Writing & Performance Workshops are the heart of Youth Speaks. We come together weekly with an amazing poet mentor to imagine, write, share, and rehearse. Sign up today!
September - December 2024
Wednesdays 5pm-7pm
Youth Speaks is shaking things up this year with our traditional Writing Workshops. Young folks across the bay pull up at either the Youth Speaks Space or Chapter 510 for 4 variations of the After School Writing Workshops.
*$300 Stipends Available for participants who attend 12 workshops. Stipends are limited.
1st Wednesdays @ Chapter 510: Writing and Innovation
- A space dedicated to workshopping and writing poems on a theme/prompt.
2nd Wednesdays @ Youth Speaks Office: From Page 2 Stage
- A performance and slam excellence workshop series to prepare for performances and competitions.
3rd Wednesdays @ Chapter 510: Literary Ancestors
- A workshop series celebrating writers and activists that have shaped our political consciousness.
4th Wednesdays @ Youth Speaks Office: Kick Back
- A creative space dedicated to building community through craft and chilling.
RARE 5th Wednesdays @ Youth Speaks Office: D&D - Collaborative Storytelling
- Come create a character and play through and interactive world of storytelling with other young imaginers.
Youth Speaks Office | 265 Shotwell St., San Francisco
Chapter 510 | 546 9th St., Oakland
“After Angelou” Advanced Workshop
Poets will engage in a deep study of Angelou’s style and themes as well as their own lived experiences to inform their own artmaking. This series will end in a culminating collective performance on September 19th, 2024 for the unveiling of the Dr. Maya Angelou statue at the SF Library.
DATES
September 19 (Unveiling)