This year's Gala was a spectacular night of Spoken Word, dinner, sips, and (of course) a few special surprises!

Infinite reasons I could give for gladness...

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Get Lit’s 13th Annual Gala
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Get Lit’s 13th Annual Gala
Get Lit’s 13th Annual Gala
Get Lit’s 13th Annual Gala

Witness THE HEART OF
GET LIT’S MISSION

Get Lit ignites confidence and literacy through free programming and Spoken Word-powered curricula as we work to repair pandemic learning loss and daunting reports of teenage sadness. Get Lit provides community and employment opportunities for thousands of youth poets, podcasters, filmmakers, and musicians in Los Angeles and beyond. At the heart of our work is the hope that all young people, in times of crisis and joy, reach for an outlet to share their light with the world.

wME

Ignite Award

William Morris Endeavor is a leader of the entertainment and media world and has been a consistent supporter of Get Lit over the years, offering opportunities for our youth, employee volunteerism, and major support of social impact-related activities in the philanthropic sector as a whole.

ANDERSON .PAAK

Ignite ARTIST Award

Anderson .Paak is an 8-time GRAMMY winner, producer, songwriter, artist & director. .Paak’s highly regarded 2020 single “Lockdown” was featured on several “Best Of” 2020 lists, including President Barack Obama’s annual “Favorite Music” list. Recently, .Paak and Bruno Mars formed R&B superduo Silk Sonic, whose debut single “Leave The Door Open” and 2021 album received worldwide critical acclaim and 4 GRAMMY Awards. In addition to music, Anderson .Paak is the founder of The Brandon Anderson Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to uplifting communities through arts, education, and unique experiences. This year, they launched the .Paak House initiative to create a “safe-haven” for the next generation through community outreach, sponsored events, summer programs, & after-school programs.

Vans

Ignite Award

Since early 2021, Vans has supported Get Lit with over $500,000 in grants & sponsorships. Vans is a close partner to the Get Lit community, sponsoring events like the Why I Rise Mental Health competition, providing opportunities for youth to perform or become Vans Global Ambassadors, and offering consistent support to the authentic creative expression of youth voices in art, in life, and every intersection thereof. 

THIS YEAR's
HONOREES

A dazzling night
you won’t want to miss

This year's Gala features dinner, drinks, and sparkling inspiration with honoree Anderson .Paak, National Youth Poet Laureate Salome Agbaroji, outh artist performances, a silent auction, and special surprises. Tickets are selling fast — we look forward to seeing you there!

  • December 2 @ 6:30

  • Dinner & drinks
  • Inspiring Spoken Word performances
  • Special guests: Anderson .Paak & National Youth Poet Laureate Salome Agbaroji
  • Silent auction
  • And a few surprises

CAN’T ATTEND?
YOU CAN STILL SUPPORT!

Get Lit’s revolutionary work in classrooms and after-school programs are made possible with the support of people like you.

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"Get lit does extraordinary work!"

"Get Lit has helped me center student voice and choice, creativity, deep literary analysis and—most importantly—JOY in my classroom. They have helped make my work with students so much more enriching and rewarding with their brilliant approach to language arts. I cannot sing their praises enough. I wish every language arts teacher could bring this work back to their classrooms for their students and themselves."

- Hazel, English Teacher at Venice High School

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BY
JOHNSON CHEU

for the young who ask, “How did you learn to like yourself?”

There are glaciers, imposing, yet shrinking.
There is the iris, violet sky cradling shards of sun.
The white Bengal tiger, snow and black ink.
Infinite reasons I could give for gladness,

though none may salve the wound from which
your question arises, how to be glad to be alive?
Stitch your heart’s fissure: recall family, friends,
a slap, cigarette burn, the rod, something smashed

down, or welled up in your darkened pupil.
Turn outward: two A.M. streets, the creeps in cars,
the chaos of human folly delivered by calm,
coiffed news anchors. The wound is within you

and not.
The answer within you and not.
Want, comfort, desire, love ought not be wounds.
We pine for them from our first wail,
what you must give and take, till no voice is left.

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