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"Literacy is a need, not a want" Earlier this year, the youth in Deep's SLAM team performed at Brave New Voices, the biggest youth poetry festiva…
We’re waving hello to two new staff members on Deep’s team of community changemakers: Block by Block (BxB) and SLAM Team Program Manager Brandy Simpkin…
We’re welcoming two new staff members to Deep’s Young Author Project. Congratulations to brand-new Site Coordinators Samuel Poole and Leona Humphries! …
“The barbershop is usually that place where men take off the armor a little bit and speak freely, where they might not do that in other spaces,” said D…
“The culture of the South is in the air. It’s what we work through and with every day,” said Youth Community Organizer Socks Rizk. Deep is an organizat…
At Deep, we strive hard in every one of our programs to connect young people with art, history, creativity, and scaffolded support from trusted adults.…
On Saturday, April 27th, at the Frank Callen Boys and Girls Club, Deep Center hosted our second annual youth summit, the culmination of months of plann…
Deep Center is inviting the entire community to join in for A Sunday Soiree, an afternoon of storytelling, art, poetry, and jazz, as we celebrate youth…
The 2024 Youth Summit The world is wild, and lots of things happen every day that impact young people – but rarely take seriously what young peopl…
In many ways, being an educator in our current moment is harder than it’s ever been. We see this reality playing out both at the national level and loc…
Everyone knows that Deep youth are some of the strongest young artists in Savannah: brave, passionate, dedicated, and constantly creating work that cha…
Deep Center has been fighting for Georgia policy reform in juvenile justice and the criminal legal system for years, and we’re not the only ones. Dozen…
It's easy in these times to feel...powerless. Like decisions are being made for you, not by you, and those decisions don't seem to benefit most people.…
Back in November of 2023, Deep Center hosted a major professional learning event for educators, and it was absolutely not a conference. Sure, it had sp…
Do you ever get the feeling that we could find solutions to a lot of our problems if we all came together around a table and just…talked? At Deep, we t…
Trauma-informed or trauma responsiveness. Healing-centered. Culturally affirming and cultural responsiveness. These are all phrases one might hear in m…