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Homeboy Art Academy: Youth Anthology, Vol. 1
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Poetry AnthologiesGeneral Poetry
Publisher Price: $11.98
Publisher: El Martillo Press
Published: Jul 4 2025
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Homeboy Art Academy: Youth Anthology Vol. 1 collects poetry written by teens during poetry workshops at Homeboy Art Academy with world-renowned poet Matt Sedillo. These poems detail the poets' love for their neighborhoods, their families, their life-changing experiences at Homeboy Art Academy as well as, themes of love and loss, crime and punishment, and their hopes for their futures.
Homeboy Art Academy challenges systems of oppression by centering life experiences and cultural knowledge of impacted communities to inspire transformation and reclaim self-agency. Homeboy Art Academy envisions a future where system impacted communities create and lead a just world. A division of Homeboy Industries (HBI), Homeboy Art Academy (HAA) strives to extend the mission of providing hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated youth and adults, by securing a space in which the Arts can be the central modality to healing and transformation. Homeboy Art Academy challenges systems of oppression by centering life experiences and cultural knowledge of impacted communities to inspire transformation and reclaim self-agency.
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