Organizations Filed Purposes:
STREET POETS, INC. IS AN ARTS EDUCATION-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION/PREVENTION PROGRAM SERVING AT-RISK YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE UNDER-SERVED SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, STREETS AND JUVENILE PROBATION FACILITIES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND BEYOND USING POETRY AND MUSIC TO INSPIRE YOUTH TO BREAK SELF-DESTRUCTIVE CYCLES AND BECOME CREATIVE PEACEMAKERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
STREET POETS, INC. IS AN ARTS EDUCATION VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE PROBATION FACILITIES AND UNDER-SERVED SCHOOL COMMUNITIES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (AND OCCASIONALLY BEYOND). THE PROGRAM IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THROUGH ARTS A SPIRIT OF NONVIOLENCE THAT INSPIRES OUR YOUTH TO BREAK SELF-DESTRUCTIVE CYCLES AND BECOME CREATIVE PEACEMAKERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
OUR MUSIC PROGRAM OFFERED 36 "BEATS & RHYMES SESSION" ONGOING WEEKLY MUSIC-MAKING WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS OUT OF OUR OFFICE SPACE IN MID-CITY LOS ANGELES AND THEN VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM, WITH 100-150 PARTICIPANTS OVERALL -- 16 OF WHOM PRODUCED A SPOKEN WORD & HIP-HOP CD PROJECT THIS YEAR IN COLLABORATION WITH RHYTHM ARTS ALLIANCE.
SCHOOLS: STREET POETS LED WEEKLY POETRY WORKSHOP SERIES AT LOS ANGELES MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS DURING THE DURATION OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR AT THE FOLLOWING SITES , THEN VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM AND TELECONFERENCING: CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL @ MAR VISTA GARDENS, WEST ADAMS PREP HIGH SCHOOL, KIPP MIDDLE SCHOOL, COLLEGE BRIDGE ACADEMY WATTS AND R. REX PARRIS CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL @ WOLF CONNECTION RANCH, SERVING 175 YOUTH. IN ADDITION, STREET POETS FACILITATED TWO 3-DAY INTENSIVE POETRY WORKSHOP SERIES FOR OVER 200 STUDENTS AT MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL (MIAMI, ARIZONA), CULMINATING IN A SCHOOL-WIDE STUDENT ASSEMBLY POETRY PERFORMANCE.
PROBATION: IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTS FOR HEALING & JUSTICE NETWORK (AHJN, FORMERLY AIYN), STREET POETS LED TWICE WEEKLY POETRY WORKSHOPS AT 12 PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY SITES, OVER 12-WEEK CYCLES, SERVING YOUTH ON PROBATION AGES 13-18. COMBINED, THE WORKSHOPS SERVED 200 YOUTH.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Christopher S Henrikson | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $61,500 |
| Taylor Code Maxine Jr | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Don Flood | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Julie Young | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Robert Perrin | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Chirag Menon | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Chenjerai Kumanyika | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Nick Streets | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Alison Tatlock | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Susannah Grant | TREASURER | 5 | $0 |
| Rona Mercado | SECRETARY | 5 | $0 |
| Sean Scott | CHAIR | 5 | $0 |
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