Meet Samm, member of Team DSM & winner of the 2021 Brave New Voices festival! ❤️‍🔥 Samm will take the stage this Saturday to compete against poets from across the state at the first annual iLUV Slamfest. Peep the poster + reserve your ticket before they sell out! 🌻📸: Samm Yu

Want to see 🖤 perform? A statewide slam is planned for tomorrow:

Amazing achievement from some spectacular young poets, and kudos to 🖤 and Emily Lang for creating a safe and nurturing space for these artists to grow!

SEE YOU TONIGHT! ❤️‍🔥✨

TONIGHT 🤩 TONIGHT 🎤 TONIGHT 👑 Didn’t reserve a ticket? That’s okay! We got a spot for you! Bring a cash donation [$5 students, $10 adults] and come see these poets spit! 📝⚡️

Team Des Moines forever. 🤍✨ Thanks for all the love in the last week and in the last 10 years, too. Keep your eyes peeled for our new fall programming beginning in September at Mainframe Studios (details coming soon)! In the meantime: gratitude. We love y’all.

Des Moines poets earn first place in international youth poetry slam festival trib.al/W2da88S

Our Brave New Voices 🤍✨

If you have the capacity, please join us in efforts to heal, hold ourselves accountable, be transparent and move forward.

TOMORROW: stop by for community, support, resources, & art workshops all in the name of healing. 🤍

TODAY! TODAY! TODAY! Mental Health Support ✅ Grief Resources ✅ Iowa CASA Assistance ✅ Healing Art Stations ✅

Come build with us this weekend. The world is heavy place and we got you. What you can expect: Art & Writing Stations ❤️ Mental Health Resources❤️ Support from Iowa CASA ❤️ Help W/ Processing Grief ❤️ Who is this event for? Current Students 🦋 Alumni 🦋 Community Members 🦋

Come build community with us today! Looking for support & resources? We got it! 2-4pm at Mainframe! We’d love to see you! All are welcome 🦋❤️

Dear Community: Please read the following & find us at our new home 🖤 ⭐️SAY⭐️ serving. all. youth.