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Volunteers for the Brave New Voices Festival!

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ORGANIZATION: Youth Speaks

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Youth Speaks - Main

Brave New Voices Volunteers - 07/16/2025 - 07/19/2025

This July 2025, over 100 youth poets and spoken word artists worldwide will compete in Madison, Wisconsin for the title of Grand Slam Champions at the Annual Brave New Voices International Festival.

We're seeking Volunteers to support the Team Registration and Check-In, Front of House support for the Opening Ceremony, and Prime Showcase Queeriosity in various locations in Madison, Wisconsin. Volunteers will support:

  • Setup

  • Check-in

  • Breakdown

  • And other logistics in various forms

About the Brave New Voices Festival

Brave New Voices is the only national youth poetry festival of its kind. Every year, hundreds of young poets and the nation’s leading artists convene in a different U.S. city for four days of arts education, performance, and civic engagement. This year we will be in Madison, WI for the first time! Join us in welcoming and celebrating the best youth poets from around the country.

13 Shifts

  • Wed Jul 16, 2025 - 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM PST - Spots available: 1
  • Wed Jul 16, 2025 - 09:00 PM to 10:30 PM PST - Spots available: 3
  • Thu Jul 17, 2025 - 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST - Spots available: 3
  • Thu Jul 17, 2025 - 11:00 AM to 01:30 PM PST - Spots available: 3
  • Thu Jul 17, 2025 - 01:30 PM to 03:30 PM PST - Spots available: 3
  • Thu Jul 17, 2025 - 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM PST - Spots available: 1
  • Thu Jul 17, 2025 - 08:30 PM to 10:15 PM PST - Spots available: 3
  • Fri Jul 18, 2025 - 09:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST - Spots available: 5
  • Fri Jul 18, 2025 - 11:00 AM to 01:30 PM PST - Spots available: 5
  • Fri Jul 18, 2025 - 01:00 PM to 04:00 PM PST - Spots available: 5
  • Fri Jul 18, 2025 - 07:00 PM to 10:00 PM PST - Spots available: 5
  • Sat Jul 19, 2025 - 09:00 AM to 11:30 AM PST - Spots available: 3
  • Sat Jul 19, 2025 - 04:00 PM to 07:30 PM PST - Spots available: 10+
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About Youth Speaks

Location:

265 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, US

Mission Statement

Through the intersection of arts education and youth development practices, civic engagement strategies, and high-quality artistic presentation, Youth Speaks creates safe spaces that challenge young people to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change.

Description

Youth Speaks understands & believes that the power, insight, creativity, & passion of young people can change the world, Youth Speaks has long been recognized for innovative arts education & youth development practices. Founded in San Francisco in 1996, Youth Speaks launched comprehensive programs for teens in & out of school, producing the first youth poetry slam in the nation in 1997, before launching national programs like the Brave New Voices Festival in 1998. Youth Speaks sustains an integrated series of programs, performances, and convenings that engage tens of thousands of youth locally, and hundreds of thousands nationally and globally. We continue to provide responsive and accessible programming during Covid-19 through online workshops, residencies, open mics, special events, campaigns, and publications.

CAUSE AREAS

Arts & Culture
Children & Youth
Community
Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Community

WHEN

Wed Jul 16, 2025 - Sat Jul 19, 2025
This opportunity has 13 shifts

WHERE

640 Elm DriveDejope Residence HallMadison, WI 53706

(43.07754,-89.41702)
 

DATE POSTED

April 24, 2025

SKILLS

  • Youth Services
  • Mental Health
  • Theater Arts
  • Program Management
  • Storytelling

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Public Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 18
  • Please complete the Brave New Voices 2025 - Volunteer Form https://airtable.com/app5QkscQ0CWam9kX/paggwLPICbDUZpGSu/form

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