FREE FALL WORKSHOPS for Brooklyn TEENS
September 25th – Summer ’08
at St. John’s Recreational Center, Parks and Recreation
1251 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY 11213
Urban Word NYC is pleased to announce that Time Warner will sponsor the expansion of its free after-school programs to teens in Brooklyn! This fall, Urban Word NYC will offer its award-winning spoken word, poetry, hip-hop and college-prep workshops at the St. John’s Recreational Center in Crown Heights Brooklyn.
Modeled after Urban Word’s Manhattan programs, workshops will take place three days per week in the fall, winter and spring, providing a safe space for teens to explore, engage and ignite their powerful voices through the written and spoken word. Workshops will be offered free to teens across the five boroughs for the next two years, thanks to Time Warner’s Youth Media and Arts Fund, which supports innovative arts and media programs for young people in New York City.
FALL SCHEDULE:
To sign up call 212-352-3495 or email signup@urbanwordnyc.org
WRITE THE POWER – K~Swift
Tuesdays September 25 – December 11 4:30-6:30pm
@ St. John’s Recreational Center
Using Hip-Hop Music and Hip-Hop Cultural History as a springboard, students will explore their own histories and creativity through dynamic writing and performance exercises. This will be a space where young people can freely express themselves, while learning to be active and positive contributors to their community.
CREATIVELY COLLEGE BOUND – Erica Fabri
Wednesdays September 26 – December 12 4:30-6:30pm
@ St. John’s Recreational Center
In this workshop students will complete professional, high-quality college applications and essays—with Def poets, counselors and professionals.
WOMEN REBORN – DJ Reborn
Thursdays September 27 – December 13 4:30-6:30pm
@ St. John’s Recreational Center
In this workshop, critical artistic skills – turntabling, close reading, lyric analysis, collage building and creative writing– become the doorway to discovering women’s contribution to these mediums and our world. Acclaimed female DJ and poet, DJ Reborn facilitates this workshop for teen WOMEN.
About Urban Word NYC:
Urban Word NYC ignited the youth spoken word and poetry scene in New York City when it was established in 1999. Since then, Urban Word NYC has provided thousands of New York City teenagers with free, safe, ongoing, and uncensored writing and performance opportunities. Urban Word believes teenagers can and must speak for themselves and the key to building self-confidence, honing critical thinking skills, and developing imaginative and honest writing is to honor what they say and feel. For more information, please visit www.urbanwordnyc.org.