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!
February - June 2025
Wednesdays 5pm-7pm
Pull up for Youth Speaks Wednesday After School Writing Workshops. Young folks across the bay can pull up to Youth Speaks Office (SF) or Chapter 510 (OAK) for 4 new themed After School Writing Workshops.
*$500 Stipends are available for participants who attend 10 out of the 12 workshops offered. Stipends are limited.
1st Wednesdays @ Chapter 510: Breaking Form
- A Space dedicated to exploring form poetry with rules, writing with them, and breaking them!
2nd Wednesdays @ Youth Speaks Office: Revolutionary Rhythms
- Poetry workshop series that merges the soulful power of R&B music with the transformative potential of poetry.
3rd Wednesdays @ Chapter 510: Black to the Future
- A workshop series studying & celebrating black poets and writing about the future.
4th Wednesdays @ Youth Speaks Office: Da Kick Back
- A chill creative space dedicated to building community and vibing.
RARE 5th Wednesdays @ Youth Speaks Office: Dungeons & Dragons - Collaborative Storytelling
- Come create a character and play through an interactive world of storytelling with other young imaginers.
Youth Speaks Office | 265 Shotwell St., San Francisco
Chapter 510 | 546 9th St., Oakland
