The Vent-An Under 21 Open Mic Series

Spoken Word. Poetry. Hip Hop. Resistance. Power. Critical Thinking. Love. Youth Speak Up. Youth Speak Truth to Power. Youth Speaking to Youth. The Voice of the Bay. Unite for the Word.

Youth Speaks Presents
The Vent
An Under-21 Open Mic Series

Final Fridays
Last Fridays of Most Months
7pm-9pm
Galeria de la Raza
2857 24th St.@Bryant St.
San Francisco
Free Admission
Hosted by SPOKES
September 29-October 27-January 26
All ages welcome to attend


Oakland Mic
Second Friday of Most months
7pm-9pm
Pro Arts
550 Second Street
Oakland
Free Admission
Hosted by Spokes
November 10-December 8- January 12
All ages welcome to attend

Founded in San Francisco in 1996, Youth Speaks is at the forefront of a national Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development movement. In over 40 cities, more than 250,000 young writers 13 to 24 years old are speaking their own messages through this powerful medium to millions of their urban and suburban peers. Politically aware, critically engaged, and unafraid to speak, young people are picking up the pen and grabbing hold of the microphone, moving themselves into positions of power claiming voice when theyve been voiceless, and access where theyve been sidelined.

For more information visit http://www.youthspeaks.org