Sacramento Area Youth Speaks Content

A Youth Poetry Star of Our Own

Dave Jones — January 26, 2021 - 12:13pm

Alexandra Huynh of �ٺ��Ƶ' SAYS program is a finalist in the National Youth Poet Laureate competition ... vying for the title that Inauguration Day poet Amanda Gorman once held.

TRANSITIONS: Vajra Watson, Michael Ziccardi

Dave Jones — July 21, 2020 - 2:10pm

INDEX

Vajra Watson, director of the Office of Research and Policy for E

SAYS Says a Lot About College Signing

Julia Ann Easley — April 30, 2019 - 8:13pm

Chancellor Gary S. May will join hundreds of students celebrating the commitment to attend college at a youth summit on campus this Friday (May 3).

On Your Feet, Finding Neverland, Duane Michals, Henry Rollins, Thomas Rhett - October 25-31 2018

Soterios J Johnson — October 22, 2018 - 1:39am

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�ٺ��Ƶ Program to Lead Healing Workshop for Black Youth Tonight

Julia Ann Easley — March 30, 2018 - 8:58am

What

Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (SAYS), a critical literacy program at �ٺ��Ƶ, will lead an intensive writing workshop for youth as part of a larger healing event for Black youth in the wake of the death of Stephon Clark. Hundreds of youth are expected to participate in the "Words as Weapons" workshop.

Media are welcome to attend, and Vajra Watson, founder of SAYS and director of research and policy for equity at �ٺ��Ƶ, is available for interviews before or at the event.

Students Bring Spoken-Word Poetry to Convocation

Dave Jones — September 22, 2016 - 3:52pm

Fall Convocation

Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter and keynote speaker Tani Cantil-Sakauye, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, encourage civil discourse. Story and photos.