Programs

  • Youth Poetry Workshops

    SCHOOLS: STREET POETS LED WEEKLY IN-PERSON POETRY-WRITING WORKSHOP SERIES AT LOS ANGELES COUNTY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR INCLUDING AT THE FOLLOWING SITES: WALLIS ANNENBERG HIGH SCHOOL, VOX MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WEST ADAMS PREP HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS AT WOLF CONNECTION (WITH STUDENTS FROM R. REX PARRIS HIGH SCHOOL AND DESERT WINDS HIGH SCHOOL). IN ADDITION, IN ONGOING MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP, STREET POETS LED A 5-DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP SERIES AT MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL (MIAMI, AZ). THE SCHOOLS PROGRAMS SERVED A TOTAL OF ABOUT 260 YOUTH.
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    Dates
    Jun 1, 2021 – May 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    $142K

  • Probation Youth Poetry Program

    PROBATION: IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTS FOR HEALING & JUSTICE NETWORK (AHJN), STREET POETS LED WEEKLY AND BI-WEEKLY POETRY-WRITING WORKSHOPS AT THREE LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY SITES INCLUDING CAMP AFFLERBUAGH, HORACE MANN CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL, AND CAMP KILPATRICK, SERVING 75-100 YOUTH INCARCERATED OR ON PROBATION, AGED 13-18.
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    Dates
    Jun 1, 2021 – May 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $168K

  • Youth Music Program

    MUSIC: OUR MUSIC PROGRAM OFFERED 30+ WEEKLY VIRTUAL "BEATS & RHYMES" OPEN MUSIC-MAKING WORKSHOPS ACROSS THE YEAR FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, SERVING NEARLY 15 YOUTH. IN COLLABORATION WITH RHYTHM ARTS ALLIANCE, WE HELD A MUSIC FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, SERVING A SELECTED COHORT OF 12 YOUTH, WHO HAD NEARLY 40 GROUP AND ONE-ON-ONE SESSSIONS WITH MASTER/PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS. YOUTH WERE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE AN IN-DEPTH CURRICULUM, COVERING AREAS THAT INCLUDED MUSIC PRODUCTION, BEATMAKING, MUSICAL ENGINEERING, WRITING, PERFORMANCE, RECORDING AND PRODUCTION. MANY OF THE YOUTH FROM BOTH THE OPEN "BEATS & RHYMES" PROGRAM AND THE MUSIC FELLOWSHIP HELPED PRODUCE, WRITE, PERFORM AND RECORD FOR THE ORIGINAL HIP-HOP AND SPOKEN WORD ALBUM ENTITLED "COSMIC ELEMENTS OF CREATION."IN ADDITION, WE COLLABORATED WITH TWO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (JAIL GUITAR DOORS AND GIVE A BEAT) TO PROVIDE MUSIC RECORDING AND PRODUCTION PROGRAMMING TO YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED "FRESH TRACKS," SERVING 15 SYSTEM-IMPACTED OR AT-RISK YOUNG ADULTS.
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    Dates
    Jun 1, 2021 – May 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $160.1K