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Toyota
Supports
Detroit
Students
Through
InsideOut
Literary
Arts –
Performance
Troupe
Amplifies
Youth
Voice
Detroit,
MI --
InsideOut
Literary
Arts, an
award-winning
organization
headquartered
in
Detroit,
announced
the
winners
of its
2022
Performance
Troupe
supported
by
Toyota
Motor
North
America.
The
Performance
Troupe
is part
of the
organization’s
nationally-recognized
Citywide
Poets
afterschool
program,
which
provides
teens
with
weekly
creative
writing
workshops,
publications,
and
performance
opportunities.
For over
two
decades,
InsideOut
Literary
Arts
have
reached
nearly
70,000
students
in
schools
throughout
Metro
Detroit
and
published
500
school
literary
journals.
High
school
students
Milo
Borsodi,
Samer
Budair,
Stella
Hughes,
Efrain
Rivera,
and
Noelle
Taylor
rose to
the top
as the
2022
Youth
Performance
Troupe
through
a
competitive
submission
process
led by
Citywide
Poets
Manager
Justin
Rogers,
along
with
guest
judges
from the
literary
arts
community.
The
Performance
Troupe
is led
by Coach
La Shaun
phoenix
Moore, a
Detroit-based
vocalist,
spoken
word
artist,
and
culture
creator.
InsideOut’s
Performance
Troupe
comprises
students
in the
Citywide
Poets
program
who
strive
to
further
develop
their
skills
in
self-expression
and
performance
under
the
direct
guidance
and
support
of their
coach
and
guest
artists.
These
talented
teens
have
opportunities
to grow
their
craft,
work
with
professional
writers
as
mentors,
perform
to
wide-reaching
audiences,
and
become
spokespeople
for the
power of
youth
voice.
“InsideOut
is
dedicated
to
creating
opportunities
for
young
people
to share
their
unique
and
authentic
voices,”
said
Suma
Karaman
Rosen,
Executive
Director,
InsideOut
Literary
Arts.
“We know
poetry
and
creative
writing
opportunities
are
powerful
tools
for
developing
essential
communication
skills
and
social-emotional
wellness.
But they
go
beyond
personal
growth
for the
young
people
involved:
all of
us, as
the
greater
community
around
these
young
artists,
have
much to
learn
from
what
they
say.”
InsideOut
students
have
become
journalists,
healthcare
workers,
entrepreneurs,
and even
Pulitzer
Prize-winning
playwrights.
Reflecting
on the
impact
of
InsideOut’s
programming,
94% of
teachers
surveyed
said it
improved
student’s
writing
and
critical
thinking
skills;
80% of
InsideOut
students
demonstrated
improved
reading
comprehension
after
taking
part in
the
program,
and 83%
of
InsideOut
students
said
they
applied
what
they
learned
about
writing
in other
classes.
“We
are
deeply
grateful
to
Toyota
for
supporting
our
Performance
Troupe
program
and
understanding
the
value of
a
creative
expression
and the
transformative
power of
the
written
and
spoken
word,”
added
Rosen.
“This
partnership
showcases
Toyota’s
commitment
to
empowering
young
people
to
learn,
achieve
and
succeed.”
“Many
people
know
Toyota
as a car
company,
but
we’re so
much
more
than
that,”
said
Alva
Mason,
group
director,
Multicultural
Business
Alliance
and
Strategy
and
Multicultural
Dealer
Development,
Toyota
Motor
North
America.
“We are
focused
on
educating
today’s
students
to build
tomorrow’s
leaders.
At
Toyota,
we
believe
youth
development
during
non-school
hours is
needed
more
today
than
ever.
Adolescents
need to
learn
21st-century
leadership
skills
that
support
their
academic,
career,
and life
goals.”
During
the 2021
program
year,
InsideOut's
Performance
Troupe
members
were
Toyota’s
featured
guests
at the
Motor
Bella
Auto
Show;
they
also
performed
at
events
with the
Redford
Theater,
Taylor
Teen,
and
Hannan
Center,
completed
a
chapbook
of
original
poems,
and
created
a video
performance
of a
commissioned
piece
for the
Youth
Civil
Rights
Academy.
In
previous
years,
the
Performance
Troupe
has
collaborated
in
digital
performances
with
several
other
organizations,
including
Teens in
the D,
Next
World
Collective
(in
Delaware),
Michigan
Center
for
Youth
Justice,
The
Detroit
Zoological
Society,
Interlochen
Center
for the
Arts,
End
Prejudice,
and The
Charles
H.
Wright
Museum.
They are
regularly
invited
to
create a
poem
commemorating
the
messages
of
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr. as
part of
Wayne
State
University’s
annual
MLK
Tribute.
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