With a pen graced with cocoa butter, abundant metaphors and a genuine raw soul, Tia's words and wisdom of self supersede her years, and we cannot wait what will come from her this season as she trains represents Team Atlanta at Brave New Voices in July. Read on
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Through a teen-led event called VOX-A-Palooza, VOX showcased our special coverage about mental health, provided a safe space to speak up and create art, and hosted a poetry slam for metro-Atlanta teens and their families. Read on
Twenty-five teens share slam poetry to become semi-finalists, sharing their art to become Atlanta's Brave New Voices 2017 Team. Read on
"This land of the free robbed you of your freedom/spit on your identity and race/then treated you more Mexican than human..." Ivan, 18, spits powerful poetry as part of the Atlanta Word Works team at Brave New Voices 2016. Read on
Jaha Bela, 16, is competing in this summer's Brave New Voices slam poetry competition. "Stop looking for your bones in another man’s closet/Searching for yourself in the beds of others is not searching at all..." Read on
Five talented teens from Atlanta head to Washington D.C. for the international Brave New Voices slam poetry competition. Meet them and their poetry. Read on