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GET LIT WORDS IGNITE INC
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Arts Education - Artists in Schools
Award Amount
$20,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Get Lit – Words Ignite will advance our unique and impactful In-School Program at 5 high schools in Los Angeles in the 2020-21 school year. The only program in the nation that combines the learning and performance of classic poetry with the creation of original poems by teens, our In-School program sparks a love of language, learning, and literature. Our curriculum has been approved as a University of California ‘A-G’ college prep elective.
Organization Summary
Our PROGRAMS span from classroom to career including training in high-demand fields, leading to life-changing creative opportunities, internships, scholarships, and jobs. They include: In-School Program: Our robust curricula for the classroom engage students in the deep study and performance of classic/contemporary poems combined with creation and performance of original response poems. The program includes UNI(VERSE), our pioneering interactive literacy and poetry platform for the classroom; After-School: Free weekly poetry, film, and music production workshops; open mics; Classic Slam: One of the largest teen poetry competitions in the U.S.; Get Lit Players: Award-winning teen performance troupe; and our Creative Suite: the Film Lab, a semester-long program for high-schoolers with weekly workshops, Creative Camp, summer workshops in screenwriting, filmmaking, music production, and performance, and our Creative Career Lab that offers young adults job training in creative fields culminating in full-time job placement.
Organization
Get Lit - Words Ignite
Address
672 S LA FAYETTE PARK PL
STE 10
LOS ANGELES
90057-3234
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(213) 388-8639
Congressional District
34th Congressional district of California
State Assembly District
District 54
State Senate District
District 26
