Program Youth Speaks
Writing Workshops & Teen Poetry Slam
Free weekly spoken-word writing and performance workshops in San Francisco and Oakland, plus an annual Teen Poetry Slam whose finalists represent the Bay Area at Brave New Voices.
A clearer starting point
What this opportunity is really like
Here’s the short version before you leave Pathfind to investigate the official details.
What you would do
You attend free weekly spoken-word writing and performance workshops in San Francisco and Oakland, and you can enter the annual Teen Poetry Slam.
Why it might be worth your time
The workshops are free and run weekly, and slam finalists go on to represent the Bay Area at Brave New Voices.
Is it a good fit?
Listed for grades 9–12 in the Bay Area; the weekly workshops and the annual slam are separate ways in.
Planning a summer around this? See the summer programs for 9th graders it appears in, alongside the other verified options.