Our National Youth Poet Laureate: Salome Agbaroji!
AND THE NEW UNITED STATES YOUTH POET LAUREATE IS... SALOME AGBAROJI!
Salome began with Spoken Word poetry in 2020 through the Why I Rise competition, and it has been a joy and an honor to support her in her journey from Get Lit Player to performing for the likes of the Golden Globes, the Los Angeles Rams, the Mayor’s office, Vans, and now– the newest National Youth Poet Laureate!!
Congrats as well to all the amazing NYPL finalists whose voices were heard on the NYPL Finals stage in Maui. And a special congratulations to Get Lit Players Olivia Le and Sierra Leone Anderson, who were awarded as runners-up for the California Youth Poet Laureate title!
Here is Salome at the 2023 Classic Slam performing one of the poems she submitted for the National Youth Poet Laureate competition!
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Directed and produced by Jordan W. Barrow and Matt Edwards, “Our Words Collide” highlights teenage Spoken Word poets Tyris Winter, Cassady Lopez, Jason Alvarez, Virginia Villalta, and Amari Turner.
The collaboration between Get Lit and Fox continues as #TVForAll highlights Get Lit Player Jasmine Minchez's poem "Community Quilt" in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month
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Get Lit was just honored with the Library of Congress Literacy Award for our implementation of successful practices in literacy promotion through the Uni(verse) platform!
Spectrum News featured an insightful conversation with Salome Agbaroji and Diane Luby Lane on their evening show.
The hard work and dedication of our teaching artists deserves celebration, so our community got together to showcase their talent at our office!
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