www.myspace.com/project_elevate
On October 20, the first BiAnnual event and Poetry Slam contest will be held at UCR called “Project: Elevate.”
The purpose of the event is give away a minimum of 6 scholarships; 2 for Inland Empire high school students, 2 for Riverside Community College students and 2 to UCR students. To win the scholarships, the students will have to submit a Spoken Word piece on the theme of “Elevation” via email or (preferably) YouTube.com.
The event and contest will be hosted by our Sorority, Kappa Theta chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. We, and the featured poets will choose the finalist from the submissions and the audience will choose the winners and order when applicable (1st, 2nd). The finalists will not be known until the event.

Admission:
$3 Stage seating (Pillow style only 30 available)
$2 Regular Admission*
FREE Highschool Students (with ID)
*admission does not guarantee seating, get there early!

THIS IS A NON-PROFIT EVENT.
ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARDS THE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS AND PAYMENT TO THE FEATURED ARTISTS.

FOR MORE INFO GO TO:
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/PROJECT_ELEVATE
(DON’T FORGET THE UNDERSCORE!)

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