Kenwood Spoken Word

This is the official account of Kenwood Spoken Word Program, part of @BroncoSociety. We have a poetry class, poetry club, & take part in Louder Than A Bomb.

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This weekend, the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project will bring together 10 of the city's dance companies for a performance in Millennium Park. @Chicago_Reader
https://t.co/VGauCa8gOy

[Imagine Englewood if @ImaginEnglewood]

#INTH3LAND..An Englewood Open Mic 🎤
This open mic series will be a safe space for fun and artistic expression! Our goal is to spread creativity into the community and create a platform that truly shows off the beauty of individual growth and perseverance.

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Wow!!! @CPSLiteracy @CpsLibraries 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Congratulations @KaSpoken! What an honor! #ThisIsLiteracy

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Congratulations, Michael! 🎉🎉🎉

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Congratulations to now senior Michael Hightower for winning the Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry award! That makes two years in a row that one of members of our poetry class has won this prestigious award!

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Michael gets his poem published, a cash prize and an invite to the awards ceremony where his poem will be showcased on August 20th! Thank you @ILhumanities

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Congrats to senior Aiyana Brown for going out in style and taking the W in our last Haiku Slam of the year!

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Today as part of our political poetry unit, we welcomed (and were incredibly impressed by) Illinois State Senator @RobertJPeters to our class.

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We have our first repeat Haiku Slam champion of the year! Congratulations to Isa Gault for winning the prestigious AprIl Haiku Slam.
(Thanks to Ms Latshaw for judging)

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Our poets became the teachers and taught virtual poetry workshops to 3rd and 4th graders at Mission Hill Elementary School in Boston!! @MissionHillK8

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@soulful_chica @chicagohomeless It was a great day!

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Today members of our poetry class and sculpture students went to Springfield with the @chicagohomeless to advocate for more funding to help our most vulnerable in our city.

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Shout out to Ms. Bedford’s Afro II classes because this year’s annual Black History Month production was absolute 🔥🔥🔥

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So you are thinking about taking poetry next year? We think you should and after watching this, we think you will.

https://t.co/GYyiUUHm9Z

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Today!

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Thank you to @JoakimNoah and @bullscommunity for coming out and speaking to our girls basketball team (@BleedGbb) your words were very inspiring and a big motivation leading into the state playoffs! #HorsePower

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Tomorrow, during 7th and 8th!!

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Today for Valentine’s Day, the prompts are inspired by “All My Life” for those in love, “End of the Road” for those experiencing heartbreak or “Sorry” for those wanting to dis Valentine’s Day.