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Contents of this tag:
1. Brave New Voices Slam Poetry 2013 Finals Round #4 - Washington D C
2. Brave New Voices Finals - Los Angeles "Shots Fired"
Live Event Diana Lee
Contents of this tag:
1. Meet a Black Person
2. Talks@Google: Wajahat Ali - From Chaiwallah to Playwright
3. Capitol Hill Day with The Can Kicks Back
4. 3rd Annual Rock the Red Fashion Show
5. Daniel Beaty - Knock, Knock on Def Jam Poetry
6. Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA (TED Talk)
7. 2013 Fourth Estate Summit (Invisible Children)
8. Peter Fein | Democracy is Obsolete | PDF12 HD
9. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at Albert Einstein
10. Orphans vs. Empires: Andrew Slack at TEDxYouth@SanDiego
11. No Shirts
12. Ron Finley: Food Forest
13. #AllLivesMatter Chapel Hill - It Could Have Happened to Me
14. RHOK East Africa 2013
15. Food is Free Project Plants a Community Garden in the Street SXSW
16. Hack for Change: National Day of Civic Hacking-2014
17. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at Cooper Medical
18. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at USC stairs
19. U of Georgia Stands with UNC - Muslim Lives Matter
20. Get Lit: WHAT IS A BLITZ?
21. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at SUNY
22. TWLOHA MOVE Conference
23. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at Harvard
24. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at UCSF
25. Brave New Voices Finals - Los Angeles "Shots Fired"
26. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at U of Illinois
27. UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident, Four Perspectives
28. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at USC
29. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at USC Keck
30. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at Howard
31. "The Drop In" (Raise Up Project)
32. Bringing the Noise '15 - Connor
33. Occupy San Diego Flash Mob Invades Wal-Mart
34. Bringing the Noise '15 - Caitlyn
35. One People flash mob - Occupy
36. Get Lit Promo PBS Video
37. Bringing the Noise '14: José Vadi
38. Demonstrators 'disrupt' STL symphony singing a 'Requiem for Mike Brown'
39. Get Lit Player Emerita Maia Mayor performing her original poem "Perfect"
40. Bringing the Noise '15 - Ryan
41. Statement and poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014 - Opening Ceremony
42. Rebel Music: Native America | Nataanii Means Performs "Genocide"
43. Get Lit: WHAT IS THE CLASSIC SLAM?
44. Bringing the Noise '15 - Sarah
45. The Black Bruins [Spoken Word] - Sy Stokes
46. Get Lit Promo 2013 Video
47. Raise Up - Get Lit Players Raise Up - by Get Lit Players. Youth Speaks, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage, present an evening to celebrate the winners of the national spoken word competition designed to foster discussion among young people and adults about the challenges and opportunities students face as they strive to stay on the path to graduation. Hosted by D.C. hip-hop artist Gabriel “Asheru” Benn, the program will feature performances from each of the five winners, plus an appearance by DJ Questlove and Black Thought, NPR’s Glynn Washington, and Hill Harper. The RAISE Up project is part of American Graduate - Let's Make It Happen! - a public media initiative to address the drop out crisis, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
48. TEDxNYED - Henry Jenkins - 03/06/10
49. Orphans vs. Empires: Andrew Slack at TEDxYouth@SanDiego
50. #OccupyLowes with a #HijabiFlashMob
Poetry Diana Lee
Contents of this tag:
1. Brave New Voices Slam Poetry 2013 Finals Round #4 - Washington D C
2. Daniel Beaty - Knock, Knock on Def Jam Poetry
3. Lily Myers - "Shrinking Women" (CUPSI 2013)
4. Kait Rokowski - "How To Cure a Feminist"
5. Teens Lead Young Children in Social Justice Poetry Slam
6. Slam Poet Slams Standardized Education | Breaking the Stage
7. Slam Poetry: Sonya Renee "What Women Deserve"
8. Get Lit: WHAT DO THE TEACHERS THINK?
9. Get Lit: WHAT IS A BLITZ?
10. Brave New Voices Finals - Los Angeles "Shots Fired"
11. Mindy Nettifee - For Young Women Who Don't Consider Themselves Feminists (The Last Nerve)
12. The Black Beavers [Spoken Word] - UCLA Black Bruins Response
13. Get Lit: WHAT IS THE CLASSIC SLAM?
14. Bringing the Noise '14: José Vadi
15. Def Poetry - Yellow Rage - Listen Asshole
16. The Power of Get Lit - "Let There Be Light!"
17. Get Lit Promo 2013 Video
18. "THE CORNER" - Jose Vadi {The Bigger Picture Project} "How far do we have to slip before we end this edible misery and rewrite our recipe?"In THE CORNER, directed by Jamie DeWolf, José Vadi speaks about how local communities have greater accessibility to fast food restaurants and corner stores, which increases their risk of Type 2 Diabetes. Youth Speaks and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations are leading the campaign against Type 2 Diabetes with our new project, The Bigger Picture. Raise your voice TODAY!http://www.TheBiggerPicture.org http://www.twitter.com/BigPicCampaign
19. Rachel Rostad - "To JK Rowling, from Cho Chang" (CUPSI 2013 Finals)
20. Raise Up - Get Lit Players Raise Up - by Get Lit Players. Youth Speaks, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage, present an evening to celebrate the winners of the national spoken word competition designed to foster discussion among young people and adults about the challenges and opportunities students face as they strive to stay on the path to graduation. Hosted by D.C. hip-hop artist Gabriel “Asheru” Benn, the program will feature performances from each of the five winners, plus an appearance by DJ Questlove and Black Thought, NPR’s Glynn Washington, and Hill Harper. The RAISE Up project is part of American Graduate - Let's Make It Happen! - a public media initiative to address the drop out crisis, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
21. "By Any Sweets Necessary" by Luke Tailor {The Bigger Picture} Sacramento-based MC Luke Tailor’s addictive diet follows him everywhere he goes - in school, at the park, even the emergency room - but what Luke doesn’t know is how such an unhealthy high-sugar diet can lead to serious chronic illnesses like type 2 diabetes. Watch Luke’s diet catch up to him in this new music video for the Bigger Picture, “By Any Sweets Necessary.” Directed by Jamie DeWolf and edited by Kevin Holmes.Download Luke Tailor’s music here:http://Luketailor.bandcamp.comhttp://www.soundcloud.com/Luke-TailorThe Bigger Picture is a collaboration between Youth Speaks and UCSF’s Center for Vulnerable Populations. Follow us:http://www.twitter.com/BigPicCampaignhttp://www.instagram.com/BigPicCampaignhttp://www.thebiggerpicture.org
22. Urban Word 2013 Teen Poetry Slam Finals: Evy Exime
23. Rachel Rostad - "Names" (NPS 2013)
24. "The Drop In" (Raise Up Project)
25. Bringing the Noise '15 - Ryan
26. T. Miller - Poetry Slam Winner
27. Statement and poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014 - Opening Ceremony
28. Bringing the Noise '15 - Connor
29. Bringing the Noise '15 - Sarah
30. At risk youth turn to poetry for positive results - InsideOUT writers
31. The Raise Up Project: RaiseUpProject.org http://www.raiseupproject.org/Raise Up is an online hip hop and spoken word competition for youth ages 15-22. Youth who enter are asked to speak on the national high school drop out crisis. Five individual winners will each receive a $5,000 educational scholarship and a trip to Washington DC to perform at the Kennedy Center on September 28. One group piece will also be selected to receive a $2,500 award. #RaiseYourVoice & #RaiseTheRate at RaiseUpProject.org Follow us @RaiseUpProject on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook
32. Kimar Cain. - Art Poetry & Justice
33. Get Lit Promo PBS Video
34. "Brown VS. Board of Education" by Brandon Santiago (Raise Up Project)
35. The Black Bruins [Spoken Word] - Sy Stokes
36. Get Lit Player Emerita Maia Mayor performing her original poem "Perfect"
37. Bringing the Noise '15 - Caitlyn
Media About Race and Ethnicity Diana Lee
Contents of this tag:
1. 19th Century Reforms: Crash Course US History #15
2. #BYP100 Responds to George Zimmerman Verdict
3. Meet a Black Person
4. Talks@Google: Wajahat Ali - From Chaiwallah to Playwright
5. I Am UndocuQueer Tania
6. Erick Huerta On Being Undocumented
7. Blank Noise: HOT NEWS/ TAAZA SAMACHAR
8. I Am UndocuQueer Prerna
9. ASK A SLAVE Ep 3: You Can't Make This Stuff Up
10. Black Lives Matter
11. Daniel Beaty - Knock, Knock on Def Jam Poetry
12. To All My DREAMheads
13. The Truth with Hasan Minhaj - Sikh Temple Shooting, Missouri Mosque Burning
14. Undocuqueer video
15. I Am UndocuQueer Felipe
16. I Am UndocuQueer T.K.
17. ASK A SLAVE Ep 1: Meet Lizzie Mae
18. ASK A SLAVE Ep 2: Abolitioning
19. Breakout, We Deserve Better
20. UndocuQueer Manifesto
21. ASK A SLAVE Ep 4: New Leaf, Same Page
22. Congratulations You Saved Africa
23. #AllLivesMatter Chapel Hill - It Could Have Happened to Me
24. ASK A SLAVE Ep 5: Two Sides to Every Coin
25. No Justice No Peace: California's Battle Against Police Brutality & Racist Violence
26. RHOK East Africa 2013
27. ASK A SLAVE Ep 6: I Love That Boy
28. Part 1 DC DREAM Act National Graduation
29. ASK A SLAVE Ep 7: True Story
30. #ChapelHillShooting - Je Suis Muslim
31. UndocuQueer Manifesto
32. Black Girls Code brochure 1
33. I, Too, Am Harvard - tumblr archive snapshot
34. THIS IS A MOVEMENT
35. Slam Poetry: Sonya Renee "What Women Deserve"
36. Social justice through parody NWP Albert is an Economics teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here describing a lesson plan he created for students to engage with social issues through parody and activism by using some of the media examples he found on the By Any Media Necessary web resource. He talks about moving beyond concepts of supply and demand by infusing his economics classes with social justice themes that students are receptive to, and talks about how part of his course asks students to think about the implications of globalization on poverty. He explains his process of looking through media examples on the site that discuss social issues through parody, draws inspiration from a DREAMer video that speaks to healthcare for millions of undocumented immigrants, and talks about using these kinds of videos as a springboard to bring to light these and other social issues. Connecting it to his lesson plan, he will have students create a parody around a social issue they choose, helping them to think about what they can do with the current situation, spaces, and resources they have.
37. Ask a Slave logo
38. I, Too, Am Harvard - "You don't sound black...you sound smart"
39. U of Georgia Stands with UNC - Muslim Lives Matter
40. I, Too, Am Harvard - I'm not pulling the "race card." You're just being racist.
41. Coders Early Love For Technology | American Express | #PassionProject
42. I, Too, Am Harvard - Surprise!
43. #ChapelHillShooting - Muslims are only newsworthy if...
44. #IllRideWithYou - Thanks for protecting my sisters
45. Brave New Voices Finals - Los Angeles "Shots Fired"
46. I, Too, Am Harvard - no, it's not rap
47. #ChapelHillShooting - Deah, Yusor, Razan
48. "Caucasians t-shirt": Redskins Football
49. Get Lit: WHAT IS A BLITZ?
50. Liberty in North Korea: Rescue Campaign
51. Why We Rise
52. Black Girls Code brochure 2
53. Rebel Music: Native America | Frank Waln Performs "My Stone"
54. Slam Poet Slams Standardized Education | Breaking the Stage
55. Rebel Music: Native America | Nataanii Means Performs "Genocide"
56. I, Too, Am Harvard - "I don't see color"...Does that mean you don't see me?
57. Black Lives Matter yarn bomb
58. #IllRideWithYou - Australia
59. Rachel Rostad - "To JK Rowling, from Cho Chang" (CUPSI 2013 Finals)
60. Raise Up - Get Lit Players Raise Up - by Get Lit Players. Youth Speaks, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage, present an evening to celebrate the winners of the national spoken word competition designed to foster discussion among young people and adults about the challenges and opportunities students face as they strive to stay on the path to graduation. Hosted by D.C. hip-hop artist Gabriel “Asheru” Benn, the program will feature performances from each of the five winners, plus an appearance by DJ Questlove and Black Thought, NPR’s Glynn Washington, and Hill Harper. The RAISE Up project is part of American Graduate - Let's Make It Happen! - a public media initiative to address the drop out crisis, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
61. Statement and poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014 - Opening Ceremony
62. "By Any Sweets Necessary" by Luke Tailor {The Bigger Picture} Sacramento-based MC Luke Tailor’s addictive diet follows him everywhere he goes - in school, at the park, even the emergency room - but what Luke doesn’t know is how such an unhealthy high-sugar diet can lead to serious chronic illnesses like type 2 diabetes. Watch Luke’s diet catch up to him in this new music video for the Bigger Picture, “By Any Sweets Necessary.” Directed by Jamie DeWolf and edited by Kevin Holmes.Download Luke Tailor’s music here:http://Luketailor.bandcamp.comhttp://www.soundcloud.com/Luke-TailorThe Bigger Picture is a collaboration between Youth Speaks and UCSF’s Center for Vulnerable Populations. Follow us:http://www.twitter.com/BigPicCampaignhttp://www.instagram.com/BigPicCampaignhttp://www.thebiggerpicture.org
63. Rebel Music: Native America | Official Trailer
64. I, Too, Am Harvard - I'm not "pulling the race card," you're just being racist
65. I, Too, Am Harvard - Why do you look ____?
66. #IllRideWithYou - art
67. Response To Critiques of "To JK Rowling, From Cho Chang"
68. "The Drop In" (Raise Up Project)
69. But we're speaking Japanese!　日本語喋ってるんだけど
70. Bringing the Noise '15 - Ryan
71. Frank Waln - AbOriginal
72. I, Too, Am Harvard - No, I did not immigrate to receive HIV/AIDs treatment!
73. Teaching Teachers NWP Nicole Mirra, teacher educator, scholar, and member of the UCLA Writing Project, talks about encouraging pre-service teachers to incorporate the teaching of civic and media literacy skills in their classrooms. Using examples from the BAM resource and through sharing her lesson planning and scaffolding documents and processes, she demonstrates how she incorporates these themes in her own teaching. She also makes the case for the value of this kind of work and connects these practices to common core state and national standards.
74. Rachel Rostad - "Names" (NPS 2013)
75. Bringing the Noise '15 - Connor
76. Bringing the Noise '15 - Sarah
77. The Black Bruins [Spoken Word] - Sy Stokes
78. I, Too, Am Harvard - "You're lucky to be black...so easy to get into college!"
79. What kind of Asian are you?
80. The Raise Up Project: RaiseUpProject.org http://www.raiseupproject.org/Raise Up is an online hip hop and spoken word competition for youth ages 15-22. Youth who enter are asked to speak on the national high school drop out crisis. Five individual winners will each receive a $5,000 educational scholarship and a trip to Washington DC to perform at the Kennedy Center on September 28. One group piece will also be selected to receive a $2,500 award. #RaiseYourVoice & #RaiseTheRate at RaiseUpProject.org Follow us @RaiseUpProject on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook
81. I, Too, Am Harvard - "Are you all so fast because you spend so much time running from the cops?"
82. The Black Beavers [Spoken Word] - UCLA Black Bruins Response
83. I, Too, Am Harvard - "You're the Whitest Black person I know"
84. Black Girls Code logo
85. "Brown VS. Board of Education" by Brandon Santiago (Raise Up Project)
86. I, Too, Am Harvard - Can you read?
87. Race & Higher Education - HANGOUT with us, #ITooAmHarvard, #BBUM, and the UCLA Black Bruins TODAY!
88. I, Too, Am Harvard - not the voice of all black people
89. 10th graders in Watts NWP Kate is a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here describing the neighborhood and community context that situates her lesson plan about vehicles of protest as a response to trauma. She starts by describing the everyday lived realities of her students, the disconnect between what the district requires them to read and learn in their classes, and how she has reframed canonical books to be more responsive to students who live in communities like Watts, and how this kind of lesson can be identified with everywhere. She uses Lord of the Flies as an example of how she reframed the book characters’ experiences to talk about trauma, violence, limited resources, and support and help seeking practices.
90. Get Lit Promo PBS Video
91. Bringing the Noise '15 - Caitlyn
92. I, Too, Am Harvard - Don't you wish you were White like the rest of us?
93. #AfterTheHashTag - Race on College Campuses
94. I, Too, Am Harvard - Race matters
95. There's no reason anyone can't do it NWP Albert is an Economics teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here talking about pushing the boundaries to work within the system as a social justice educator, the learning process of becoming a teacher, and learning how to incorporate digital media into lessons. At the end of this clip, he says, “If we can do it in South Central at a school that’s going through crazy transformations, and students can get into these amazing projects, there’s no reason why anyone can’t do it.”
96. The Power of Get Lit - "Let There Be Light!"
97. Get Lit: WHAT IS THE CLASSIC SLAM?
98. Demonstrators 'disrupt' STL symphony singing a 'Requiem for Mike Brown'
99. Bringing the Noise '14: José Vadi
100. Black Girls Code: Bridging The Digital Divide
101. I, Too, Am Harvard - Having an opinion does not make me an "Angry Black Woman"
102. 33
103. I, Too, Am Harvard - There is no chip on my shoulder...I'm just aware. And yes...I see you
104. Protest songs and images NWP Kate is a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here discussing the lesson plan she created on different vehicles of protest as a response to trauma, drawing inspiration from examples of protest songs, spreadable image and hashtag campaigns, and internet memes. She talks about expanding on traditional notions of civic engagement so that students can engage peers and their communities in ways that are meaningful to them, and also discusses figuring out how to navigate privacy and safety when working with images or videos of her students, sharing various levels of “publicness” that can be achieved through creative lesson planning. At the end of this clip, Kate emphasizes the importance of scaffolding, modeling, and having students practice these kinds of civic engagement, so that they can develop their voices as well as strategies to advocate for themselves and their communities, and learn ways to participate civically.
105. #IllRideWithYou - Sydney
106. Latinos say NO on Prop 8: America Ferrera, Tony Plana & Ana
107. Cathy Cohen, Ph.D., Challenges Voter ID Laws
108. Def Poetry - Yellow Rage - Listen Asshole
109. Get Lit Promo 2013 Video
110. "THE CORNER" - Jose Vadi {The Bigger Picture Project} "How far do we have to slip before we end this edible misery and rewrite our recipe?"In THE CORNER, directed by Jamie DeWolf, José Vadi speaks about how local communities have greater accessibility to fast food restaurants and corner stores, which increases their risk of Type 2 Diabetes. Youth Speaks and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations are leading the campaign against Type 2 Diabetes with our new project, The Bigger Picture. Raise your voice TODAY!http://www.TheBiggerPicture.org http://www.twitter.com/BigPicCampaign
111. BLACK GIRLS CODE EP #1: The Revolution Will Be Mobilized.
112. HIJABI THIS, HIJABI THAT!!!!
Browse Media Library Gabriel Peters-Lazaro
Contents of this tag:
1. Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project
2. KONY 2012
3. Vant to Skype Vid Me?
4. The Generation Gap
5. 19th Century Reforms: Crash Course US History #15
6. Brave New Voices Slam Poetry 2013 Finals Round #4 - Washington D C
7. #BYP100 Responds to George Zimmerman Verdict
8. Improv Everywhere Logo
9. "FA$T CA$H: Easy Credit & the Economic Crash" - (Music Video by Dorian Electra)
10. Batman Welcomes Ramadan
11. MOVE: Invisible Children's new film from the creators of KONY 2012
12. Symphony of Science - Our Biggest Challenge (Climate Change Music Video)
13. Meet a Black Person
14. George Carlin remix - Save the Trees
15. Who is the LRA // Invisible Children
16. Talks@Google: Wajahat Ali - From Chaiwallah to Playwright
17. "It Gets Better" — Love, Pixar
18. THE CICADAS ARE COMING!
19. Firstday Fast - (Birthday X Spoof) - Farid Music
20. YLFNC Graffiti Event
21. Revolution in Egypt: A 4-Minute Introduction
22. Capitol Hill Day with The Can Kicks Back
23. The INFORM Act: Facing the Facts, Not Kicking the Can
24. Improv Everywhere: Video Trailer for Documentary
25. Official Trailer: We Cause Scenes
26. Erick Huerta On Being Undocumented
27. It Gets Better: Dan and Terry
28. ASK A SLAVE Ep 3: You Can't Make This Stuff Up
29. Blank Noise: HOT NEWS/ TAAZA SAMACHAR
30. I Am UndocuQueer Felipe
31. Ruby-on-Rails Workshop
32. 13 Love Stories
33. To All My DREAMheads
34. The Harry Potter Alliance, A History
35. Black Lives Matter
36. it gets better-----a music video by rebecca drysdale
37. Reading Rainbow Remixed | In Your Imagination | PBS Digital Studios
38. I Am UndocuQueer T.K.
39. CAFAM Granny Squared: 14,000 squares
40. Daniel Beaty - Knock, Knock on Def Jam Poetry
41. 2013 Fourth Estate Summit (Invisible Children)
42. I Am UndocuQueer Tania
43. CAFAM Granny Squared: did you know?
44. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at Albert Einstein
45. How To Change the World
46. It Gets Better: Google Employees
47. Inter-Occupy G.A., March 31, 2012
48. I Am UndocuQueer Prerna
49. Roll With The Flow by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video )
50. Iraq Veterans Against the War
51. Caine's Arcade
52. It Gets Better: Apple Employees
53. Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA (TED Talk)
54. IVAW on Wall Street
55. Caine's Arcade 2: From a Movie to a Movement
56. Red Pump Project Logo
57. Lily Myers - "Shrinking Women" (CUPSI 2013)
58. CAFAM Granny Squared photo
59. I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video)
60. ASK A SLAVE Ep 1: Meet Lizzie Mae
61. 3rd Annual Rock the Red Fashion Show
62. "Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
63. Undocuqueer video
64. About Yarn Bombing Los Angeles
65. Food is Free Project: Open-Source Front-Yard Community Gardens
66. A MOVEABLE MOSQUE - Deena's Footsteps Through Prayer
67. Black And Yellow - AnCap Remix
68. Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.)
69. Hollaback PSA!
70. Urban Letters by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles
71. #AllLivesMatter Chapel Hill - It Could Have Happened to Me
72. A Gaythering Storm
73. InterOccupy, Occupy Sandy Meeting 11-18-12 (raw footage)
74. ASK A SLAVE Ep 4: New Leaf, Same Page
75. Breakout, We Deserve Better
76. The HOLLAmovement
77. Win An Evening Out With Ed Sheeran
78. UndocuQueer Manifesto
79. Gathering Storm Spoof
80. Tamale Lesson (Edited Version)
81. Coming out of the Shadows - Dream Activist Philadelphia
82. Accio Books: LeakyCon Edition
83. ASK A SLAVE Ep 5: Two Sides to Every Coin
84. How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ
85. The Best Parody of NOM's "Gathering Storm" Ad
86. No Shirts
87. #ChapelHillShooting - Je Suis Muslim
88. Part 1 DC DREAM Act National Graduation
89. The Displaced Comic
90. Inter-Occupy in Kalamazoo, February 4, 2012
91. ASK A SLAVE Ep 6: I Love That Boy
92. RHOK East Africa 2013
93. Teens Lead Young Children in Social Justice Poetry Slam
94. UndocuQueer Manifesto
95. Books on FIRE
96. Food is Free meme
97. ASK A SLAVE Ep 7: True Story
98. Food is Free Backstory
99. Hack for Change: National Day of Civic Hacking-2014
100. Laughter For A Change Workshop @ Koreatown Youth and Community Center
101. Fourth Estate Interview 1
102. It Gets Better logo
103. That Deaf Guy Webcomic
104. Hacktivism: Political Hacking's Global Reach, From Scientology to Wikileaks to the Arab Spring
105. Why I Can't Go to LeakyCon
106. Writers Against (Library) Piracy
107. 20 Condoms
108. Harry Potter Alliance homepage screenshot
109. No Justice No Peace: California's Battle Against Police Brutality & Racist Violence
110. Ron Finley: Food Forest
111. Fourth Estate Interview 2
112. Not Your Mama's Sex Ed
113. Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed -- [original version]
114. North Korea: Explained
115. Fuck Cancer
116. QUIP Convening Trailer
117. Fourth Estate Interview 3
118. Kait Rokowski - "How To Cure a Feminist"
119. Black Girls Code brochure 1
120. Food is Free Project Plants a Community Garden in the Street SXSW
121. Congratulations You Saved Africa
122. Supply & Demand Rap: WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video ) Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011 This song was created to enter the Supply and Demand Video Contest sponsored by Fayetteville State University's Hackley Endowment. We are students at Shimer College and Northwestern University. Made by: Dorian Electra & Neil Lokken Music by: Matt Kawahara Special Thanks: Lynn Hong, Bryan Maddox, Robin Babb, Allison Savage, Allon Libermann, Rachel Davison. LYRICS: Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH. And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND If I'm sellin somethin Here's what I got to know To ensure my sales be bumpin If we raise the price, fewer people be buyin If we push that price down low, customers be multiplyin It's not to simple just to sell it for cheap You got to cover your costs Ya tryna make ends meet Say we were forced to keep our price way down. LOW Our goods become more scarce become the talk of the town. OH If the law won't let us respond in turn by raising our money PRICE Then our lovely customers will have to pay the price in non- monetary costs such as waitin in line On day when you could be HUSTLIN and now you wastin yo time So when the prices are fixed costs remain, don't fall for tricks That extra cost don't disappear It just shift from here to here You got dem long long lines? Wait a sec, shorty, that ain't right UHM. SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE SHORTY, SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE Ooo. When dat price so low So they be rushin to da store tramplin one another to DA FLOOR uh Ya get it? It's about supply and demand. Ya get it? Yyeeaaaaaaaaahhhhh Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? When you got leftover GOODS on your HANDS Cos the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
123. ASK A SLAVE Ep 2: Abolitioning
124. Why Does Congress Suck?
125. Fuck Cancer + Funny or Die Present: Touching Ourselves!
126. Rails Girls Summer of Code
127. Fourth Estate Interview 4
128. Black Girls Code - Coders Early Love For Technology | American Express | #PassionProject
129. Why We Rise
130. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at Harvard
131. U of Georgia Stands with UNC - Muslim Lives Matter
132. Slam Poet Slams Standardized Education | Breaking the Stage
133. 30mosques screen grab
134. Brave New Voices Finals - Los Angeles "Shots Fired"
135. Project Unbreakable
136. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at UCSF
137. #ChapelHillShooting - Muslims are only newsworthy if...
138. Slam Poetry: Sonya Renee "What Women Deserve"
139. I, Too, Am Harvard - tumblr archive snapshot
140. Toyota Positive stories: Yarnstorming Brixton
141. The Can Kicks Back Logo
142. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at U of Illinois
143. #ChapelHillShooting - Deah, Yusor, Razan
144. To Write Love on Her Arms - INTRO.
145. Ask a Slave logo
146. Coders Early Love For Technology | American Express | #PassionProject
147. Peter Fein Anonymous
148. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at USC
149. Caine's Arcade photo
150. I, Too, Am Harvard - "You don't sound black...you sound smart"
151. "Caucasians t-shirt": Redskins Football
152. civic issue photo 1
153. UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident, Four Perspectives
154. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at USC Keck
155. I, Too, Am Harvard - I'm not pulling the "race card." You're just being racist.
156. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at Howard
157. Hashtag Granny Squared
158. IVAW Logo
159. Human Sexuality is Complicated...
160. The Can Kicks Back
161. TWLOHA MOVE Conference
162. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at Cooper Medical
163. Melodysheep logo
164. I, Too, Am Harvard - Surprise!
165. I, Too, Am Harvard - no, it's not rap
166. Food is Free Project: How to Build a Raised Wicking Bed!
167. Black Girls Code brochure 2
168. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at USC stairs
169. Superman Dreamer Comic
170. InterOccupy Megaphone
171. Get Lit: WHAT DO THE TEACHERS THINK?
172. TWLOHA Storytellers
173. Liberty in North Korea: Rescue Campaign
174. Rebel Music: Native America | Frank Waln Performs "My Stone"
175. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at SUNY
176. Mindy Nettifee - For Young Women Who Don't Consider Themselves Feminists (The Last Nerve)
177. #IllRideWithYou - Thanks for protecting my sisters
178. Pinzon Santo
179. Class War Kitteh Facebook Banner
180. Ron Finley "Cheese" graphic
181. Get Lit: WHAT IS A BLITZ?
182. Social justice through parody NWP Albert is an Economics teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here describing a lesson plan he created for students to engage with social issues through parody and activism by using some of the media examples he found on the By Any Media Necessary web resource. He talks about moving beyond concepts of supply and demand by infusing his economics classes with social justice themes that students are receptive to, and talks about how part of his course asks students to think about the implications of globalization on poverty. He explains his process of looking through media examples on the site that discuss social issues through parody, draws inspiration from a DREAMer video that speaks to healthcare for millions of undocumented immigrants, and talks about using these kinds of videos as a springboard to bring to light these and other social issues. Connecting it to his lesson plan, he will have students create a parody around a social issue they choose, helping them to think about what they can do with the current situation, spaces, and resources they have.
183. Def Poetry - Yellow Rage - Listen Asshole
184. If Buying Condoms Was Like Buying Birth Control
185. Rebel Music: Native America | Nataanii Means Performs "Genocide"
186. "Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly,
187. Black Lives Matter yarn bomb
188. 30 Mosques: Muslim Native American
189. TWLOHA poster
190. I, Too, Am Harvard - Don't you wish you were White like the rest of us?
191. I, Too, Am Harvard - There is no chip on my shoulder...I'm just aware. And yes...I see you
192. Level Ground image
193. Get Lit Promo PBS Video
194. Teaching Teachers NWP Nicole Mirra, teacher educator, scholar, and member of the UCLA Writing Project, talks about encouraging pre-service teachers to incorporate the teaching of civic and media literacy skills in their classrooms. Using examples from the BAM resource and through sharing her lesson planning and scaffolding documents and processes, she demonstrates how she incorporates these themes in her own teaching. She also makes the case for the value of this kind of work and connects these practices to common core state and national standards.
195. The Raise Up Project: RaiseUpProject.org http://www.raiseupproject.org/Raise Up is an online hip hop and spoken word competition for youth ages 15-22. Youth who enter are asked to speak on the national high school drop out crisis. Five individual winners will each receive a $5,000 educational scholarship and a trip to Washington DC to perform at the Kennedy Center on September 28. One group piece will also be selected to receive a $2,500 award. #RaiseYourVoice & #RaiseTheRate at RaiseUpProject.org Follow us @RaiseUpProject on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook
196. Rachel Rostad - "To JK Rowling, from Cho Chang" (CUPSI 2013 Finals)
197. Demonstrators 'disrupt' STL symphony singing a 'Requiem for Mike Brown'
198. Orphans vs. Empires: Andrew Slack at TEDxYouth@SanDiego
199. Rebel Music: Native America | Official Trailer
200. 30 Mosques: South Carolina Prayer
201. TWLOHA - Hope Goes Surfing
202. I, Too, Am Harvard - Having an opinion does not make me an "Angry Black Woman"
203. Get Lit Player Emerita Maia Mayor performing her original poem "Perfect"
204. "Brown VS. Board of Education" by Brandon Santiago (Raise Up Project)
205. 5th Rock the Red Photo1
206. Response To Critiques of "To JK Rowling, From Cho Chang"
207. The Power of Get Lit - "Let There Be Light!"
208. Frank Waln - AbOriginal
209. I, Too, Am Harvard - "I don't see color"...Does that mean you don't see me?
210. I, Too, Am Harvard - Why do you look ____?
211. The complete package NWP Albert is an Economics teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here talking about various ways he could incorporate the digital media examples, workshops, conversation starters, and media making resources he found through the By Any Media Necessary (BAM) web resource into his lessons and curriculum. Speaking from experience as a teacher who already seeks to incorporate creative use of digital media into this classrooms, he also talks about how different aspects of the BAM resource can help students think even more critically and engage with creative and maker practices that they are passionate about.
212. Get Lit: WHAT IS THE CLASSIC SLAM?
213. Bringing the Noise '15 - Caitlyn
214. 5th Rock the Red Photo2
215. Rachel Rostad - "Names" (NPS 2013)
216. Statement and poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014 - Opening Ceremony
217. The Black Bruins [Spoken Word] - Sy Stokes
218. 30 Mosques: Mississippi
219. TWLOHA UChapters
220. I, Too, Am Harvard - I'm not "pulling the race card," you're just being racist
221. Standards and Cellphones NWP Kate is a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here discussing administrative and structural barriers to working with cellphones and other kinds of digital media and technology in classrooms, and ways to legitimize and work around barriers to doing this kind of work for teachers at her school and elsewhere.
222. Get Lit Promo 2013 Video
223. BLACK GIRLS CODE SERIES EP #2: Miami
224. Bringing the Noise '14: José Vadi
225. But we're speaking Japanese!　日本語喋ってるんだけど
226. Fourth Estate Interview 5
227. The Black Beavers [Spoken Word] - UCLA Black Bruins Response
228. #IllRideWithYou - Sydney
229. I, Too, Am Harvard - No, I did not immigrate to receive HIV/AIDs treatment!
230. I, Too, Am Harvard - "You're lucky to be black...so easy to get into college!"
231. 10th graders in Watts NWP Kate is a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here describing the neighborhood and community context that situates her lesson plan about vehicles of protest as a response to trauma. She starts by describing the everyday lived realities of her students, the disconnect between what the district requires them to read and learn in their classes, and how she has reframed canonical books to be more responsive to students who live in communities like Watts, and how this kind of lesson can be identified with everywhere. She uses Lord of the Flies as an example of how she reframed the book characters’ experiences to talk about trauma, violence, limited resources, and support and help seeking practices.
232. "THE CORNER" - Jose Vadi {The Bigger Picture Project} "How far do we have to slip before we end this edible misery and rewrite our recipe?"In THE CORNER, directed by Jamie DeWolf, José Vadi speaks about how local communities have greater accessibility to fast food restaurants and corner stores, which increases their risk of Type 2 Diabetes. Youth Speaks and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations are leading the campaign against Type 2 Diabetes with our new project, The Bigger Picture. Raise your voice TODAY!http://www.TheBiggerPicture.org http://www.twitter.com/BigPicCampaign
233. A Quick Guide to Understanding Immigration Reform
234. Race & Higher Education - HANGOUT with us, #ITooAmHarvard, #BBUM, and the UCLA Black Bruins TODAY!
235. 30 Mosques: Texas Hijab
236. #IllRideWithYou - Australia
237. I, Too, Am Harvard - "You're the Whitest Black person I know"
238. There's no reason anyone can't do it NWP Albert is an Economics teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here talking about pushing the boundaries to work within the system as a social justice educator, the learning process of becoming a teacher, and learning how to incorporate digital media into lessons. At the end of this clip, he says, “If we can do it in South Central at a school that’s going through crazy transformations, and students can get into these amazing projects, there’s no reason why anyone can’t do it.”
239. Raise Up - Get Lit Players Raise Up - by Get Lit Players. Youth Speaks, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage, present an evening to celebrate the winners of the national spoken word competition designed to foster discussion among young people and adults about the challenges and opportunities students face as they strive to stay on the path to graduation. Hosted by D.C. hip-hop artist Gabriel “Asheru” Benn, the program will feature performances from each of the five winners, plus an appearance by DJ Questlove and Black Thought, NPR’s Glynn Washington, and Hill Harper. The RAISE Up project is part of American Graduate - Let's Make It Happen! - a public media initiative to address the drop out crisis, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
240. "By Any Sweets Necessary" by Luke Tailor {The Bigger Picture} Sacramento-based MC Luke Tailor’s addictive diet follows him everywhere he goes - in school, at the park, even the emergency room - but what Luke doesn’t know is how such an unhealthy high-sugar diet can lead to serious chronic illnesses like type 2 diabetes. Watch Luke’s diet catch up to him in this new music video for the Bigger Picture, “By Any Sweets Necessary.” Directed by Jamie DeWolf and edited by Kevin Holmes.Download Luke Tailor’s music here:http://Luketailor.bandcamp.comhttp://www.soundcloud.com/Luke-TailorThe Bigger Picture is a collaboration between Youth Speaks and UCSF’s Center for Vulnerable Populations. Follow us:http://www.twitter.com/BigPicCampaignhttp://www.instagram.com/BigPicCampaignhttp://www.thebiggerpicture.org
241. What kind of Asian are you?
242. Crisis of Distrust: Police and Community in Toronto A Policing Literacy Initiative Production. This documentary explores the issue of 'carding' in Toronto and distrust between police and community. Featuring Deputy Chief Peter Sloly of the Toronto Police Service, Jim Rankin of the Toronto Star Dr. Scot Wortley of University of Toronto, Gary Newman of Breaking the Cycle, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and members of the Policing Literacy Initiative, among others.
243. #AfterTheHashTag - Race on College Campuses
244. 30 Mosques: Pennsylvania
245. Black Girls Code logo
246. #IllRideWithYou - art
247. I, Too, Am Harvard - "Are you all so fast because you spend so much time running from the cops?"
248. I, Too, Am Harvard - not the voice of all black people
249. Ron Finley "Gardener" graphic
250. Protest songs and images NWP Kate is a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here discussing the lesson plan she created on different vehicles of protest as a response to trauma, drawing inspiration from examples of protest songs, spreadable image and hashtag campaigns, and internet memes. She talks about expanding on traditional notions of civic engagement so that students can engage peers and their communities in ways that are meaningful to them, and also discusses figuring out how to navigate privacy and safety when working with images or videos of her students, sharing various levels of “publicness” that can be achieved through creative lesson planning. At the end of this clip, Kate emphasizes the importance of scaffolding, modeling, and having students practice these kinds of civic engagement, so that they can develop their voices as well as strategies to advocate for themselves and their communities, and learn ways to participate civically.
251. "The Drop In" (Raise Up Project)
252. Bringing the Noise '15 - Ryan
253. Black Girls Code: Bridging The Digital Divide
254. Thank You Hater! - by Clever Pie and Isabel Fay
255. "Home Invasion": Vote NO on Prop 8
256. 33
257. 30 Mosques: West Virginia Prayer
258. I, Too, Am Harvard - Can you read?
259. I, Too, Am Harvard - Race matters
260. Bringing the Noise '15 - Connor
261. Bringing the Noise '15 - Sarah
262. BLACK GIRLS CODE EP #1: The Revolution Will Be Mobilized.
263. [Orignal full version] 1 Marine vs. 30 Cops (By. J. handy)
264. After Sandy, Occupy Movement Re-Emerges as Relief Hub for Residents in Need
265. A Fair(y) Use Tale
266. #OccupyLowes with a #HijabiFlashMob
Media About War, Conflict, or Violence Diana Lee
Contents of this tag:
1. KONY 2012
2. MOVE: Invisible Children's new film from the creators of KONY 2012
3. #BYP100 Responds to George Zimmerman Verdict
4. Revolution in Egypt: A 4-Minute Introduction
5. Who is the LRA // Invisible Children
6. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at Albert Einstein
7. Black Lives Matter
8. Iraq Veterans Against the War
9. IVAW on Wall Street
10. 2013 Fourth Estate Summit (Invisible Children)
11. #AllLivesMatter Chapel Hill - It Could Have Happened to Me
12. The Displaced Comic
13. North Korea: Explained
14. Fourth Estate Interview 1
15. Fourth Estate Interview 2
16. No Justice No Peace: California's Battle Against Police Brutality & Racist Violence
17. Fourth Estate Interview 3
18. Congratulations You Saved Africa
19. Fourth Estate Interview 4
20. #ChapelHillShooting - Je Suis Muslim
21. Project Unbreakable
22. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at Harvard
23. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at UCSF
24. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at U of Illinois
25. IVAW Logo
26. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at USC
27. U of Georgia Stands with UNC - Muslim Lives Matter
28. Liberty in North Korea: Rescue Campaign
29. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at USC Keck
30. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at Howard
31. #ChapelHillShooting - Muslims are only newsworthy if...
32. #IllRideWithYou - Thanks for protecting my sisters
33. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at Cooper Medical
34. #ChapelHillShooting - Deah, Yusor, Razan
35. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at USC stairs
36. Brave New Voices Finals - Los Angeles "Shots Fired"
37. #WhiteCoats4BlackLives at SUNY
38. UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident, Four Perspectives
39. #IllRideWithYou - Sydney
40. "The Drop In" (Raise Up Project)
41. Bringing the Noise '15 - Sarah
42. 10th graders in Watts NWP Kate is a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here describing the neighborhood and community context that situates her lesson plan about vehicles of protest as a response to trauma. She starts by describing the everyday lived realities of her students, the disconnect between what the district requires them to read and learn in their classes, and how she has reframed canonical books to be more responsive to students who live in communities like Watts, and how this kind of lesson can be identified with everywhere. She uses Lord of the Flies as an example of how she reframed the book characters’ experiences to talk about trauma, violence, limited resources, and support and help seeking practices.
43. #IllRideWithYou - Australia
44. Bringing the Noise '15 - Connor
45. Protest songs and images NWP Kate is a 10th grade Language Arts teacher at Locke High School in the Watts area of South LA and member of the UCLA Writing Project, shown here discussing the lesson plan she created on different vehicles of protest as a response to trauma, drawing inspiration from examples of protest songs, spreadable image and hashtag campaigns, and internet memes. She talks about expanding on traditional notions of civic engagement so that students can engage peers and their communities in ways that are meaningful to them, and also discusses figuring out how to navigate privacy and safety when working with images or videos of her students, sharing various levels of “publicness” that can be achieved through creative lesson planning. At the end of this clip, Kate emphasizes the importance of scaffolding, modeling, and having students practice these kinds of civic engagement, so that they can develop their voices as well as strategies to advocate for themselves and their communities, and learn ways to participate civically.
46. #IllRideWithYou - art
47. The Power of Get Lit - "Let There Be Light!"
48. The Raise Up Project: RaiseUpProject.org http://www.raiseupproject.org/Raise Up is an online hip hop and spoken word competition for youth ages 15-22. Youth who enter are asked to speak on the national high school drop out crisis. Five individual winners will each receive a $5,000 educational scholarship and a trip to Washington DC to perform at the Kennedy Center on September 28. One group piece will also be selected to receive a $2,500 award. #RaiseYourVoice & #RaiseTheRate at RaiseUpProject.org Follow us @RaiseUpProject on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook
49. Teaching Teachers NWP Nicole Mirra, teacher educator, scholar, and member of the UCLA Writing Project, talks about encouraging pre-service teachers to incorporate the teaching of civic and media literacy skills in their classrooms. Using examples from the BAM resource and through sharing her lesson planning and scaffolding documents and processes, she demonstrates how she incorporates these themes in her own teaching. She also makes the case for the value of this kind of work and connects these practices to common core state and national standards.
50. Rebel Music: Native America | Nataanii Means Performs "Genocide"
51. "Brown VS. Board of Education" by Brandon Santiago (Raise Up Project)
52. Rebel Music: Native America | Official Trailer
53. Bringing the Noise '15 - Caitlyn
54. Statement and poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014 - Opening Ceremony
55. Frank Waln - AbOriginal
56. Bringing the Noise '14: José Vadi
57. Fourth Estate Interview 5
58. Black Lives Matter yarn bomb
59. Get Lit: WHAT IS THE CLASSIC SLAM?
60. "THE CORNER" - Jose Vadi {The Bigger Picture Project} "How far do we have to slip before we end this edible misery and rewrite our recipe?"In THE CORNER, directed by Jamie DeWolf, José Vadi speaks about how local communities have greater accessibility to fast food restaurants and corner stores, which increases their risk of Type 2 Diabetes. Youth Speaks and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations are leading the campaign against Type 2 Diabetes with our new project, The Bigger Picture. Raise your voice TODAY!http://www.TheBiggerPicture.org http://www.twitter.com/BigPicCampaign
61. Raise Up - Get Lit Players Raise Up - by Get Lit Players. Youth Speaks, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage, present an evening to celebrate the winners of the national spoken word competition designed to foster discussion among young people and adults about the challenges and opportunities students face as they strive to stay on the path to graduation. Hosted by D.C. hip-hop artist Gabriel “Asheru” Benn, the program will feature performances from each of the five winners, plus an appearance by DJ Questlove and Black Thought, NPR’s Glynn Washington, and Hill Harper. The RAISE Up project is part of American Graduate - Let's Make It Happen! - a public media initiative to address the drop out crisis, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
62. Bringing the Noise '15 - Ryan

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Youth Speaks is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that seeks to empower the voices of the next generation. Its mission is to provide a safe space for young leaders, self-defined artists, and visionary activists to explore, develop, perform, and publish their works and become agents of social change. In addition to providing educational programming, Youth Speaks presents an number of both local and national youth poetry slams, festivals, and reading series' to provide a forum for young artists to be heard.

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The Off/Page project is an offshoot of Youth Speaks and the Center for Investigative Reporting. Off/Page encourages youth to bring together serious, journalistic facts and relatable, memorable poetry. For instance, Off/Page hired young poet and activist Joshua Merchant to create a series of poetry workshops for youth in Stockton, one of the largest US cities to file for bankruptcy. While Merchant led the workshops and taught young people in Stockton how to use poetry and spoken word to express their lives, the journalistic wing researched statistics and facts about Stockton. The young poets were then able to combine this research with their poetry to create powerful political statements about life in a failing city.

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