PongoSpeaks! is a collaborative project born of two veteran youth literary non-profits which have a combined total of 25 years experience serving Seattle’s young people: Pongo Publishing and Youth Speaks Seattle. By facilitating the writing of poetry inside of Juvenile Detention and in other sites, The Pongo Publishing Teen Writing Project supports self-expression of Seattle teens that are in jail, on the streets, or in other ways leading difficult lives. Youth Speaks is a youth led, anti-racist, social justice organization that uses a peer-to-peer educational model to provide high-quality, socially relevant literary arts education for the young people of the Greater Seattle area.
Over the course of the coming six months, PongoSpeaks! will carry out our twofold project: performances of Pongo authors’ work by talented Youth Speaks artists at various venues and, secondly, a series of writing workshops/community discussions focused on the impact of youth violence in Seattle.
Please spread the word and get updates on scheduling at www.pongopublishing.com
FIRST PERFORMANCE: Sunday, October 25th at 3 p.m. at Seattle Book Fest!
PS: I read at 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 24th, same bat channel!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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