"Tch educators need 2 start w/deep listening 2 get at why young people in vulnerable sitautions want 2 read/write @davidekirkland #AERA17

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QUEER YOUTH ART SHOWCASE Come show off your art and then party with drag queens! ALL AGES!!! 6pm-9(ish)pm Spoken Futures KALEIDOSCOPE

lando chill Looks like I have tunes for my trip to SF.

A room of 100 of my constituents sat stunned in silence as educators shared Trump-effect in schools. Bullying & mental health issues on rise

Study: Arizona spends $600K a day to house drug offenders in prison bit.ly/2hBnPAq

Peep the new season flyer! Peep the dates! Peep the poets! TYPS Season kickoff September 16th!

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CALLING ALL RAD ARTISTS AND LEADERS! Join our team at Youth Speaks Seattle & Totem Star & Arts Corps! Want to... fb.me/3Yw1XZOri

Congrats Krysma and @poetlagrimas reppin Tucson! Finalist and Winner of the #BraveNewSchools challenge! x.com/youthspeaks/st…

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Hustlin Hermanas Release - Alexia V. "DREAMer": youtu.be/UYAhdeF6IWY?a via YouTube

Make better movies. Make original movies. Make diverse movies. Make queer movies. Hire more women, POC and queer creatives. I can go on. x.com/nytimes/status…

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Societies never know it, but the war of an artist with his society is a lover's war, and he does, at his best, what lovers do, which is to reveal the beloved to himself and, with that revelation, to make freedom real. -Baldwin

Join us at La Pilita Cultural center this Sunday for an open house & planting party as we revitalize the patio area! DJ's, poems and native plants! 12/3 1-5pm 420 S Main Ave #Tucson All Ages facebook.com/LaPilitaTucson…

I knew the UA Poetry Center was an important institution, but didn't fully realize the size and scope of their efforts and impressive history until I did this story on them youtube.com/watch?time_con…