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 Past Programs // Mentor/Buddy System // FAQ
Highlights for this summer’s YAWP!:
*this summer
we’re working on not only the
writing of our stories but also the performance of our words. we’re
going back to the informal
workshop format where you’ll be able to work on your writing;
learn to be comfortable performing and reading your works; and learn about
our collective history and struggles through the words and images of those
who have come before us.
*this summer we’re also coming together with “Performing
Legacy” a writing workshop which Anida Yoeu Esguerra developed
specifically to address the needs of Cambodian American youth. Performing
Legacy is a group of young Cambodian Americans who all took a risk
in sharing stories, songs, and dreams with each other. Through performance
games, exercises, and writing prompts, youth learned to unravel and capture
the unique details of their lives in order to better appreciate their
extraordinary power as young people.
*MENTORS: you’ll be working with apia artists
and youthworkers from the community --multi-talented peoples including:
poets, performers, musicians, singers, activists, clowns, those-of-us-full-of-useless-facts,
websurfers, film connoisseurs, and all around swell people! we will all
be learning from one another!
*your poetry/words published and
bounded into a chapbook!
*you’ll get a chance to perform your work
near the end of the session at one of our benefits to be held at a café or
theater space in Chicago
*Snacks will be provided for the YAWP sessions.
*Road Trip to
the bi-annual National APIA Spoken Word & Poetry
Summit, held this year in Boston; we’re fundraising to make this happen;
we’ll be connecting with APIA youth, youthworkers, as well as poets/writers/performers
from all over the country!!! Get ready ‘cuz the summit has always been
an inspiring gathering! The dates for the caravan will be August 16 – 22,
2005.
*SPACE IS LIMITED so Register now to reserve your spot in
the workshop!!!! and get more info on us online. YAWP’s Orientation
Day is Saturday June 18 — 11am-2pm!
*Download our flyers:
Summer2005 Flyer (Black & White)
Summer2005 Flyer (Color)
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