Urban Word NYC

URBAN WORD NYC wants to work with you. Because we tailor each partnership to best meet your needs, rates vary depending on the terms and details of each collaborative project. Additional or alternate services may be available.

Please call us at (212) 352-3495, or email us to discuss how we can work together to achieve your goals.

Led by adult mentors and youth mentors, URBAN WORD NYC workshops are student-centered environments where young writers can experiment, explore, and eventually explode their work in performance. In ten to twelve sessions, youth explore the written and oral traditions of poetry, rap and hip-hop forms, song lyrics, writing and political/social change, and more. Every workshop is a place to get feedback and new ideas, and provides a real, diverse, and supportive community of young writer/performers.

URBAN WORD NYC is a community committed to reciprocal teaching and learning. Every workshop series is closely observed and assessed to ensure success. Mentors participate in bi-annual trainings and bi-weekly mentor meetings to discuss the progress of our students. They contribute teaching journals and self-evaluations at the end of each term.

COOPERATIVE PARTNERS work closely with Urban Word NYC to develop collaborative, student-centered programs for youth. These programs are facilitated by trained mentors and designed to honor young voices. Such partnerships may result in creative writing/spoken word workshops, poetry events, on-site presentations, or a combination thereof.

PRESENTATIONS/EVENT PRODUCTION: Whether you have an existing event that would benefit from youth spoken word performance or your organization would benefit from a youth-focused poetry event, Urban Word NYC can help you achieve your goals.
With 10 years of experience running successful events bringing together diverse populations through the common ground of poetry, and a talented, energetic population of youth poets, Urban Word NYC partners with organizations around the city to enhance and/or coordinate presentations, panel discussions, open mics and poetry slams.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/CONSULTING CLIENTS seek Urban Word NYC’s expertise in working with youth on creative writing/spoken word, and using poetry to promote critical thinking and true communication regardless of age or experience.
These partnerships often center around professional development, exploring such topics as: ways to use spoken word in a traditional classroom setting; team-building through poetry; teaching from your passions/revitalizing your work through art; incorporating spoken word in the literary tradition; and using a youth mentor/youth-centered model in the classroom.

To schedule an event or for more information, please contact us directly at (212) 352-3495 or email us.