Hi everyone! It's been a while since we've made any updates on our website here including slams, slam reviews and other announcements or events! We at Spoken Futures have been working really hard to make sure our programming is on par for all of our youth participants and community members! March and April are busy months for the organization as a whole and there's a ton of exciting stuff going on so keep an eye out here and on our Facebook page!

Here's a list of just a few upcoming events, links, and people you can contact should you have any further questions!

Liberation Lyrics

Saturday, February 25th/March 25th (Every 4th Saturday after TYPS)

3-5pm at La Pilita (420 S. Main)

An innovative social justice program which uses spoken word poetry as a tool to help participants better recognize and understand the systems at work in their communities! We hold a workshop to dialogue and write about the way how our life experiences are part of a greater context!

Contact: Erik Loya, kevlove50@gmail.com

Queer Youth Art Showcase (QYAS)

Saturday, March 4th

5pm at La Pilita (420 S. Main)

At this event we'll have a queer youth writing and performance workshop, a queer youth open mic AND a drag show! All participants are queer youth under 21! Find out more at the Facebook event here!

Contact: Zack Taylor, kscope.az@gmail.com

TYPS Showcase @ The Tucson Festival of Books

Saturday, March 11

1pm at the SBS Tent located on the UA Mall

Every year we're asked to perform for TFOB, but it just gets bigger and better every year! This event is always great fun and a way to showcase you poetry in a setting outside of Bentley's Coffee House! Join the Facebook event here!

We still have slots open for this event, all youth poets who participate will receive a small stipend and points toward their overall season score! (If you need a refresher on the score system, find that post here!)

Contact: Eva Sierra, sierra.eva97@gmail.com or Araceli Montaño, amontano@tucsonyouthpoetryslam.com

TYPS Monthly

Saturday, March 18

5pm workshop, 7pm slam!

You know the drill! We'll post more about the slam once it gets closer, but if you have any questions regarding the TYPS at all, please contact Eva or Araceli (emails are above).

Like our Spoken Futures page and programs here:

Spoken Futures

website: http://www.spokenfutures.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpokenFutures/


TYPS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tucsonyouthslam/


Kaleidoscope: https://www.facebook.com/kscopeaz/

Thank you all and hope to see you real soon at all of our upcoming events! We appreciate you so much and just know that these programs would be nowhere without the work our youth put in! Go team!

PS. If you would like to get involved with any of the programs above, please reach out! All of our staff members started off as "just" poets once too, and have done amazing things like travel, organize, teach, plan, and learn plenty of skills that are bound to help their future goals! We look forward to hearing from ya'll!