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About Me

Youth Speaks is changing Seattle through the power of words. Our vision is to build community through poetic cultural exchanges that transcend boundaries, including those of age, race, class, culture, and sexual orientation. Our mission is to aid young poets' personal transformation and nurture self-expression through mentorship, workshops, and supportive public performance opportunities to amplify the youth voice.
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By enhancing public education with school-based programs and performances, teacher trainings, and after-school workshops, Youth Speaks encourages young people to think critically, to write and speak honestly, and reclaim their own educational process so that the next generation of leaders may emerge.
You can make a change in the world through your words.
Support Youth Speaks Seattle this weekend
at a Barnes & Noble Bookfair!
This Fri-Sun, June 6-8th, a portion of all proceeds at the downtown Barnes & Noble (Pacific Place, on 7th and Pine) will be donated to us to support our work.
Just mention Youth Speaks Seattle at checkout
and please spread the word!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/18/2006
Band Website: seattleyouthspeaks.org
Band Members: We're not a band, we're a brigade.

Influences: 2pac Allen Ginsberg Ben Harper Billie Holiday Bjork Blue Scholars Bob Dylan BNV Broken Hearts Bus Rides Choklate Charles Bukowski De La Soul Death Cab Denizen Kane Eamon F. Scott Fitzgerald Fiona Apple Fugees Imogen Heap I Was Born With Two Tongues isangmahal arts kollective Italo Calvino Jack Kerouac Jack McCarthy Janis Joplin Jenny Lewis Jimi Hendrix Jonathan Safran Foer Joni Mitchell Kanye West Lauren Hill L The Head Toucha MF Doom Michel Jackson Miles Davis Mos Def J Dilla Big L AZ Nas KRS-One The Pharcyde Black Sheep One Be Lo Paulo Coelho Postal Service Queen Latifah Ray Charles Regina Spektor Rilo Kiley Robert Frost Sage Francis Saul Williams Seattle Poetry Slam Sharon Olds Sergio Mendes The Streets William Wordsworth Wu Tang Clan Yo La Tengo Zion I Talib Kweli Pete Rock Zach De La Roca Marvin Gaye Al Green Cat Stevens Bill Withers Maya Angelou Buddy Wakefield Christina Orbe Gabriel Teodros Large Professor Hi-Tek Tony Touch LA Wake Up Show DJ Jazzy Jeff Treach MC Shan Afrika Bambaataa Coke La Rock Kool Herc YOU
Sounds Like:

Corbin Bugni

Susy Sobel

Mihilik Yewondwossen

Record Label: if we label this, just picture what we might miss.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

They’re Poets and They Know It (Rod Mar’s Post about YS in the Seattle Times Blog)

Click here to read the blog and see pics that Rod Mar took at the 3rd prelim....
Posted by Youth Speaks Seattle on Thu, 15 May 2008 10:46:00 PST

Youth Speaks Poets & Grand Slam in the SEATTLE TIMES

Young and expressionable: Youth Speaks poetry slams give a voice to teens Thanks to Marian Liu for the story! ...
Posted by Youth Speaks Seattle on Mon, 05 May 2008 11:39:00 PST

Youth Speaks’ Hollis Wong-Wear on KSTW TV

Check out this awesome story on Hollis Wong-Wear that aired on KSTW TV’S "Underground" show on March 19, 2008! ...
Posted by Youth Speaks Seattle on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:09:00 PST

THANK YOU! for 3/21 Slam + Upcoming Events

Dear Friends of Youth Speaks Seattle, Last Friday’s slam was a huge success!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU for helping us fill Langston Hughes Theatre with 300 people cheering for young people sharing ...
Posted by Youth Speaks Seattle on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:08:00 PST

[URGENT] Urge Gov. Gregoire to VETO THE ANTI-GANG BILL

If you really care about our streets and our youth, take a moment to call Gov. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE and let her know you want her to "Veto HB 2717." Please do this now, it will only take a moment. They ...
Posted by Youth Speaks Seattle on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:17:00 PST

Final Seattle Youth Poetry Slam Preliminary to be held March 21

16 young poets slam for a chance to attend 2008 Brave New Voices National Youth Poetry Festival Seattle, WA -- March 3, 2008 -- Youth Speaks Seattle, Seattle’s finest spoken word and poetry...
Posted by Youth Speaks Seattle on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:04:00 PST

February Member of the Month

Seattle Youth Speaks wants to honor SIMON WOLF as our February member of the month. Simon is serving as YSS Fundraising Chair and has been essential to our recent work. CONGRATULATIONS SIMON...
Posted by Youth Speaks Seattle on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:06:00 PST

Who Speaks? Youth Speaks in the Seattle P-I Blog

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/spi/archives/132136.asp?s ource=rss Check out this dope blog in the Seattle PI covering our February preliminary slam at the Hugo House! Congrats to all the slammers ...
Posted by Youth Speaks Seattle on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:54:00 PST

Second Seattle Youth Poetry Slam - Saturday Feb 16

16 young poets slam for a chance to attend 2008 Brave New Voices National Youth Poetry Festival Seattle, WA -- February 13, 2008 -- Youth Speaks Seattle, Seattle's finest spoken word and poetry orga...
Posted by Youth Speaks Seattle on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:04:00 PST

Youth Speaks Seattle and member Mikeya Harper in BCC campus paper

Click here for the original story In her own words Local lyricist and BCC student Mikeya Harper is speaking out, and she has plenty to say. Harper was most recently seen at BCC's Espresso Theatre Ni...
Posted by Youth Speaks Seattle on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:34:00 PST