Deep Center at the Urban Word NYC Preemptive Education 2016 Conference
Deep's been getting around this year. This past week Deep Center was in New York City at Urban Word NYC's Preemptive Education Conference 2016 at th…
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Mind-blowing Block by Block Youth Paintings
Block by Block youth unleash their creativity in the form of powerful paintings that show the world through their eyes. In creative workshops led by l…
Block by Block Investigates Savannah’s I-16 Flyover
For eight months now, Block by Block youth and teaching-writers have been continually investigating the stories and landscape of Savannah's West Side…
Deep Social Profit for Savannah
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 Awarded an NEA Our Town Grant
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 …
Deep Laureate, Spring 2016: Kionna Rountree
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…
Deep Laureate Finalist, Spring 2016: Skyla Clark
My name is Skyla Clark. I’m a girl, not a boy. Born in October, my zodiac sign is a Scorpio, and my personality is mostly about it because I’m prou…
Deep Laureate Finalist, Spring 2016: Na’Shante Shakia Cooper
I started writing when I was seven. I love to write songs and books. I love to draw things that you don’t see, like unicorns and fairies. I pretend…
Deep Laureate Finalist, Spring 2016: Madeline Spawn
I’m that kid who always raises her hand and shares the answer so no one else has to. My life is primarily spent singing in the shower, dancing like…
Block by Block Midterm Community Reading
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…
Meet Jade Davis, Our New Deep Laureate
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…
Deep Laureate, Fall 2015: Jade Davis
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 Laureate Finalist, Fall 2015: Cassandra Prescott
My name is Cassandra Prescott. I am 13. I like softball, basketball, and soccer. My favorite colors are orange and lime green. Read Cassandra's …
Deep Laureate Finalist, Fall 2015: Naomi Reyes
Naomi Reyes: A success in progress: Meme master (Sad Pepe has been summoned.) Books and shows make me unstable (Favorite character: [dies] Naom…
Deep Laureate Finalist, Fall 2015: Sanaa Simmons
Sanaa. The name that is rarely seen or even heard. “Are you foreign?” they ask, constantly. Eventually they earn how to pronounce it, but when th…
Deep Laureate Finalist, Fall 2015: Kennedy Fulton
This is Kennedy Fulton reporting live from this paper. I am rather bubbly, quiet, and too awesome for anyone to handle. I really love Marvel, espec…