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
Slam Registration & Winter Workshops!
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Last week we began our Winter After-School Workshops session! Come check out one of our FREE workshops Monday through Thursday from 4 to 6 all throughout San Francisco and the East Bay! Click here for more info
Also, the gears are in motion for the 11th Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam! Register now to be part of the largest slam in the Bay Area, and for your chance to go to the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam!
