Life is Living Festival 2019
Saturday, October, 12 | 10am-7pm | Bobby Hutton Park
LIFE IS LIVING is a FREE celebration of Oakland life through HIP HOP, INTERGENERATIONAL HEALTH and ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.
Music • Skate Park • Vendors Dance Classes • Free Breakfast Theater • Kid Zone • Art & More!
UNDER 21 OPEN MICS
Wanna spit? Inspire and be inspired by fellow poets across the Bay Area; sharing spoken word, music, dance, and more. Monthly Under 21 Open Mics are back in SoleSpace in Downtown Oakland on 2nd Fridays, 6-8pm beginning this October!
No censorship, all love!
The voices of young people matter
Mission
Through the intersection of arts education and youth development practices, civic engagement strategies, and high quality artistic presentation, Youth Speaks creates safe spaces that challenge young people to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change.
Vision
Youth Speaks exists to shift the perceptions of youth by combating illiteracy, isolation, alienation, and silence, creating a global movement of brave new voices bringing the noise from the margins to the core.
Youth Speaks: National
Brave New Voices is a network of arts organizations and an international poetry festival for young writers and poets.
Our Emerging Arts Programs is a two-year Youth Speaks professional development program in the SF Bay Area.
The Bigger Picture (a partnership with UCSF’s Center for Vulnerable Populations) inspires young people to change the conversation about Type 2 diabetes.