to helping young people discover the
power of their voices voices that they
already born with not voices that
teachers give though voices that mentors
or adults get them we believe strictly a
young people already have the power
within the informants those things the
thing that we focus on we focus on one
of course expression we believe that
when a young person find the value of
their voice inside the bathroom
themselves in turn allows how many Poles
we have no one raised hands your vibrant
any sort raise your hand if you like
poetry okay most of you will like crazy
and you fight records review another
country it’s all poetry emoji I think
they’re talking about the 4g is like the
cool down ladybug so I wish I won it
like poetry definitely has layers to it
there’s different ways to look at it but
we believe in yelps wooden final value
of invoice you find that value
themselves they learn how to celebrate
self they learn how to take ownership of
their story their narrative can they
become what they need to be put
themselves and not the society tell them
has anybody been today where the world
when did the last time you took a step
expression
so much happening because people don’t
do this some of my may seem younger guys
end up in a street fight should be put
in fact that make a communicator or
second or they don’t have them okay it’s
so important to express yourself second
education we believe in homelessness
education we look at it from a whole
person perspective schools unique invest
in the intellectual part of the scheme
but really do they really focus in the
one with mental and the emotion of the
government other person so we talk about
wellness we look at whole person we’re
looking at all these ways we can
actually help build a lasting the third
come back to finish the poetry classes
that the transformation giving them the
skills that we can use outside of the
classroom in real life scenarios and
actually makes them think and make some
money ok class engaging from the city
recycle what happens when we take the
stage and we move off the stage and we
move it into real life it’s one thing to
do thousands of poems about how we want
to change the world how we want to
infect the world but how can we impact
the world we are inspirational stage so
with these young people positions our
leadership when it comes to the
Philadelphia student union or possibly
thing to go to your school student
government teach you know how Congress
and the Senate work together things of
that nature are so important for young
people to actually take over
here so I’m not I’m pretty much going to
plow through this bring now but you’ll
catch anything so I want to take it back
to decide how come to the plate in
waukee waukee I was teaching in a
classroom notice that there wasn’t
enough youth culture in the classroom I
notice that you were born disengage
because of traditional curriculum and I
started bringing hip-hop and poetry and
some other visual resources into the
classroom and in turn on class around so
much that I was everybody’s babies okay
because well in fact that I was bringing
something evil relate to me to the
classroom they saw themselves in the
lesson they saw smiley cared about them
yourself honey what if they learn about
themselves so I started to our p.m. and
2006 we went to a competition called
breaking voices and I remember to put my
money into it really just running with
I saw something special but before the
and my father ya know the stage the
irony of that is it was a dawn 2001 all
this Sun beating down on his skin is
tears sweat during down his cheek bones
unknowingly my father had stage four
lung cancer me in the dark annabelle
while he took a hammer like huge on
Henry to a piece of wood to a piece of
wood to a piece of wood to a piece of
wood built a stage for me a stage for me
to stand horn unselfishly with his life
on the line I mean my father was so good
with his hands he could make those a new
which is great with his hands and the
way he built that stage that they were
determination in his face sweat
trickling from brow he was so focused it
was a laser I watched him become a
Archer like being on the spot my father
may be made the 2002 he will leave for
another stage the tears were triple all
the way through our family the blood and
the sweat and the tears I still the same
man that taught me how to fix my
mistakes moments when I couldn’t handle
my anger for my own lack of expression
but I punch holes and shoot rock he
would look at me insane boy pray do I
got him job my father took his top and
car ride brought all the materials
special like stage the stage in 2010
I’ve doubted it young man named Victor
Jackson Billie poetry me he wanted to be
on stage he knocked on my door okay
surprise me we just kicked out 16 years
old salts of the two special too many
people would give up but I remember
during summer olympics in barcelona
spain i wanted by the name of the
starting blocks running back to the
locomotive spark me he would tear in
Hampshire and I know man came from the
Cylon places all around him help them
towards the finish line later on the
entire world will find out that that was
his father real fathers never stop
running for their children some fathers
do the part of the pet time the hoxsey
collection of their son afraid that the
shine is to brighter than the race so
they become moonlit darkness Cold War
heartless walking on the doors even if
there’s no exit car to the home they
appealed leaving his sons alone to trip
in the seat up confusion hungry for
clarity they became asking questions
wonder why no one ever pass them to the
time fact when the commack December
thought the Luba knock on my door I
would catch my responsibility folding in
the wind back freedom so much having
children it’s out soon to be back you
know my father lives that I had a great
one back I knew something was special
about you the moment you walk through
the door which I eyes wide hidden cloud
you love the dream so much that you say
things there are galaxies away your
vintage fashion expert a rebellious
sneak ahead trying to take your name
into the track of light footstep time to
nostalgic one how many times I got to
tell you the chocolate like it’s not
like you’re paying me of that you do two
dishes been the same for like three days
they’re like for real three ye Li Bo
stinky socks next to the joystick I want
to play video games 24 who wants buy a
bag of trash when they weigh out the
house Bob remind you so much of myself a
hopeful romantic fall in love seconds
breaking up in minutes aiming for the
stars no new constellation is what you
really want ask a turkey is afraid that
too much normal or maybe too predictable
too typical and now mr. grown up at all
not mantua nothing oh I something about
the both of us then love being outcast
something about the Volvo with the love
being weirdos in the world on a robust
robusta forgot how to feel through my
knee how to fill your mommy I love your top we have patience goes to