InsideOut Literary Arts, a cornerstone for youth self-expression in Detroit since 1995, is celebrating 30 years of empowering student creativity with a birthday bash.

The 2nd annual Detroit Youth Poetry Con is coming to Wayne State University in March.

Several Metro Detroit high schools are sharing the mic at the NAIAS this weekend.

In order to celebrate the voices of young local students during Black History Month, Local 4 is working with InsideOut Literary Arts, an organization that helps Detroit’s youth build their literary and academic skills through creative writing. Below you can read some of the poems written by these local students of various ages in honor of Black History. About InsideOutOur Mission: to inspire students to think broadly, create bravely, and share their voices with the wider world. Since 1995, InsideOut Literary Arts has helped over 65,000 of Detroit’s youth build their literary and academic skills through creative writing. As Detroit’s largest and oldest literary non-profit, InsideOut now serves more than 100 classrooms and community sites annually.

In order to celebrate the voices of young local students during Black History Month, Local 4 is working with InsideOut Literary Arts, an organization that helps Detroit’s youth build their literary and academic skills through creative writing. InsideOut’s mission is “to inspire students to think broadly, create bravely, and share their voices with the wider world.”Since 1995, InsideOut Literary Arts has helped over 65,000 of Detroit’s youth build their literary and academic skills through creative writing. As Detroit’s largest and oldest literary non-profit, InsideOut now serves more than 100 classrooms and community sites annually. In recognition of our ability to foster and empower authentic youth voice, the White House awarded InsideOut the highest honor in youth arts programming, the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, presented by Michelle Obama in 2009. To read poems written by local youths in honor of Black History Month, go to our Inside Out page!

In order to celebrate the voices of young local students during Black History Month, Local 4 is working with InsideOut Literary Arts, an organization that helps Detroit’s youth build their literary and academic skills through creative writing. Below you can read some of the poems written by these local students of various ages in honor of Black History. Blinding LightsBy Mariah (InsideOut High School Student)I can’t see anything. Since 1995, InsideOut Literary Arts has helped over 65,000 of Detroit’s youth build their literary and academic skills through creative writing. As Detroit’s largest and oldest literary non-profit, InsideOut now serves more than 100 classrooms and community sites annually.