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Youth Speaks

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Description

Youth Speaks empowers youth by cultivating their intellectual and artistic development and by supporting oral and written literacy. It offers a number of programs and projects that foster literacy, from at-school workshops and SLAM (Student Led Arts Movement) clubs to mentorships and literary performance events.

Goal / Mission

Youth Speaks aims to empower youth and effect change through written and oral literacy.

Results / Accomplishments

Youth Speaks offers an array of services and projects for youth. It supports middle schools and high schools with on-campus workshops, classes, SLAM clubs, and assemblies. It also provides out of school workshops and mentorships. In addition, it hosts projects supporting literary performance, such as Brave New Voices, the largest spoken word event in the world. Youth Speaks engages oral literacy with social change projects such as The Bigger Picture, which addresses the factors of Type 2 Diabetes as an epidemic.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Youth Speaks
Primary Contact
Paula Smith Arrigoni
1663 Mission St. Suite 604
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 255-9035 ext. 19
parrigoni@youthspeaks.org
http://youthspeaks.org/
Topics
Education / Literacy
Community / Civic Engagement
Art & Recreation / Art
Organization(s)
Youth Speaks
Date of implementation
1996
Location
San Francisco, CA
Target Audience
Teens

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  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.
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