826 Valencia on 20 Years of Publishing San Francisco’s Youth

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🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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With the goal of helping San Francisco’s under-resourced students develop their voices as writers, the nonprofit 826 Valencia — founded at that exact address in San Francisco’s Mission District — turned 20 this year. There are now nine 826 chapters nationwide, and in San Francisco more than 5,600 students are served by the program in the back of its pirate store flagship, in its Tenderloin and Mission Bay centers and in eleven public schools across the city. Nearly 3 thousand students have been published in its writing collections and podcasts, proudly calling themselves published authors. We’ll hear some works by 826’s youth authors and talk with the founders and current team about the importance of celebrating — and publishing — youth voices. Related link(s): "Truth Of The Fenced Castle" by Tiarri More 826 Valencia Podcasts Guests: Dave Eggers, co-founder, 826 Valencia Nínive Calegari , co-founder, 826 Valencia Bita Nazarian, executive director, 826 Valencia Bianca Catalan, alumnus and Board Member, 826 Valencia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:29.3	826 Valencia, founded at that address in the Mission District, turned 20 this year. You may know it from the pirate shop, that's the retail storefront, but 826 is really a youth writing program.
1:35.3	There are now nine chapters nationwide, the biggest remains in San Francisco.
1:39.3	Nearly 3,000 students have been published by 826 in books and podcasts.
1:43.3	We'll hear some works by those authors and talk with the founders and current team about the importance of celebrating youth voices. Here's a bit from Future Life, a poem by Sanchez Elementary's, David Hiron. In my future life, I will live in the White House. I'd like to skydive and go to McDonald's. I'll make a game called Do Nothing for 10 minutes, and I will be a black belt.
2:02.3	There are no taxes.
2:03.5	Please remember me.
2:04.5	We will, David.
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