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U k a ti 4 t C q u IY r Y ARTS FALL,2012 GRANT AGREEMENT el \
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THIS AGREEMENT, entered into this 14th day of December, 2012, by and between Orange
County ("County"), by and through the Orange County Arts Commission ("Arts Commission")
and Cedar Ridge High School ("Grant Recipient").
WHEREAS, the Arts Commission is a countywide arts agency that ensures the growth of
local arts experiences by providing funding and support for diverse high quality programs and
projects.
WHEREAS, the Arts Commission administers the Spring and Fall Arts Grants Program
to provide economic opportunities to Orange County artists and non-profit organizations
coordinating arts projects benefiting the citizens of Orange County.
WHEREAS, the Spring Arts Grants Program is supported by Arts Commission with
funds from the Grassroots Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency of the
Department of Cultural Resources and the National Endowment for the Arts.
WHEREAS, the Grant Recipient was selected by the Arts Commission to receive the
Spring Arts Grant through the procedures duly adopted by the Arts Commission; and
WHEREAS, both parties wish to promote and maintain the integrity and clarity of the
Grant Recipient's ideas and statements and delineate the Grant Recipient's obligations to the
County;
NOW, THEREFORE, the County and the Grant Recipient, for the consideration and
under the conditions hereinafter set forth, agree as follows:
1. Approved Grant Project. Grant funds are provided under this Agreement for the project
("Project") described in the Grant Recipient's Grant Application, attached hereto and
incorporated herein as Exhibit A.
2. Grant Award. Grant funds in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) have
been awarded by the Arts Commission to the Grant Recipient for the approved Project.
These funds must be matched at least dollar-for-dollar with cash from the Grant
Recipient's funds not derived from either Orange County appropriations or the North
Carolina Arts Council.
3. Contingency. This grant is contingent on North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots
Program funding to the Arts Commission. Final decisions on Grassroots Program funds
to the North Carolina Arts Council are subject to approval by the North Carolina General
Assembly.
4. Responsibilities of the Grant Recipient
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A. Implementation. The Project implementation shall take place between January 1,
2013 and December 31, 2013. The Project shall be implemented in the manner
described in Exhibit A. Time is of the essence in the implementation of the
Project.
B. Modifications to project. Grant Recipient shall present major changes to the
original proposal, including but not limited to changes in design, implementation
schedule and increase in Project budget by more than 10%, in writing to the Arts
Commission for approval. Arts Commission shall approve or disapprove Grant
Recipient's request for modifications within seven (7) days of receipt thereof.
Consent to project modifications shall not be unreasonably withheld. Arts
Commission's decisions shall be in writing. In the event the Arts Commission
fails to approve or disapprove the requested modifications within the time stated
herein, the modifications shall be deemed approved.
C. Non—assignment. The grant cannot be assigned or transferred to a different project
or artist without prior written approval of the Arts Commission.
D. Records. Grant Recipient must maintain records and other evidence pertaining
to costs incurred and revenues acquired during the Project implementation. Grant
Recipient shall maintain financial records pertaining to the Project for three (3)
years from the date of this Agreement, in case of audit.
E. Use of Funds. Grant Recipient shall not use the grant funds to repay outstanding
taxes or other debts of any nature. The grants shall be utilized solely for the
purpose of implementing the Project and Project related expenses.
F. Final Report. Grant Recipient shall submit to the Arts Commission a Final Report
on January 14 , 2014 . The Final Report shall be in the format required by
the North Carolina Arts Council. Failure to submit the Final Report or late
submission of the Final Report, for any reason, shall be grounds for denial and/or
cancellation of grant funds for the Project and future grant proposals.
5. Responsibilities of the Arts Commission
A. Payment. The Arts Commission shall release the grant funds in the amount of
$500 to the Grant Recipient.
6. Publicity
A. Acknowledgement. Credit must be given to the Orange County Arts
Commission using the Arts Commission logo and if State funds are received
to the North Carolina Grassroots Program in brochures, news releases,
programs, and all other printed and online publications. Copies of such printed
materials must accompany the evaluation report. When no printed information is
used, verbal credit shall be given. In addition, all print and promotional material
must include the following credit line(check all that apply):
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i. x County_:.Fpnds Only.', "This program is supported by the Orange County
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ii. North Carolina Arts Council Funding. "This program is supported by
the Orange County Arts Commission with funds from the Grassroots Program
of the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency. "
B. The Grant Recipient must enter all events, exhibits and performances open to the
public and related to this grant award on the ExploreChapelHiIIARTS.com
website and display ExploreChapelHillARTS.com publicity materials
(postcards, brochures, etc.) prominently and consistently at their venue or
performance space. In addition, the Grant Recipient must add a link to the
ExploreChapelHillARTS.com (ExploreChapelHillARTS.com logo preferred)
to their main webpage. The Grant Recipient shall contact the Orange County Arts
Commission for replacement ExploreChapelHiBARTS.com publicity materials.
7. Indemnity. The Grant Recipient agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the County, the
Arts Commission and the North Carolina Arts Council and their officers and employees
from any and all claims or actual injury, damage or loss to a person, or real or personal
property that results from or is in any way connected to the use of the grant funds.
8. Independent Contractor. The Grant Recipient is an independent contractor and not an
employee, agent or other representative of the County and/or the Arts Commission.
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to create the relationship of
principal and agent, or employer and employee, between Grant Recipient and Arts
Commission or Orange County Government. Grant Recipient understands and agrees
that he/she is not authorized to incur any expenses or any liability whatsoever on behalf
of the County or the Arts Commission and has no authority, expressed or implied, to
obligate or make representations on behalf of the County or the Arts Commission. In
addition, Grant Recipient agrees to maintain his or her own worker's compensation
insurance for himself/herself and his or her employees for the duration of the art work's
installation.
9. Termination
A. In the event of any of the circumstances set forth below(hereinafter referred to as
"default"),the Arts Commission may immediately terminate this Agreement:
(i) Any fraudulent representation in any verification required to obtain
payment under this Agreement or other dishonesty on a material matter
relating to the performance of services under this Agreement.
(ii) Nonperformance, incomplete service or performance, or failure to
satisfactorily perform any part of the Project or to comply with any
provision of this Agreement, as determined by the Arts Commission in its
sole discretion.
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(iii) Failure to adhere to the terms of applicable county, state or federal laws,
regulations,or stated public policy.
B. In the event of default by the Grant Recipient, the Arts Commission has the
discretion to elect to terminate this Agreement, in whole or in part and/or require
the Grant Recipient to repay the grant funds within seven (7) from written notice
of default or allow the grant recipient the opportunity to cure the default. This
clause shall not be interpreted to limit the County's or the Arts Commission's
remedies in law or in equity.
10. Miscellaneous.
A. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the attachments contain the final and
entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this
Agreement. All modifications and amendments to this Agreement shall be in
writing. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties, their heirs, successors
and assigns.
B. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws
of the State of North Carolina and the Orange County.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Orange County and the Grant Recipient have signed this Grant
Agreement, effective on the last date this Agreement is signed by both parties as indicated by the
dates set forth under signatures below.
F"Ar,and on of the Grant ciplent
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Far and on hal o pr a County Government
Frank W. OVon,Co4- Manager Da e
For and on behKof Orange County Arts Commission/approved as to technical content
Steve Brantley,Economic De Director Date
Appr d as t orm and legal sufficiency
Anne t&M.Moore, Staff Attorney Dalt
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This instrument has been pre-audited in the manner required by the Local Government Budget
and Fiscal Control Act
Clarence G. Grier,Administrative and Financial Services Date
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ARTS IN EDUCATION GRANT—FALL 2012
CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
The Sacrificial Poets:Poetry Month Celebration
1.Applicant Information:
Applicant Name
Cedar Ridge High School DUNS number:196636596
1125 New Grady Brown School Road
Hillsborough,NC 27278
(919)245-4000 fax:(919)245-4010
www.orange.kl2.nc.us/als/
Project director:Kelli Monroe Porco (ELA Teacher)
2.Project Director Information:
3149 Falling Cedars Drive
Chapel Hill,NC 27516
H(919)929-4556 W(919)245-4000 extension 21100 C(919)418-3159
Kelly.m o n roe-po rco@ @ o ra nge.k12.nc.us
3.Grant Request Summary:
Arts Program Grant Request:$500
Total cash Match:$500
Total Organizational Budget 2011-2012 $0
Cultural Enrichment 2012-2013 $500 matching money for Sacrificial Poets
2013-2014 $0
Summary Statement for Proposed Uses of Arts in Education Grant:
Cedar Ridge High School English Department would like to host The Sacrificial Poets for a weeklong
residency for the P grade Critical Reading and Composing classes. The Sacrificial Poets will work with
individual classes to improve their composition and performance skills culminating with a group
performance on the final day. Additional students may join workshops depending upon space.The
performance will be available to all interested students.
4.Budget Sheet(Attached)
Arts Program Application Narrative:
School Profile
Cedar Ridge High School is one of two high schools in the Orange County School System. It is located just
south of downtown Hillsborough off of Orange Grove Road. There are 1084 students and 68 teachers.
The ethnic make-up includes 709,o' Caucasian,17%afro-American,11%Hispanic,<1%Asian and 2%Multi-
cultural. Twenty percent are enrolled in the free or reduced lunch program.
School Arts Programs
At Cedar Ridge High School,cultural arts are promoted and revered. Students are offered electives and
opportunities in band,chorus,theatre,improvisational comedy,visual arts,graphics,woodworking,and
videography.
Proposed Uses of Grant Funds
The Sacrificial Poets is an award winning poetry organization that serves middle,high school and college
aged youth in the Triangle Are of North Carolina. The Sac Poe's YouTh ink curriculum promotes creativity
by enhancing emotional literacy,facilitating identity exploration,refining writing and analytical skills,
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developing performance and public speaking competency and by building self-confidence. Individual
workshops may include:l) Introduction to Spoken Word and Performance Poetry,2)Storytelling,3)
Imagery,Figurative Language,and Literary Devices,4)Revising/Workshopping,and 5)Performance.
Staff Roster of School Art&Music Teachers
Andrea DeGette(videography) andrea.degette @orange.kl2.nc.us
Eric Drowatzky (Visual Arts) eric.drowatzky @orange.k12.nc.us
Christopher Hansen(Chorus) christopher.hansen @orange.kl2.nc.us
Inkem Haizen(Theatre) inkem.haizen @orange.k12.nc.us
Patricia Hughes(Band) patricia.guigley@orange.kl2.nc.us
Beth Landis(Graphics) beth.landis @orange.k12.nc.us
Keith You(Wood Working) keith.yow @orange.k12.nc.us
Board Contact List
Kelly Monroe-Porto(English Dept Liaison) Kelly.monroe-porco @ @orange.kl2.nc.us
Artist Contact List:
www.sacrificialpoets.com
2012-13 Arts in Education Application — Page Three
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ORANGE COUNTY ARTS �)'d
COMMISSION
Financial Information
Please provide a projected budget for your proposed project utilizing the format below.
Project Expenses Cash = Grant Amount + Applicant
Expenses Requested Cash Match
A Personnel
Administrative staff
Artistic staff 16 C °
Technical/Production staff
B Outside Fees and Services.
Artistic contracts
Other contracts:
C Space Rental
D Travel
E Marketing
F Remaining Project Expenses
G Total Cash Expenses I°° ° _ e + V n 0
Project Income Cash Income
A Admissions U
B Contracted Services Revenue
C Other Revenue(specify)
D Private Support
Corporate support
Foundation support
Other private support
E Government Support
Federal
State/regional (not including this request)
Local (not including this request)
F Applicant Cash
G Grant Amount Requested ° a
in this application
H Total Cash Income
(must equal Total Cash Expenses,
Item G above)
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INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE FUNDED
Sacrificial Poets Programs and Curriculum
Sacrificial Poets
Sacrificial Poets is an award-winning spoken word poetry organization that serves middle,high
school, and college-aged youth in the Triangle Area of North Carolina. The organization
facilitates writing and performance workshops throughout the state and hosts regular youth
poetry events. In addition, Sacrificial Poets selects a team of six youth every year to take to the
Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival (as seen on HBO).
Sacrificial Poets utilizes an innovative arts education curriculum, known as YouTh ink., to help
youth develop creative writing, public speaking, emotional literacy, and civic engagement skills.
Sacrificial Poets does not empower youth,rather we seek to create diverse, welcoming, and
transformative environments where youth can empower themselves.
Graduates of Sacrificial Poets programming have taught and performed at venues across the
nation including the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, the 2010 Bonnaroo Music Festival,the
historic Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and in 2011 traveled to Egypt and Tunisia to complete the Poetic
Portraits of a Revolution project. In addition, youth poets from our programs have appeared on
the NPR affiliate WUNC during "Morning Edition,"been accepted to college and even received
scholarships based on their experience as poets and performing artists, become Southern Fried
regional slam champions,National Poetry Slam and Individual World Poetry Slam Finalists, and
even taken their place as directors of the organization.
The YouTh ink. Curriculum
The Sacrificial Poets' YouTh ink curriculum uses spoken word poetry to introduce students to
tools that aid them in strengthening not just writing and public speaking skills,but their
emotional literacy as well. Spoken word poetry is a literary and performing art form that
incorporates elements of hip hop, formal writing,theater, and public speaking. Spoken word
helps young people find their voice by identifying, reflecting on, and learning to convey the
powerful stories and experiences that make up their lives and identities. Finding one's voice is a
process involving an exploration of personal identity and life experience in order to define
oneself, build confidence and strengthen positive self-image.
Our unique curriculum utilizes a culturally responsive pedagogy that celebrates learning
differences, and is designed to benefit participants in five specific ways: enhance emotional
literacy,facilitate identity exploration, refine writing and analytical skills, develop
performance and public speaking competency, and build self-confidence. Participants in our
programs take part in analyzing performances (both from videos and live performances),
analyzing and discussing literary text, watching short films and reading articles that introduce
themes related to poetry and hip hop, as well as historical and sociocultural issues. In order to
develop their own communication skills, participants learn to create original works of
performance poetry that they write, memorize, choreograph, and present.
YouTh ink. and Literacy
Our workshops are aimed at improving writing and performance skills, and feature an emphasis
on the use of figurative and descriptive language, storytelling techniques, body movement and
gestures, voice control, eye contact, and vocabulary development. Furthermore, spoken word
provides an avenue to address social issues relevant to youth in diverse communities. Sacrificial
Poets is dedicated to fostering personal growth for youth by providing both a means by and a
venue in which they can tell their own stories using their own words. The workshops are
designed to provide youth the tools and safe space they need to express themselves, share their
experiences, and kindle a greater sense of power, purpose and belonging.
The YouTh ink. curriculum has three main branches of focus: writing,performance and public
speaking, and identity. The writing portion of our curriculum features an emphasis on
developing storytelling techniques,powerful imagery, figurative language and literary devices.
Some of the topics we touch on include:
• simile/metaphor/extended metaphor • irony: situational,verbal, and
dramatic
• personification, anthropomorphism
• paradox
• double entendre
• storytelling conventions/techniques
• alliteration
• point of view: 1St, 2nd, 3ra person
• hyperbole
• rhyme: end, internal, slant
• oral poetry, oral literature history and
elements • poetic structure: stanza, verse, line
• connotation, denotation breaks
• parallel structure
• figurative, literal meanings
Arts, Identity, and Achievement
Recent studies have shown that building positive identity, especially with regard to race, is a
crucial factor in achieving academic success and promoting resilience. For example, a study
conducted by the Heinz Endowments "found that ALANA (African American, Latino, Asian,
and Native American) students performed best in settings that built on their culture and promoted
their racial identities," and that"culturally responsive pedagogy and positive racial identity can
play major roles in promoting academic achievement and resilience for ALANA youth" (Hanley
and Noblit, 20). Furthermore, the researchers of this study stress the powerful role that art plays
in this type of learning model,noting that"when students are actively engaged in creatively
thinking,they focus in ways that call for flexibility in thought and an integration of emotionality,
rationality and meaning that is necessary for success in academic settings and elsewhere" (66).
For this reason, our YouTh ink. curriculum is infused with explorations of identity that lead
participants in examining their life experiences, cultural backgrounds, and special areas of
knowledge, interest, and expertise that help define who they are. These explorations happen
through writing exercises and discussion, and the results are powerful pieces of poetry,
storytelling, and performance that give students a means to express how they feel, who they are,
and who they wish to be.
The learner-centered approach that our curriculum utilizes is aligned with what the National
Urban Alliance calls"The Pedagogy of Confidence" as it"stresses situating learning in the lives
of the students, eliciting and addressing their frames of reference, honoring their interests,their
insights/voices, and their cultural and linguistic backgrounds."As the NUA explains,this type of
approach"recognizes that youth culture offers enriching and legitimate content and contexts for
learning in our classrooms" (Sanchez, 52).
Program Curriculum
Our YouTh ink. Curriculum includes workshops that explore the following
themes and concepts:
Intro to Spoken Word and Performance Poetry
• History of Oral Poetry: From the Greeks to Griots to Gripping the Mic
• Starting with the Self: The importance of telling YOUR story
• Exploring our origins (family,community, childhood, interests)
• Identifying who people think we are, expressing who we really are
Storytelling
• History of storytelling as oral history and cultural transmission
• Elements and techniques of storytelling
• Introduce concept of using images to tell a story
• Exploring life experiences and memories
• Point of View- 1st, 2nd, 3rd person narratives
• Dramatic irony
• Foreshadowing
• the "turn"
Imagery, Figurative Language, and Literary Devices
• "Showing"rather than "Telling"
• Metaphor, Simile, extended metaphor
• Personification
• Double Entendre
• Connotation, Denotation
• Hyperbole
• Irony, paradox, and the unexpected
• Alliteration
RevisingfWorkshopping
• Poetic Structure- Stanza,verse, line breaks
• Peer/Group editing- giving feedback and constructive criticism
• Being Concise- a key to poetry
• Parallel Structure
Performance
• Volume and projection
• Voice Inflection and conveying emotion
• Cadence
• Gestures, Body Language
• Eye contact
Objectives and Goals
• Transform participants' perception of"poetry" and what is possible through exposure to
various styles of oral poetry and performance.
• Strengthen writing skills, especially the ability to construct powerful narratives rich with
imagery and figurative language.
• Build public speaking confidence.
• Build positive identity and a deeper sense of self.
• Create a safe workshop space and sense of classroom community.
• Create original works of poetry and storytelling which students write,edit and recite.
• Create original works in which participants successfully express who they are, and which
are representative of their diverse identities.
• Hold a final performance where participants perform their original works for a live
audience.
• Reinforce and strengthen participants' understanding of and proficiency with lessons and
concepts being studied in their English classes.
• Spark participants' interest in the literary and performing arts, and connect them to the
myriad opportunities available in the local spoken word and poetry communities.
• Increase awareness, knowledge, and engagement around issues affecting youth in our
community.
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The following information is designed to help you decide which Sacrificial Poets
workshop or performance is right for your organization or school.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us directly.
Sacrificial Poets is an award-winning spoken word poetry organization that serves middle,high school,and college-aged youth in the Triangle Area of North
Carolina.The organization facilitates writing and performance workshops throughout the state and hosts regular youth poetry events.In addition,Sacrificial
Poets selects a team of six youth every year to take to the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival(as seen on HBO).
Sacrificial Poets utilizes their own innovative arts education curriculum,known as YouTh ink.Workshops are based on a culturally responsive pedagogy that
celebrates learning differences,and is designed to benefit participants in five specific ways:enhance emotional literacy,facilitate identity exploration,refine
writing and analytical skills,develop performance and public speaking competency,and build self-confidence.Sacrificial Poets does not empower youth,rather
we seek to create diverse,welcoming,and transformative environments where youth can empower themselves.
Graduates of the Sacrificial Poets program have taught and performed at venues across the nation including the 2009 Sundanee Film Festival,the 2010 Bonnaroo
Music and Arts Festival,and the historic Nuyorican Poets Cafe,and in 2011 created the Poetic Portraits of a Revolution Project in Egypt and Tunisia.In addition,
poets from our program have gone on to become Southern Fried regional slam champions,National Poetry Slam and Individual World Poetry Slam Finalists.
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PERFORMANCES WORKSHOPS POETIC JUSTICE
Sacrificial Poets'award-winning Sacrificial Poets'workshops range from a single Poetic Justice is a 10-week(40 hour)school
)erformance artists are available for a variety introductory workshop to spark interest to multiple- program that offers poetry workshops to
of spoken word shows and presentations. day or week series designed to develop specific skills or underserved youth across the Triangle.The
From the classroom to the boardroom, build on subjects and lessons being studied in class.We program works specifically with students who
fundraisers,organizational meetings,and also offer workshops for schools,community groups, have learning differences and those who may be
conferences,poetry can make your next and organizations,both public and private, at risk of dropping out of school.Poetic Justice has
event stand out! been running successfully since 2010 and has been
hosted at Northern High,Jordan High,the
15 min set: $100 Durham Performance Learning Center,and
Lakeview School.
30 coin set: $200 10-Week Program: $10,000
60 min set: $375
Poetic justice Alumni
Iraqi youth visiting the U.S.work with Sacrificial Poets f DJ gets ready to
facilitators to help tell their stories through poetry. record his poem at the
WUNC radio studio.
Each workshop is 60 minutes Iong. Poems and stories
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Poets Will McInerney and Kane Smego 5 Workshops: $650 partnership with
perform and finish 3rd out of over 70 teams WUNC.
10 Workshops: $1,200
CONTACT INFORMATION: SACRIFICIALPOETS @GMAIL.COM &WWW.SACRIFICIALPOETS.COM
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RESIDENCIES
Sacrificial Poets'residencies are specific workshops tailored to fit your
classroom,group,or organizations specific needs.A Sacrificial Poets
facilitator will sit down with you and custom fit our curriculum into your
lesson plan.
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specifics of the workshops and the amount of instruction time
requested.
PEDAGOGY 1 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
The Youn ink. Curriculum
'he Sacrificial Poets'YouTh ink.curriculum uses spoken word poetry to introduce students to tools that aid them in strengthening not just writing and public
peaking skills,but their emotional literacy as well.Spoken word poetry is a literary and performing art form that incorporates elements of hip hop,formal writing,
neater,and public speaking.Spoken word helps young people find their voice by identifying,reflecting on,and learning to convey the powerful stories and
xperiences that make up their lives and identities.Finding one's voice is a process involving an exploration of personal identity and life experience in order to
.efine oneself,build confidence and strengthen positive self-image.
)ur unique curriculum utilizes a culturally responsive pedagogy that celebrates learning differences,and is designed to benefit participants in five specific ways:
nhance emotional literacy,facilitate identity exploration,refine writing and analytical skills,develop performance and public speaking competency,and build self-
onfidence.Participants in our programs take part in analyzing performances(both from videos and live performances),analyzing and discussing literary text,
catching short films and reading articles that introduce themes related to poetry and hip hop,as well as historical and sociocultural issues.In order to develop their
wn communication skills,participants learn to create original works of performance poetry that they write,memorize,choreograph,and present-
YouTh ink. and Literacy
Our workshops are aimed at improving writing and performance skills,and feature an emphasis on the use of
figurative and descriptive language,storytelling techniques,body movement and gestures,voice control,eye
contact,and vocabulary development.Furthermore,spoken word provides an avenue to address social issues
relevant to youth in diverse communities.Sacrificial Poets is dedicated to fostering personal growth for youth
by providing both a means by and a venue in which they can tell their own stories using their own words.The
workshops are designed to provide youth the tools and safe space they need to express themselves,share their
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experiences,and kindle a greater sense of power,purpose and belonging.
Arts, Identity, and Achievement
:event studies have shown that building positive identity,especially with regard to race,is a crucial factor in achieving academic success and promoting resilience.
or example,a study conducted by the Heinz Endowments"found that ALANA(African American,Latino,Asian,and Native American)students performed best h
ettings that built on their culture and promoted their racial identities,"and that"culturally responsive pedagogy and positive racial identity can play major roles in
-romoting academic achievement and resilience for ALANA youth"(Hanley and Noblit,20).
urthermore,the researchers of this study stress the powerful role that art plays in this type of learning model,noting that"when students are actively engaged in
reatively thinking,they focus in ways that call for flexibility in thought and an integration of emotionality,rationality and meaning that is necessary for success in
cademic settings and elsewhere"(66).For this reason,our YouTh ink.curriculum is infused with explorations of identity that lead participants in examining their
fe experiences,cultural backgrounds,and special areas of knowledge,interest,and expertise that help define who they are.These explorations happen through
writing exercises and discussion,and the results are powerful pieces of poetry,storytelling,and performance that give students a means to express how they feel,
cho they are,and who they wish to be.
'he leamer-centered approach that our curriculum utilizes is aligned with what the National Urban Alliance calls"The Pedagogy of Confidence"as it"stresses
ituating learning in the lives of the students,eliciting and addressing their frames of reference,honoring their interests,their insights/voices,and their cultural and
.nguistic backgrounds."As the NUA explains,this type of approach"recognizes that youth culture offers enriching and legitimate content and contexts for learning
t our classrooms"(Sinchez,52).
CONTACT INFORMATION: SACRIFICIALPOETS @GMAIL.COM &MRSACRIFICIAI.POETS.COM
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Previous Clients Include:
Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools < `
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UNC Chapel Hill
UNC Wilmington
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Duke Young Writers Camp
Duke School for Children
Carolina Friends School
Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA
North Carolina Arts Council
Boomerang
Chapel Hill Public Library
Durham Public Library
Street Scene Teen Center
Student U
Durham Nativity School
Blue Ribbon Mentor Advocate
Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission
Durham Arts Council
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
AND MANY MORE....
TESTIMONIALS
Chapel Hill News Editorial:Sunday,July 12012
"As for things we have going for us[Chapel Hill],the Sacrificial Poets are one of the most creative and inspiring groups of young artists
around anywhere."
Ellie Kinnaird,North Carolina State Senator
"What better medium to talk about us-our lives,our faults,our aspirations,our losses,our deepest problems-than poets who can see to the
bottom and depth of everything,and make it an experience at the same time? We are blessed to have such magic in our midst."
Tami Pfeifer,Director of the Boomerang Program
"Sacrificial Poet's staff know how to engage youth with their passion,creativity,honesty,and authenticity. They find common ground and
then create safe space for each youth to develop their unique voice. Boomerang participants name the Sacrificial Poets workshops as one of
their favorites provided in our program."
Dr.Maurice M.Martinez, -Professor Department of Instructional Technology,Foundations,and Secondary Education-Watson School of
Education-University of North Carolina Wilmington
"This year,I celebrate fifty years in the classroom: as both a high school teacher and a college professor. In all of my years of working with
students, I have never seen such rapid changes as I witnessed in these students who worked under the mentorship of the Sacrificial Poets...I
cannot say enough about the valuable contributions that the Sacrificial Poets are making to education and literacy. They should be made an
integral part of our diverse education system,for they provide one of the best approaches to engaging learners to learn and continue learning."
Holly Loranger,Social Studies Teacher,Chapel Hill High School
"The Sacrificial Poets have the perfect blend of artistry,pedagogy and experience to motivate,connect with and challenge every student in the
classroom."
Katie Hodel,8th Grade Language Arts,Duke School For Children
"One of the best things I did all year as an 8th grade language arts teacher was to invite the Sacrificial Poets to our school...The students were
so impressed by the amazing performances,saying afterwards that the Sacrificial Poets made them see poetry in a whole new light."
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