June 24, 2012
Training Teachers to Become Fundraisers Pays Off
Photo courtesy of Youth Speaks
Youth Speaks brings poetry performances into schools.
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Photo courtesy of Youth Speaks
Youth Speaks brings poetry performances into schools.
The first sign of trouble for Youth Speaks came when foundation grants grew harder to win as grant makers changed priorities, says James Kass, founder of the San Francisco group, which brings poetry and spoken-word performances into schools.
Meanwhile, costs such as health care for staff members kept increasing. Demand for the group’s services soared, especially after Youth Speaks was featured in an HBO series in 2008 that captured a poetry competition for teenagers.
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