Street Poets Inc.'s violence prevention-themed poetry performance group, composed of our formerly incarcerated workshop alumni and staff, performs at schools, youth justice & peace conferences and juvenile detention facilities throughout Los Angeles County and beyond. The group's original performance is a riveting celebration of the transformational power of the written word. Since their first show at the Los Angeles Theater Center in 1998, Street Poets United has performed over one hundred times for thousands of at-risk youth and young adults from downtown Los Angeles all the way to Europe (Germany, Hungary).

Past venues include:

• International Interfaith Conference on Youth Violence (Kescmet, Hungary)
• California Wellness Foundation Violence Prevention Conference (San Francisco, CA)
• Statewide Youth Mentoring Conference (Foster City, CA)
• Youth Action National Organizing Conference (San Antonio, TX)
• Latino Behavioral Health Institute 10th Annual Conference (Los Angeles, CA)
• Catholic Youth Congress @ Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, CA)
• Hip-Hop for Charity Concert @ Claremont Colleges (Claremont, CA)
• Youth Summit on Peace @ Mt. St. Mary's College (Los Angeles, CA)
• Los Angeles County Probation Officers' Awards Banquet (Los Angeles, CA)
• Catholic Justice & Peace Conference @ Loyola Marymount University
• New Directions School @ Penny Lane (North Hills, CA)
• Harborview Home for Boys & Girls (Long Beach, CA)
• John Muir Middle School (Los Angeles, CA)
• George Washington Carver Middle School (Los Angeles, CA)
• Los Angeles County Juvenile Detention Facilities including: Central Juvenile Hall, Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, Camp Miller, Camp Kilpatrick, Camp Holton & Camp Afflerbaugh/Paige

For booking information & rates, contact chris@streetpoetsinc.com

God, give us the strength
To be people whose actions match our words
To be soldiers of truth
Shedding light on the darkest corners
Of our own souls and the streets around us

Give us the courage to look fearlessly
Into the eyes of others
To meet anger & hatred with love
Ignorance with understanding
And fear with friendship

Give us the wisdom to see deeply
Into our own hearts
To be truthful in all that we do
Faithful in all that we are
And grateful for all that we receive

We come together before you today
To sharpen our skills
To deepen our voices
To strengthen our bonds to each other
And to the community we serve

ONE STREET ONE HEARTBEAT ONE LOVE