https://youthspeaks.org/calendar/
Sep 21, 2022 - Stay up to date with all things Youth Speaks! Workshops, Open Mics, Performances, Festivals and all other Special Events.
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https://youthspeaks.org/volunteer/
Apr 10, 2025 - Volunteers are a necessary part of creating an ecosystem of care for our emerging artists. From annual community events to regular live performances, and more,...
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https://youthspeaks.org/residency/
Sep 15, 2025 - Our teaching artists travel to schools throughout the Bay Area to offer meaningful, high level writing and performance workshops.
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https://youthspeaks.org/arresting-life/
Jun 2, 2023 - Arresting life is a platform for young people to tell their stories about the ways their lives have been arrested by engagements with police and the punishment...
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https://youthspeaks.org/the-bigger-picture/
Jun 2, 2023 - Launched in 2011, The Bigger Picture was the only initiative, at the time, to train and engage youth artists to become trusted public health messengers in the...
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https://youthspeaks.org/power-lab/
Oct 30, 2024 - Power Lab brings together youth, organizers, artists, and experts to leverage the power of culture to change policy, combat misinformation, and heal civic...
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https://youthspeaks.org/
Nov 6, 2025 - The Voices of Youth Matter. We create spaces that challenge youth to develop and amplify their voices as creators of societal change.
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https://youthspeaks.org/speak-green/
Jun 2, 2023 - Speak Green transforms personal practices, shift public perceptions, and places youth artists in direct conversation with policymakers and institutions...
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https://youthspeaks.org/writing-workshops/
Sep 9, 2025 - Writing and Performance Workshops are an excellent way to get involved in the Youth Speaks community while developing your voice amongst a fun and friendly...
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https://youthspeaks.org/teen-poetry-slam-2/
Dec 5, 2025 - The Teen Poetry Slam is a 25 year tradition celebrating the best young writers and performers in the Bay. The finalists bring their best original poems for a...
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https://youthspeaks.org/power-lab-survival-pending-revolution/
Sep 8, 2023 - Through Survival Pending Revolution, poets shift narratives around vaccine hesitancy by highlighting the dilemma of COVID-19 plaguing underrepresented...
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https://youthspeaks.org/under-21-open-mic/
Oct 30, 2025 - Under 21 Open Mic is where poets perform new work and build bonds with young artists locally, and with our online open mics, globally.
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https://www.kqed.org/event/5931
Youth Speaks presents the second prelim round of its annual Teen Poetry Slam featuring 25 competitors performing live at KQED.
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https://youthspeaks.org/brave-new-schools/
Jun 8, 2023 - Through community-level engagement, the Brave New Schools competition in collaboration with XQ Institute infused national narratives by shaping our educational...
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