2024 Youth Poet Laureate
CONTINUE READINGWords and Images Courtesy of Teens With a Purpose. Sunday, April 24th, State & Local Government, Educational Leaders, Arts & Culture Organizations, friends, and families gathered at the Zeider American […]
CONTINUE READINGMore than 20 youth poets from southeastern Virginia, along with their families and supporters, packed the penthouse at the Assembly NFK on Granby Street in Norfolk earlier this month to […]
CONTINUE READINGTWP-The Youth Movement, VA 23504 | P: 757-747-2679 | TWPTheMovement.org For Immediate Release Contact: Deirdre Love/Michelle Sims April 25, 2022 TwpDirect@gmail.com (757) 747-2679 / 757 503-1608 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – […]
CONTINUE READINGYouth Poet Laureate is a joint program of Teens with a Purpose, Hampton Roads Youth Poets, and in partnership with Urban Word, supported by PEN Center USA and the Academy […]
CONTINUE READING2022 marks the 14th year that Teens With a Purpose (TWP) has had the honor to curate and present the Regions only Youth Literary Arts Festival. This year we began […]
CONTINUE READINGTeens With a Purpose provides 20-week (October-April) literary arts partnership residencies to select Hampton Roads Public Schools. Schools work closely with a TWP Teaching Artist to create inter- and intra-school […]
CONTINUE READINGTeens With a Purpose partners with leading national literary arts organizations and city/state agencies to spearhead the Hampton Roads Youth Poet Laureate program. The program model identifies powerful youth poets […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Hampton Roads Youth Poet Laureate Program aims to identify youth writers and leaders who are committed to civic and community engagement, poetry and performance, leadership and education across Hampton […]
CONTINUE READINGAll across the nation, young people are picking up the pen and stepping up to the microphone using spoken word poetry. Teens With a Purpose is pleased to enter its […]
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