James Kass - Executive Director | Hodari Davis - National Program Director | Joan Osato - Producing Manager | Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Artistic Director | Jason Mateo - Program Director: Production & Media |Chinaka Hodge - Program Director: Artistic Development & Performance | Lauren Whitehead - Program Manager: Youth Programs | Josh Healey - Program Manager: School Clubs & Outreach | Kirya Traber - Program Manager: Residencies | Leighanne Daley Sanchez - Managing Director | Dennis Kim - Development Associate | Brandon Santiago - Program Associate | Jennifer Schwartz - Accountant
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tony Rodriguez, President / Catalina Ruiz-Healy, Vice President / Brian Gadsden, Secretary / Sam Enoka, Treasurer / Simone Crew, Youth Member / Jeff Daniel / Eva Frank / Niles Lichtenstein / Lissa Soep, PhD / Weyland Southon / James Kass / Adam Mariano / Johnathon Melrod / Mary Braveheart Wallace / Anne Wintroub / Steve Wright / Sara Jane Phillips (Member abroad) / Lashawn Route-Chatmon (Advisor to the board)
LIVING WORD TOURING COMPANY
Dahlak Brathwaite / Delina Brooks / James Clotfelter / Kamilah Forbes / Sekou Gibson / Ajayi Jackson / Paris King / Sean Riley / Tommy Shepard / David Szlasa / Amara Tabor-Smith / Adia Whitaker
SPECIAL ADVISORS
Dr. A.A. Akom / Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade / Rob Bailey / Deborah Brand / Dr. Jamal Cooks / Dave Eggers / Lawrence Ferlinghetti / Kamilah Forbes / Katri Foster / Dr. Shawn Ginwright / Sarah Haynes / Danny Hoch / Greg Hodge / Bob Holman / Jaime Jacinto / Sterling James / Howard Junker / Elaine Katzenberger / Stan Lathan / Clarissa Nicasia / Mark North / Nancy J. Peters / Kevin Powell / Erin Pursell / Monique Russell / Nicole Sawaya / Lateefah Simon / Clyde Valentin / Vajra Watson / Greg Worthington
Founded in San Francisco in 1996, Youth Speaks is at the forefront of a national Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development movement. In over 40 cities, more than 250,000 young writers 13 to 24 years old are speaking their own messages through this powerful medium to millions of their urban and suburban peers. Politically aware, critically engaged, and unafraid to speak, young people are picking up the pen and grabbing hold of the microphone, moving themselves into positions of power claiming voice when theyve been voiceless, and access where theyve been sidelined.
fusion~where art meets poetry lounge the hottest open mic spot in town!!sunday nov.8, nov.22,dec.6 @illusions 1111 w. ave L-12 lancaster ca 93534(cross strt 10th west and ave L-12) 8pm $5 happy hour 8pm-9pm all food in drinks half off!!! fusion presents vocal express r&b contest nov.22 sign up 2day!!!
We're bring it back November 14!!! Oakland Hip Hop Dance Institute! Registration starts at 11:00 am dance workshops start at 11:30 am. This is a full dance conference with films, a panel discussion, performance, dance workshops, open cypher...it's goin' down! Call Eastside Cultural Center for more information, 510/533-6629.
Go to www.misssinergy.com and vote for Jasmine Grant, the deadline is this Sunday at 5pm and as long as you are logged into facebook, or yahoo/aol/gmail email accounts you can vote. You can be the difference to help Jasmine make the top 20, show support. Peace and Love.
..........YC Horror Expo October 28th 5:30pm-8pm ..Costume Effects Workshops and Scary Halloween Films...... ....
The Youth Channels Halloween Film Screening on October 28th is an event in which involves Scary Horror films made by youth and targeted towards youth from all over NYC.
This event is sure to be a cool way to start your Halloween. Eat free food, watch cool bloody videos made By Youth. There will be a special effects workshop conducted by professional Costume and Make up designer Chelsea Manifold. She will teach you all the cool and in expensive ways to trick and treat your friends.
This is an open event, so bring your friends to MNN Tv Studios. If you have cool scary films/videos you'd like to submit for the screening email us as well. This screening is sure to provide you with Great tips on how to dress-up before Halloween comes. Come and learn how you can make your own costumes and do your own makeup for that scary day,
The Youth Channel is looking for high quality music video's to air on Television. If you or someone you know is making some really cool music and has a great video to back it up, submit your videos to the Youth Channel.
The Youth Channels Halloween Film Screening on October 28th is an event in which involves Scary Horror films made by youth and targeted towards youth from all over NYC.
This event is sure to be a cool way to start your Halloween. Eat free food, watch cool bloody videos made By Youth. There will be a special effects workshop conducted by professional Costume and Make up designer Chelsea Manifold. She will teach you all the cool and in expensive ways to trick and treat your friends. This is an open event, so bring your friends to MNN TV Studios. If you have cool scary films/videos you'd like to submit for the screening email us as well. This screening is sure to provide you with Great tips on how to dress-up before Halloween comes. Come and learn how you can make your own costumes and do your own makeup for that scary day, Halloween.
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The Youth Channels Halloween Film Screening on October 28th is an event in which involves Scary Horror films made by youth and targeted towards youth from all over NYC.
This event is sure to be a cool way to start your Halloween. Eat free food, watch cool bloody videos made By Youth. There will be a special effects workshop conducted by professional Costume and Make up designer Chelsea Manifold. She will teach you all the cool and in expensive ways to trick and treat your friends.
This is an open event, so bring your friends to MNN Tv Studios. If you have cool scary films/videos you'd like to submit for the screening email us as well. This screening is sure to provide you with Great tips on how to dress-up before Halloween comes. Come and learn how you can make your own costumes and do your own makeup for that scary day, Halloween.
I know the Freedom Through Music project will break the glass for Poetry and Spoken Word Artists everywhere. It will bring Poetry to the living rooms of people all across the country and over seas. This album will change how people view Poetry and Spoken Word and will be set as the Genre of a new generation. Volume #1 set the foundation of our organization. Volume # 2 opened doors and took Poetry Over Music Internationally. Volume #3 broke records and caught the attention of people everywhere stirring a Poetry uprising.
The way I came up with Freedom Through Music, is I envisioned the essence of Spoken Word and Poetry and what it can be. As a fan of Poetry, I understand the power poets have with their words. Poets have the power to talk to a young girl who is on drugs and make a difference in that girls life. Poetry and Music has the power to change all of our lives. It will open your mind and heart to something new. My definition of a poet is someone who speaks the truth. A Poet writes from there soul, free from hooks and gimmicks. A Poet is Free. That's how I came up with, Freed
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