Unified Poetry Festival Finals in Association with Bayview Opera House

4705 3rd Street,San Francisco CA 94124

23 April, 2022

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The end of a month-long poetry festival celebrating some of the most powerful teen voices in the Bay. The Unified Poetry Festival Finals is the culmination of a month-long poetry festival celebrating some of the most powerful youth voices in the Bay. It is happening in San Francisco at the Bayview Opera House 6pm Friday April 23rd, 2022. This year’s finals event will include performances by the highest scoring young artists in two of Youth Speaks’ most exciting annual competitions: the Unified Poetry Slam and MC Olympics! See below for information. We hope you join us! Performers will be age 13-19 but audience is open to all. UNIFIED POETRY SLAM FINALS What’s better than one youth poet? Four. Spitting a carefully choreographed poem. All at the same time. The Unified Slam is where the best youth poetry slam teams compete for a new sound system, bragging rights, and the chance to perform at a star-studded event at SF Jazz as part of Brave New Futures in July, 2022. Which high school or youth organization will take home the crown this year? For more, visit: https://youthspeaks.org/unified-slam MC OLYMPICS FINALS MC Olympics is an olympic-style hip-hop competition featuring the best young emcees in the Bay. Emcees spit their best verses, freestyles, and complete songs through multiple rounds, where we highlight every emcee’s skills across styles and subgenres, from pen game to stage presence to originality. The highest scoring emcee will win $500 worth of prizes, giving them everything they need to record and release a new single, which they will perform at a star-studded event at SF Jazz as part of Brave New Futures in July, 2022. Anyone age 13-19 years old may compete in MC Olympics. All experience levels welcome! Sign up to compete at prelims 4/21/22 and 4/22/22 at bit.ly/MCOreg22 COVID PROTOCOL As we continue to explore new opportunities to gather & build community within an ever-changing world, here is an update on the ways we will continue to practice harm reduction & remain accountable to your safety. In the interest of maintaining a safe and accountable environment for all participants, failure to abide by these protocols can result in ineligibility to participate in Youth Speaks activities. View the full COVID policy at https://youthspeaks.org/covid/ INTERESTED IN BEING A JUDGE? Register to judge at bit.ly/oldspeaks SUPPORT YOUTH SPEAKS To support Youth Speaks please send contributions to Network for Good https://youthspeaks.networkforgood.com TEENS! Are you a teen age 13-19 interested in joining Youth Speaks? Sign up at bit.ly/registerforys22 and find more information at https://youthspeaks.org