Creative Praxis

🚨 EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE! 🚨

🎨 Change Depends on Youth: Art & Poetry Competition 🎨

We are extending the submission deadline to:

📅 Monday, May 18, 2026

🌍 We are looking for visual artists to speak on:
✨ Climate Change
✨ Climate Resilience
✨ Preparedness & Community Care

Calling all photographers, painters, graphic designers, illustrators, mixed media artists, and more! This is your opportunity to use your creativity to share your vision, voice, and ideas for the future.

🏆 Cash Prizes Include:
🥇 1st Place: $1,000
🥈 2nd Place: $500
🥉 3rd Place: $250

📍 Open to Philadelphia residents ages 14–21

📲 Scan the QR code or use the link in our bio to submit your Intent to Submit form and receive all submission guidelines.

Presented by the Philadelphia Office of Sustainability, Change Depends on Youth: Art & Poetry Competition.

🌍✨ SAVE THE DATE: CHANGE DEPENDS ON YOUTH ✨🌍

Young people from across Philadelphia are using art and poetry to raise awareness about climate change, preparedness, and resilience—and you’re invited!

🎤 Live Youth Poetry & Spoken Word
💃🏾 Performances
🖼️ Youth Art Exhibition
🤝 Interactive Climate Activities
🌱 Learning, Community & Celebration

📅 May 30, 2026
🕑 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 Creative Praxis Center for Liberation
3502 Scotts Ln., Suite 2112
Philadelphia, PA 19129

FREE • FAMILY FRIENDLY • ALL ARE WELCOME

Come celebrate the creativity and brilliance of young people leading change. 🌎✨

Philadelphia youth (ages 14–21) — this is your chance to be heard 🌍

Creative Praxis, in partnership with the City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability and Hinge Collective, is hosting a citywide Art & Poetry / Spoken Word Competition.

🎨 Create visual art
🎤 Perform poetry or spoken word

Share your voice on climate preparedness, community resilience, and the future you want to see.

💰 Cash prizes:
🥇 $1,000
🥈 $500
🥉 $250

🗓 Intent to Submit Deadline: April 10, 2026
🗓 Final Submission Deadline: May 1, 2026
⚡ Spots are limited

👉 Submit through the link in our bio or scan the QR code above.

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🎨 Calling all young artists who want their voices heard!

There are only 3 weeks left to submit your intent to participate. (Friday, April 10th)

Change Depends on Youth: Climate Awareness Through Art & Poetry

In partnership with the City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability, Creative Praxis, and Hinge Collective, this competition creates space for young people to share their perspectives on climate preparedness, environmental justice, and community resilience.

✨ Who can participate?
Philadelphia youth (ages 14–21)

🎭 Categories:
Poetry / Spoken Word
Visual Art

💰 Cash Prizes (per category):
1st Place: $1,000
2nd Place: $500
3rd Place: $250

🗓️ Final submissions are due Friday, May 1st

Your voice matters. Your perspective matters. Your art matters.

Submit today and be part of the change 🌍

🌍 Change Depends on Youth: Climate Change Awareness through Art & Poetry 🎨✍🏽

Calling all Philadelphia young people (ages 14–21) to share your voice and creativity! Your art and poetry can help raise awareness about climate change and inspire action in our communities.

🏆 Prizes:
🥇 1st Place – $1,000
🥈 2nd Place – $500
🥉 3rd Place – $250

📌 Step 1: Complete the Intent to Submit Form by March 20th to secure your submission spot.

Once your intent form is submitted, we will send you a Welcome Packet with all the information you need to prepare and submit your work.

🔗 The submission form is linked in our bio (and available through the QR code on the flyer).

📩 Have questions? Feel free to DM or call us @ 267-225-4271 for more information.

Let your creativity speak for the planet. Your voice matters. 🌱

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✨ Now Available: Long-Term Office Space at Creative Praxis Center for Liberation ✨

Creative Praxis is now offering long-term private office rentals inside our healing-centered Center for Liberation—a beautiful, grounded space for people doing meaningful, values-aligned work in the world.

📍 3502 Scotts Ln, Suite 2112, Philadelphia, PA
📧 Interested? Email [email protected]

Please share with someone who may be looking for a values-aligned workspace.

✨ Tomorrow at the Creative Praxis Center for Liberation ✨

Join us for our Kwanzaa Celebration & Open House, as we gather to celebrate Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) through connection, culture, and community.

🗓 Monday, December 29
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 Creative Praxis Center for Liberation | Philadelphia

Expect:
🖤 Storytelling & shared wisdom
🖤 Interactive activities & entertainment
🖤 Networking & great conversation
🖤 Space for the whole family to learn, play, and grow together

Come celebrate, connect, and build with us as we honor collective care, creativity, and community power.

🔗 RSVP via the QR code on the flyer or go to creativepraxis.org

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