Urban Word, New York, NY Videos

Congratulations to our 2022 NYC Youth Poet Laureate, Elizabeth Shvarts!!! Elizabeth Shvarts is a 16-year old writer, artivist and entrepreneur attending Staten Technical High School in Staten Island, NY. She is a member of the 2021 Urban Word NYC Slam Team. Her poetry and activism have been highlighted by PBS, the United Nations, the Apollo, NY1, Grist Magazine, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Alliance for Climate Education, and more. In addition to being recognized for spoken word poetry, Elizabeth is a 2021 National YoungArts Finalist in Play/Script, with written work published in Frontier Poetry, Twin Pies Literary, Hadassah Magazine, jGirls Magazine, and more. An advocate through entrepreneurship as well as art, Elizabeth is the co-founder/co-director of Bridge to Literacy, a global, U.S Department of State-funded nonprofit that fosters a love of language through literacy-based mentorship in 100+ youth across 6 continents. #nycyouthpoetlaureate2021 #urbanword #literaryarts #civicengagement #youthleadership #poetry #spokenword #creativewriting #activism #nypl #nyc #nycteen #youthpoet

7pm TONIGHT join us for the NYC Youth Poet Laureate Commencement!! We’re highlighting some of our finalists and fellowship winners. Here’s Ayonnah speaking on what Urban Word means to her. See her and all of our finalists perform on November 9th!! Link in IG bio or at www.urbanword.org #poetry #spokenword #commencement #nypl #nyc #nycteen #poet #poetsofinstagram #urbanword

RSVP for the NYC Youth Poet Laureate Commencement THIS Tuesday!! We’re highlighting some of our finalists and fellowship winners. Here’s Indra offering some advice she learned from UW mentor @tracedepass . See Indra and our other Fellows perform on November 9th!! Link in IG bio or at www.urbanword.org #poetry #spokenword #commencement #nypl #nyc #nycteen #poet #poetsofinstagram #urbanword

RSVP for the NYC Youth Poet Laureate Commencement!! We’re highlighting some of our finalists and fellowship winners. Here’s Brandon speaking on how he discovered Urban Word and how he got into poetry. See Brandon perform on November 9th!! Link in IG bio or at www.urbanword.org #poetry #spokenword #commencement #nypl #nyc #nycteen #poet #poetsofinstagram #urbanword

RSVP for the NYC Youth Poet Laureate Commencement!! We’re highlighting some of our finalists and fellowship winners. Here’s Relwende speaking on how they got into spoken word. See Relwende perform on November 9th!! Link in bio! #poetry #spokenword #commencement #nypl #nyc #nycteen #poet #poetsofinstagram #urbanword

Shoutout to our very own Ayonna Sullivan @ay0nnah performing at the 2021 Human Justice March with Community Capacity Development @ccdworldwide at the @Barclays Center. #urbanwordnyc #humanjusticemarch #poetry #spokenword #performance

Our 2020 NYC Youth Poet Laureate & 2020 National Youth Poet Laureate @meeradasguptaofficial live at @littleislandnyc This could be you but you procrastinating! Apply now to be the next NYC Youth Poet Laureate at www.urbanwordnyc.org/ypl Applications close this Friday! #youth #youthpoetlaureate #ypl #poetry #teen #youtharts #spokenword