’t know, now you know…
