Welcome to Youth Speaks online, the website of the nation's leading nonprofit presenter of Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development programs. Founded in 1996 in San Francisco, Youth Speaks has helped grow a movement of young people picking up the pen and taking hold of the microphone in the Bay Area and beyond as creators of social, artistic, educational and political change. We are absolutely committed to providing youth with as many opportunities as possible to develop and publicly present their voices in a variety of media - from live performances and theater, to videos, books, cd's, and right here online. At Youth Speaks, the voices of youth matter.
Politically aware, critically engaged, and unafraid to speak, youth are moving themselves into positions of power – claiming voice when they’ve been voiceless, and access where they’ve been sidelined.Updates
Welcome to the new Youth Speaks dot Org!
It's finally up! Peace peace folks, this is Adriel Luis, Youth Speaks Web & Promotions Designer, pleased to be the first to welcome you to our brand new website! Yeah, I know we only recently launched a redesign, but since then we've expanded so much, we needed to make some adjustments to fit everything we have in here!
There's still definitely a lot that needs to be added and expanded, but in the meantime please take a look around, enjoy the little bells and whistles, and please excuse the little bugs that you might happen to come across, I PROMISE we're working on it! If there is something extremely urgent that needs to be fixed, please feel free to contact me. Thanks, and remember to keep on yappin'!