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Check out PYPM in the
2009 HBO Docuseries
"Russell Simmons Presents: Brave New Voices"
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PYPM Performs at Art for Relief Benefit at The George School
"10 Things I Want to Say to a Black Woman" by Joshua Bennett (PYPM Alum)
PYPM Poets Alana Gooden & Alex Santiago featured on Get Schooled
Youth poets Alana Gooden, 19, and Alex Santiago, 16, entered the DefJam Rapstar Get Schooled video challenge in March, in hopes of being selected to perform their original pieces on BET's 106 & Park. Get Schooled is a non-profit organization that engages and empowers Americans to help improve high school graduation rates, improve college readiness and raise college completion rates. Winners of the video contest will be announced on April 8th. Click here to see the Get Schooled article about PYPM and to watch Alana and Alex's video submissions.
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PYPM Poets & Mentors Nominated for Poetry N Motion 2011 Awards
Poetry N Motion will host their first annual Award Show where poets from all over Philadelphia will receive recognition for their outstanding talents in various categories including Best Poet Male & Female, Strongest Deliver Male & Female, Best Hip Hop Poet, and also Best Youth Poet Male & Female. Read More
PYPM Alumni, Seff Al-Afriqi, Publishes His First Collection of Poetry
A Gathering of Myself, the first of a three part series, is a compilation of 30 poems by Seff Al-Afriqi. The poems include some of the author’s early work to his present day greater literary accomplishments. Al-Afriqi goes beyond the mechanics of what makes a great poem. He delves into the most important factors, the rhetoric, the truth, the healing, the content, the conviction, and the person. He believes “We often forget that at the end of the day, we are all still people. And as human beings, we all need to gather ourselves from time to time. ” This book accomplishes just that. Click here to purchase a copy of "A Gathering of Myself".