(A)LIVE
What do we do?
(A)LIVE is a campus based after-school and hub-based poetry and performance program that focuses on enhancing the interpersonal skills of students while sparking their unique creativity, empowering their voice, and equipping young leaders with verbal vision to create their best lives and a better world.
Young creators are engaged through, “Everyday in Poetry,” and are challenged with the question, “Where do you see poetry in your surroundings?” By taking key components of the art, such as rhythm, repetition, and pace, and identifying internal feelings they experience through external elements in the world, youth find meaning and message in the movement.
How does it work?
Schools partner with one or more professional poets to work directly with participating youth on creating their own personal pieces. These original creations are showcased at youth-led poetry slams, in which (A)Live youth from different campuses and programming hubs across the metroplex are brought together to share their work with their community. Through this immersive experience, students also engage in other artistic disciplines and build community by collaborating with students outside their respective schools.
LIFTING UP YOUTH AGENCY
Youth voice is more important than ever, these changemakers and innovators aren’t waiting for future opportunities for their voices to be heard — they are speaking up and speaking out now. At Big Thought we’re fully fueled by youth agency with programs and platforms that provide the space and place for young voices to be developed and heard.
