This category combines all of the categories we’d like to include on the Recent News sidebar, specifically: Deep Laureate, Events, News, and Press. It excludes Deep Laureate Finalists and the YAP Curriculum blog posts.
For eight months now, Block by Block youth and teaching-writers have been continually investigating the stories and landscape of Savannah's West Side…
I recently heard someone suggest we throw out the term “non-profit” and replace it with one that affirmatively describes what non-profits do. She sugge…
Deep Center was named as one of only 64 recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town awards today, announced NEA chairman Jane …
My name is Kionna U’Kia Rountree. I was born on September 15, 2000. I am 15 years old and in the eighth grade. I am about fearlessness, imagination…
The Savannah Morning News today featured the fantabulous Keith Miller, Deep's program manager and one of the teaching-writers for our Block by Block pr…
The National Writing Project (NWP) is featuring Deep Center and our NWP partner site at University of Georgia (UGA), the Red Clay Writing Project, on N…
On Saturday morning March 5, 24 youth from both Block by Block teams came together at the Live Oak Public Library on Henry Street to read, perform, and…
Savannah's WTOC Chanel 11 ran this great news story on our February 23, 2016, Deep Speaks. Watch the story here.…
The Savannah Morning News featured our new Deep Laureate, Jade Davis, on the cover. Read the story here.…
Deep Center has named 11-year-old Jade Davis, a 6th grader from Isle of Hope, Deep Laureate for winter 2016 (representing the fall 2015 semester). T…
My name on my birth certificate is Jade Davis. Jade is a beautiful mineral. The color, so kind. Just like my name. My name welcomes you with warm a…
Deep Speaks is coming! On Tuesday, February 23, Savannah's most powerful young authors will take the stage at Deep Speaks, a free and all-ages book …
Deep Center is a lab where kids learn the joys and power of language, leadership, and creative engagement with their community. Language literacy ex…
Georgia Public Broadcasting's "Education Matters" blog has posted a story about Deep Center being honored at the White House. Read the full story he…
Deep is on the radio! Today Georgia Public Broadcasting's "On Second Thought" with Celeste Headlee showcased Deep Center. The show aired throughout …
In today's Savannah Morning News, Deep Center Executive Director Dare Dukes has penned a powerful argument in favor of creative youth programming to nu…