DC WritersCorps celebrates its 10th Annual Youth Poetry Slam League Championship. Mon, May14th Kennedy Center
Press ReleaseMonday, May, 9, 2007
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For Immediate Release
DC WritersCorps celebrates its 10th Annual Youth Poetry Slam League Championship,
Monday, May 14th, 6:00 PM sharp at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage with a special ALL-STAR Poetry Slam Event!
This special and free poetry slam event will bring together some of the country's best adult poetry performers versus some of the best youth poets who have participated in DC WritersCorps over the past decade.
All-star poets include Silvana Straw, Regie Cabico, DJ Renegade and Chris August. These poets have participated on DC and NY Poetry Slam Team and have a vast resume of personal performing experience. On Monday this “Old School Team” will go against the DC WritersCorps “All Star Young'uns” which include Isaac Colon, Sage Morgan Hubbard, Tony Denis, and Catherine Witt. These young poets have represented Washington, DC in poetry slams for the past ten years, and Catherine Witt was MVP of the 2006 Stuart Hobson Middle School Youth Poetry Slam League Champions.
Our Slam Master will be Lisa Pegram, Director of Programs for DC WritersCorps. You could be a judge and help to determine old school vs. younguns on Monday, May 14, 2007 at 6:00 PM.
Overview:
DC WritersCorps has offered community writing workshops and literacy programs to at-risk and underserved residents in Washington, DC since 1994. In that time we've served over 10,000 residents, employed over 150 writers, and partnered with 100 community sites. DC WritersCorps sends accomplished writers into DC public middle/junior high schools to serve over 500 youth a year.
Mission:
To use literature, media, performance and the teaching of creative writing to help youth change their orientation towards reading and writing and to strengthen basic literacy skills. Through artistic development, we provide hands on work experience and leadership skills to prepare youth for academic and lifelong success.
WritersCorps Projects:
In-school creative writing workshops; After-school creative writing clubs; Youth Poetry Slam League; 2kNation Radio Journalism Program; Youth Apprentice Program (YAP) DC National Youth Slam Team
DC WritersCorps Program Partners
College Bound, Inc., Sol y Soul, DC Public Schools, CentroNia, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, Department of Parks and Recreation, DC Housing Authority
Funders: Freddie Mac; Eugene Fdn & Agnes Meyer Fdn; Fannie Mae Fdn; Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Fdn; The Ludacris Fdn/Pepsico; Morning Star Fdn; DCCAH; Serve DC; Children's Fund of Metropolitan Washington; Spring Creek Fdn; Jacob & Charlotte Lerhman Fdn; Marpa Fdnt; NEA; Community Fdn of the Natl. Capitol Region; Hattie M. Strong Fdn; Karibu Books
To find out more or to support us, go to www.dcwriterscorps.org,
This celebration is a collaboration between DC WritersCorps, The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage and Sol y Soul.