Street Poets Inc – Saving Lives One Rhyme at a Time Street Poets harnesses the healing power of poetry and music to build community and inspire our next generation to write rap and dream a new world into being for us all. Writing Workshops Our writing workshops inspire youth to use the practice of poetry to bear witness to their own lives and the lives of Poetry in Motion Van The Poetry in Motion Van is a mobile performance venue and recording studio conceived to help us deliver poetic Recording Studio Street Poets produces and distributes a CD of spoken word hiphop and song each year to amplify the voices of our Consulting Services Street Poets offers transformational life coaching as well as corporate and organizational trainings and retreats Reading Series Our quarterly public reading series brings nationally and internationally known published poets and spokenword artists Rites of Passage Street Poets awakens youth to their own true nature by bringing them out of the city into active relationship with the Mentoring Street Poets takes a giftcentered approach to our mentoring work recognizing that each young person is born with his Community Open Mics Street Poets is committed to building a community that brings together different racial ethnic and socio economic Performances Street Poets performs at schools youth justice peace conferences and juvenile detention facilities throughout Poetry Gardening Street Poets POETRY GARDENING program was designed to awaken our students to their own true nature by bringing them into active relationship with the earth and the natural world. Videos Street Poets Inc An inspiring reflection of the creative healing spirit of Street Poets Inc. and the community it serves in the heart of Los Angeles California.