Poems
Below are some of the 3-minute youth poems written during our Phoenix Rising workshops. [table id=5 /]
Author Archive for: AfAAdmin
Entries by AfAAdmin
Powered By Art podcast with Catherine O’Neill Thorn
Executive Director, Poet, Healer, Mentor and Activist Catherine O’Neill Thorn discusses her work with at-risk youth and the philosophy behind the empowering nature of poetry with Michael Keen, Program Director […]
SCFD Funding!
Art from Ashes was awarded SCFD funding for 2014/2015 from three counties: Adams, Arapahoe and Denver. Funding will be used for programs and operational support. Thank you, taxpayers for supporting […]
Out Front Power Party
Franklin Cruz, PJ Sykes and Catherine O’Neill Thorn represented Art from Ashes at the Out Front third annual Power Party! Thanks Jerry and JC, owners of Out Front, for the […]
Art from Ashes deemed one of the top 50 youth arts organizations in nation
AfA was named a Finalist for the prestigious President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award. In the certificate from the President’s […]
If Only You Would Listen
Shiloh Michels, 17 “In the workshops, everyone opens up to each other because we don’t have to be the person that others ‘expect’ us or need us to be. We […]
It’s time I spoke
3-Minute poem by Chasity, 17 (in residential treatment) It’s time I spoke I was told I was fat and ugly, because I didn’t look like the girls on TV or […]
