Youth Speaks, a world leader in youth development and spoken word performance, will host the 20th anniversary Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival from July 19- July...
When 18-year-old Azariah Cole-Shephard speaks, people listen. That’s because Oakland’s newly awarded 2016 Youth Poet Laureate doesn’t just have something to say – she has...
The Oakland Public Library has selected 17-year-old Obasi Davis as the new Youth Poet Laureate for the City of Oakland. Davis emerged as the best of...