Teen Workshops // Urban Word NYC

FREE AFTERSCHOOL WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR TEENS
Spring Wordshops 2013

Manhattan Site
242 W. 27th Street, between 7th and 8th Aves.

Women Reborn – DJ Reborn

Tuesdays Apr. 23^nd- Jun. 11^th4:30pm-6:30pm

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.

Youth ED: Verbs, Vibes, and Voices– UW Youth Board

Wednesdays Apr. 24^rd- Jun. 12^th 4:30pm-6:30pm

Who runs the world? YOUTH! Lead by the members of this year’s Word Wide Youth Board, (Insert Workshop Name) is the first step in claiming your voice and owning your craft. With weekly workshops varying from writing and performance, slam etiquette to self empowerment, the middle of the week has never been this awesome! To top it all off, this workshop even leads into its very own UDUB based open mic, First Draft! So you tell us, where else would you rather be on a Wednesday?

Who’s the Man – K-Swift

Thursdays, April 25^th – June 13^th4:30pm-6:30pm

This workshop is exclusively for teen men. This will be a safe space for each and every XY chromosomal being to tell it like it is. Through a critical look at media, creative writing and performance exercises, concepts of masculinity will be deconstructed, examined and remixed.

See website for full wordshop description at www.urbanwordnyc.org

Brooklyn Site

EL Puente – 211 South 4^th st and Havermeyer

Directions to EL Puente: Take the J,M,Z to Marcy Ave in Brooklyn. Walk underneath the overpass towards the Williamsburg Bridge and make a right on Havermeyer. On Havermeyer make the next left onto South 4^th Street. El Puente is 211 South 4^th st.

New Native Style-Trish Hicks

Thursdays, April 25^th – June 13^th 4:30pm-6:30pm

This workshop continues to explore different forms of creativity and how they inspire writing, mc-ing and spoken word poetry. Use film, photography, music, collage, and other forms of artistic expression to tell the unique story of your life. From Wild Style to freestyle, your own personal style is the raw material for making your voice heard! Bring it!

Bronx Site

The Point, 940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474

Next Level Lit – Intikana

Thursdays, April 25^th – June 13^th 6:30pm-8:30pm

The purpose of this workshop series is to prepare high school students for not only college courses, but for college life itself. Students will be challenged to take their writing skills to the next level while establishing a deep connection to the power of their own voice. As a group, we will dissect the works of visionary writers who have inspired social change while writing our own stories into existence. We will also discuss the ins and outs of everyday college life. Students will receive knowledge from lessons that often take many their entire college career to learn.