Youth Speaks

And the Semi-Finalists are:

• Abel Pineda
• Amaraj Judge
• Andre Ashley
• Ashley Rose McDonnough
• Beulah Agbabiaka
• Bryant Phan
• Carmela Paula Gaspar
• Cassandra Euphrat Weston
• Christina Earl-Rockefeller
• Christsna Sot
• Desiree Wattis
• DeVaughn Glaze
• Dominic Nicholas
• Emmanuel Bakheit
• Erica McMath-Sheppard
• Eugene Riley
• Gretchen Carvajal
• Guillermo Palma
• Hadeel Ramadan
• James Lane
• Jasmine Williams
• Jason Bartlow Jr
• Jemal Williams
• Jenna Hewitt
• Jesse Barlow
• Jillian Jones Grant
• Joanna Padua
• Jordan Hadden
• Joshua Merchant
• Jozik Benitez
• Justine Yan
• Kevin Wright
• Kyla Ainsworth
• Larry Dorsey
• Lele Amanono
• Lindsey Mandell
• Mannie Rizvi
• Mariah Hanaike
• Maricar Bamba
• Melissa Aliu
• Melody Quach
• Micah Brumfield
• Michelle Williams
• Miles Bridges
• Natasha Huey
• Nestor Reyes
• Nhi Nguyen
• Noorjit Sidhu
• Obasi Davis
• Philip Enguancho
• Queen Shabazz
• Sanchez Luis
• Sandra Galvan
• Savannah Turley
• Simone Bridges
• Sofia Jimenez
• Stephanie Yun
• Tangi Gaddis
• Terouko Dobashi

Over 500 poets from across the Bay Area participate in the annual celebration of youth voice, literacy, and lyricism. Bay Area youth poets who have participated in the preliminaries at community venues in Oakland and San Francisco will perform at the Semi-Finals.18 Semi-Finalist will get the opportunity to perform at the Grand Slam Finals at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco on Saturday, April 3rd.The East Bay Semi Finals will be at the historic Julia Morgan Young People’s Performing Arts Center, 2640 College Avenue, Berkeley  at the corner of College and Derby Streets. The U.C. Berkeley campus is 5 blocks to the north.

SAN FRAN SEMI-FINALS

$6.00 – $10.00 [Get Tickets]

SAN FRAN SEMI-FINALS

From March 19, 2010 through March 20, 2010 at 7:00 PM

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
151 Third St. San Francisco, CA 94704 [map it!]

EAST BAY SEMI-FINALS

$6.00 – $10.00 [Get Tickets]

EAST BAY SEMI-FINALS

From March 26, 2010 through March 27, 2010 7:00 PM

Julia Morgan Young People’s Performing Arts Center
2640 College Ave Berkeley, CA 94704 [map it!]