GET LIT WORDS IGNITE INC
672 S LA FAYETTE PARK PLACE NO 10, LOS ANGELES, CA 90057 www.getlit.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: "GET LIT" - WORDS IGNITE PROVIDES YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LIFE-SAVING VEHICLES OF EXPRESSION TO CREATE STRONG, EMBOLDENED LEADERS WITH THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO BUILD UP COMMUNITIES FOR A MORE EQUITABLE WORLD.

GET LIT IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM: THE PANDEMIC'S EFFECT ON THOSE WE SERVE WAS IMMEDIATELY TRAUMATIC. EARLY ON, LAUSD REPORTED THAT 45% OF STUDENTS WERE NOT ATTENDING ONLINE CLASSES, INCLUDING 50,000 BLACK AND LATINO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. TEACHERS WERE OVERWHELMED BY SIMULTANEOUSLY TRYING TO CREATE CONTENT WHILE BECOMING COMFORTABLE TEACHING ONLINE. IN RESPONSE, GET LIT QUICKLY RETOOLED OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND LESSEN THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THEIR LIVES,CONNECTIONS, AND EDUCATION. WE WERE DEVELOPING ONLINE PROGRAMS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, SO HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF CONTENT READY. WE RAPIDLY TRANSFORMED ALL OUR PROGRAMS TO ONLINE OR HYBRID SERVICES, AND IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED LAUSD WITH 400 FREE HOURS OF LESSON PLANS AND UNLIMITED TEACHER MENTOR VISITS. LESSONS CENTERED ON THE CLASSIC AND ORIGINAL POEMS OF OUR CLASSIC SLAM STUDENT COMPETITORS, AND ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPRESSION, MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING DURING THIS TIME. TEACHERS REPORTED THAT 90% OF STUDENTS ATTENDED CLASS BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, STATING THAT GET LIT IS WHAT KEPT STUDENTS RETURNING AND EXCITED ABOUT LOGGING ON EACH DAY.

GET LIT PLAYERS: TWENTY-SEVEN GET LIT POETS CO-WROTE AND CO-STARRED IN THE FILM SUMMERTIME DIRECTED BY CARLOS LPEZ ESTRADA. THE FILM PREMIERED OPENING NIGHT AT THE 2020 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AND WILL OPEN IN 300 THEATERS ACROSS THE U.S. IN SPRING 2021. OUR YOUTH POETS CREATED ALL VIDEO CONTENT FOR THE L.A. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH'S "WHY WE RISE" CAMPAIGN, AS WELL AS VIDEO CAMPAIGNS PROMOTING VOTING AND KNOWLEDGE OF CIVICS FOR THE SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION SANKOFA, FOUNDED BY GINA BELAFONTE. VIA GET LIT MEDIA, OUR YOUTH HAVE GONE ON TO EMPLOYMENT AND PROJECTS WITH COMPANIES SUCH AS 3M, ADIDAS, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, FX, HULU, KCET, LEVI'S, LIONSGATE, NBCUNIVERSAL, NETFLIX, POST-ITS, PUMA, ROCK THE VOTE, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, TELEMUNDO, TOMS, UNIVISION, UTA, VANS, VICELAND, WARNER BROTHERS, AND WME.

GET LIT AFTER SCHOOL: ALL OF GET LIT'S AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO ALL EXPERIENCE LEVELS. THIS YEAR, WE TRANSFORMED OUR WEEKLY IN-PERSON DROP-IN" POETRY WORKSHOPS INTO AN INNOVATIVE ONLINE FORMAT THAT HAS EXPANDED THE ACCESS TO THESE PROGRAMS EXPONENTIALLY. THESE INCLUDE OUR ONGOING SERIES WORKSHOP WEDNESDAYS, ALL-AGES SESSIONS ON THE ART OF WRITING LED BY INVITED WORLD-FAMOUS POETS, AND MIXTAPE MONDAYS, COVERING ALL THINGS POETRY INCLUDING SUBMITTING POEMS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTION, LED BY AWARD-WINNING POETS INCLUDING GET LIT STAFF MEMBERS. THROUGH OUR EMERGING WRITERS FELLOWSHIP (EWF), PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY, WE MENTOR 60 YOUTH POETS PER YEAR THROUGH WEEKLY WORKSHOPS. WE PUBLISH THEIR CHAPBOOKS WITH THE LOS ANGELES PRESS, ALLEGRIA PRESS (LATINX WRITERS), AND STONE SOUP COMMUNITY PRESS.IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, GET LIT LAUNCHED WHY I RISE, AN ONLINE POETRY CONTEST TO SHARE STORIES, CULTIVATE COMMUNITY, AND DESTIGMATIZE MENTAL HEALTH. THE CONTEST GENERATED 105,000 VIEWS; 253 VIDEOS WERE SUBMITTED; AND 33,000 VOTES WERE CAST. PARTICIPANTS CAME FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS KENYA,TANZANIA, NIGERIA, CANADA, PAKISTAN, INDIA, PHILIPPINES, THE UK, QATAR, INDIA, BOTSWANA, MALAYSIA, BELGIUM, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, KUWAIT, AND MORE. GET LIT OFFERED OUR SUMMER CAMP FREE OF CHARGE IN JUNE TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO COMPETED.

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