Friday, 18 May 2012

[YEP-DC] Louder Than a Bomb-DMV High School Team Poetry Slam JUNE 2

Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry Slam Comes to Nation's Capital

On June 2, 2012, teen poets from the District, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) will come together for the first ever regional high school team poetry slam competition, modeled off of and in partnership with the successful Chicago-based youth slam of the same name,Louder Than a Bomb(LTAB). Twelve high school poetry teams from the DMV area will enjoy an action-packed day of poetry workshops, performances, and slam competition, culminating with the Grand Slam Finals that evening to crown one team the 2012 LTAB-DMV Champions. Buy tickets here. 

Aiming to bring teens together across racial, neighborhood, and socio-economic lines, LTAB-DMV is a friendly competition that emphasizes self-expression and community via poetry, oral storytelling, and hip-hop spoken word. These teams of poets work after school throughout the year, with guidance from teaching artists and coaches, to craft individual and group poems to perform in the slam. Please come support the DMV youth and witness their passion, courage, and willingness to share their heart.

Louder Than a Bomb - DMV
Saturday, June 2, 2012 
Preliminaries: 1pm, 3:30pm
Grand Slam Finals: 7pm

GWU - Marvin Center
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
Foggy Bottom/GWU metro


Louder Than a Bomb-DMV is a program of Split This Rock, a nonprofit organization devoted to elevating the role of poets in social and civic life, bringing together a national network of poets and activists using their words to speak for justice and peace. This year's LTAB-DMV is co-sponsored by George Washington University's  Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, the Africana Studies Program, the Department of English and The Multicultural Student Services Association, the DC Youth Slam Team, poetryNOW, Busboys and Poets, and the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities. Contact Youth Programs Coordinator, Jonathan B. Tucker at slam@splitthisrock.org or 301-538-8926 for more information or to get involved.

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Jonathan B. Tucker
Coach, DC Youth Slam Team
Book.Face.301.538.8926

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