The Young Poets
A Program of Willimantic's Weed and Seed and Sponsored by the
WFT
Important News:
Beginning in March, the monthly poetry slams will be held at
Cafemantic,
948 Main Street, Willimantic. Our first slam at Cafemantic is on March 19th at 6:00
pm.
Young Poet/Artist Matt Figueroa has started his own business,
Inspirations by Daddy's Girl. He is creating original jewelry
designs and has them for sale at
The Hop River Cafe
on Route 6 in Andover.
Please support our local businesses who generously support The Young
Poets.
The
Young Poets are a community group, now a program of
Willimantic Weed and Seed,
thanks to Ray Ortiz of the Teen Cen
ter. Their voices, along with the
many messages they share, will now gather in support of their community,
choosing positive life choices and spreading that message through their
poetry and Hip Hop.
The Young Poets received the state Latino Community Service Award
on October 24, 2009. They were honored at a special gathering at the Crown Plaza
Hotel in
Hartford.
An account for the
Young Poets has been set up at the
Northeast Family Federal Credit Union,
on 361 Boston Poet Road in Windham. We are gratefully accepting
donations to be used towards publishing The Young Poets' second book,
Too Much Rock For One Hand, money for traveling expenses and
workshop fees. Checks can be made payable to
The Young Poets
and can be mailed to the address below.
Young Poets
PO Box 265
Columbia, CT 06237
The Young Poets had the privilege of meeting motivational speaker Al
Duncan at the Dr. Martin Luther King Awards at
ECSU. Thanks to Milton Jackson, Al Duncan spoke to a group of students
in the afternoon and was the keynote speaker in the evening. It was an
inspiring evening, and those good vibes continue to resonate.
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*****NEW BOOK RELEASE*****
Join the celebration as the 150 Freedom Writer teachers all step out across the United States and Canada to launch the new book, Teaching Hope, Stories from the Freedom Writers Teachers. For the past two years Mrs. Frazier has been working with 149 other Freedom Writer Teachers, writing and editing, trying to capture the experiences of being a teacher in today's world. This book, Teaching Hope, is filled with their journal entries, offering the unique perspective of teachers from different parts of the United States and Canada, in different stages of careers and personal lives. It is insightful and often heartbreaking. The often stark realities of what teachers face day to day, are poignantly and eloquently captured in the voices of 150 Freedom Writer Teachers.
MARK YOUR
CALENDAR!!
*Speak Up, Speak Out at ECSU, 7pm.
*February 26th is our next poetry slam at The WindhamARTS Collaborative. We are expecting to have the privilege of open mic performances by Mind Evolution and MIRA from Hartford.
*March 4th UCONN to Professor Carl Dean's creative writing class 3pm.
*Cafemantic Poetry Slam on March 19th.
IN
THE NEWS!!
One of
the Young Poets, Trey Vaz, is competed in the national video contest, I Am What
I Learn. Click on his YouTube link to view his performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjP4fG05pwA
The Young Poets continue to storm the state! Last summer The Young
Poets were awarded: *Uconn's NEAG Creativity Award
*The state Latino Community Service Award
*Two Young Poets also traveled to Chicago with the state Y
outh
Poetry Slam team and competed in Brave New Voices.
HIGHLIGHTS!
*The Soroptimist
International Club of Willimantic held an essay contest.
Young Poet, Caridad Booker, was a winner and received a cash prize for
her outstanding essay.
*Young Poets, Ben Fitzsimmons and Samaria Gutierrez and WHS student,
Yary Rivera, were finalists in the The 2009 Connecticut Young
Writers contest. Yary Rivera was the Windham County winner .
*Freedom Writers
Maria Reyes and Tony Becerra rocked Windham Middle School in May! Click
CHANGE to
view the event!
Check the Photo Gallery for pictures and video clips from the Rap 4Peace
concert at Yale, New Haven. It was an amazing afternoon!
YOUTUBE
PERFORMANCES
Cindy and Kevin
Rema'D
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