Student VOICES
Speaking Truth - - Spitt'in Fire
About Us
The BTW Media Center is proud to be able to continue a 10+ year collaboration with the Next Great American Poet organization, based out of AUC Center. NGAP's college students have been hosting a 3-week enrichment workshop for writing scholars at Booker T. Washington HS for the last 10 years. . The purpose of the workshop is to encourage critical thinking in the next generation of leaders! The enrichment forums are primarily discussion based and participants (including NGAP mentors) engage in powerful writing experiences. Topics of discussion center around current event issues such as black on blue crime, the ramifications around persons who identify as African American but who are really of another race (i.e., Rachel Dolezal)
The 2018-2019 DYNAMIC COHORT
This year's NGAP cohort led by David Crawford and Joshua Powell (Morehouse College, Class 2019) consists of the following BTW students - - Click on their link to see their performances from this year's poetry showcase!! Enjoy this video trailer of the yearlong mentoring that took place between NGAP and our students!
DeAsia Sutton, 1st Place Winner
LaSonya Durham, 2nd Place Winner
Thomas Fennell, 3rd Place Winner
ARCHIVES -- 2016-2017 Video Trailer
Click here for historical trailers