15th Year Celebration

2600 N 5th St,Philadelphia PA 19133

13 November, 2021

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Come celebrate our 15th year in print! • Readings • Performances • Multi-media presentations • Light food * Entertainment! It's Motivos magazine's Quinceañera! :) Come celebration with us! Join Motivos magazine media mentees, alumni and founder at our 15th Anniversary Celebration! We'll be hosted in the beautiful teatro of Taller Puertorriqueño, the region's largest Latino cultural arts center. Musical performance, artistic activities and birthday cake will follow program showcasing current Motivos magazine mentees and alumni writers and artists :) Teen writers and artists will share their work and creative process. Find out how you can be a part of this award-winning bilingual magazine. Learn how mentees find their voice and shape their futures through creative expression, community engagement and exposure to college and career opportunities. Then we'll have time to mix and mingle with musical entertainment, light food and birthday cake! About Motivos: Motivos helps youth find their voices to determine their destinies. It is the nation’s largest bilingual magazine with youth-generated content. Founded in 2006 in Philadelphia, PA, it was the only media outlet with high school student staffers to gain accreditation to cover the DNC in 2016. Motivos nurtures self-esteem, encourages purpose-driven career exploration and channels goal-setting behaviors through engaging youth with content centered on Life, Culture, College and Careers. The publication reaches 85,000 readers quarterly in 42 states and four countries. Its related youth empowerment programs and workshops have engaged with over 40,000 youth in direct programming and mentorship. Motivos is a media company that empowers youth to connect to their cultural heritage, build their bilingual abilities and expand access and opportunity to college and career options through media mentoring programs, workshops, speaking engagements, and creation and dissemination of powerful testimonials through a national award-winning bilingual magazine.  The magazine harnesses the power of media to re-position the often negatively held perceptions of the Latino community and delivers bilingual resources that empower youth on their path to their greatest potential. With 85,000 readers in over 1200 schools, Motivos elevates the voice of our youth.