What We Do

Our writing workshops inspire youth to use the practice of poetry to bear witness to their own lives and the lives of

The Poetry in Motion Van is a mobile performance venue and recording studio conceived to help us deliver poetic

Street Poets produces and distributes a CD of spoken- word, hip-hop and song each year to amplify the voices of our

Street Poets offers transformational life coaching, as well as corporate and organizational trainings and retreats

Our quarterly public reading series brings nationally and internationally known published poets and spoken-word artists

Street Poets awakens youth to their own true nature by bringing them out of the city into active relationship with the

Street Poets takes a gift-centered approach to our mentoring work, recognizing that each young person is born with his

Street Poets is committed to building a community that brings together different racial, ethnic and socio- economic

Street Poets performs at schools, youth justice & peace conferences and juvenile detention facilities throughout

Street Poets’ POETRY & GARDENING program was designed to awaken our students to their own true nature by bringing them into active relationship with the earth and the natural world.