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January 21, 2014 02:28 pm -05

Slam Poets Raise Their Voices for Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Nearly 1,500 people gathered in San Francisco's Nourse Theater on Monday night for the 17th annual "Bringing the Noise for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.," a celebration of the civil rights leader that takes place on his eponymous holiday on the third Monday of January.

This year, the "poetic conversation with MLK," which is organized by the nonprofit Youth Speaks, included an Instagram campaign designed to broaden that conversation's reach.

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Off/Page Project, the organization's partnership with the Center for Investigative Reporting, launched the campaign as a way to start a dialogue among both those at the event and those unable to attend. The idea is to use "social media as a way to make calls out to young people across the country about issues that are most affecting them, and their lives, their community," José Vadi, Off/Page's project director, told Mashable. Read more...

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