2014-391 Arts - Sacrificial Poets for Spring 2014 Arts Grant Agreement $1,500

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Sacrificial Poets: Narrative Organizational Profile Sacrificial Poets is an award-winning spoken word poetry organization that serves middle, high school,and college-aged youth in the Triangle Area of North Carolina. The organization facilitates writing and performance workshops throughout the state and hosts regular youth poetry events. In addition, Sacrificial Poets selects a team of six youth every year to take to the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival (as seen on HBO). Sacrificial Poets utilizes their own innovative arts education curriculum, known as YouTh ink. Workshops are based on a culturally responsive pedagogy that celebrates learning differences, and is designed to benefit participants in five specific ways: enhance emotional literacy, facilitate identity exploration, refine writing and analytical skills, develop performance and public speaking competency, and build self-confidence. Sacrificial Poets does not empower youth, rather we seek to create diverse, welcoming, and transformative environments where youth can empower themselves. Sacrificial Poets is a 501 (c)(3)non-profit organization. Sample of Current Programs and Services In the 2013-2014 fiscal year, Sacrificial Poets is running fully-funded writing and performance programs with the following schools and organizations: After-School Programs • Northern High School • East Chapel Hill High School Out-of-School Programs • Fusion Youth Radio • Beat Making Lab • Boomerang • Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA • Touchstones Open Mic Series • Voicebox Youth Slam Series • BNV Slam Academy In-School Programs • Halifax County High School • Southern High School • Lejeune High School • Triton High School • Hillside High School • Jordan High School • Riverside High School • Durham Academy High School • Northwood High School • Voyager Academy High School • Bartlett Yancey High School • Phoenix Academy High School