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December 9, 2016 by Curtis Haris

Poets and Writers gives Green Earth Poets Cafe Grant 2016

Nov 7, 2016

Dear Curtis Harris,

I am pleased to report that Poets & Writers, Inc. has approved fees for the grant application, which your organization recently submitted. Details of your event are below:

Submission ID	4642
Event Category	Poetry
Event Consists Of	Workshop
Start Date	2016-10-01
End Date	2017-02-04
Number of Sessions	5
Writer	Jherelle Benn

Sponsoring Organization	Green Earth Poets Cafe
Project Director	Curtis Harris

Event Site	Brownsville Heritage House, 581 Mother Gaston Blvd , New York
Event County	NY – Kings

Amount provided from P&W	$500

December 5, 2016 by Curtis Haris

Green Earth Poets Cafe Receives $2,500 Grant

For Immediate Release:

Dec, 2016

Green Earth Poets Cafe received the prestigious Alvin and Fanny B. Thalheimer Foundation grant Nov 29, 2016 for “No More Silent Voices” program at Rikers Island prison.

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November 20, 2016 by Curtis Haris

Green Earth Poets Cafe Receives IRS 501 (c) (3) Determination Letter

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September 15, 2016 by Curtis Haris

Green Earth Poets Cafe to receive $5,000 DBNA Capacity Building Grant

August 18, 2016

Green Earth Poets Cafe, Inc.

Dear Mr. Curtis Harris,

Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that The DBNA Capacity Building Grant Program has approved a grant to Green Earth Poets Cafe, Inc. in the amount of $5,000 for Youth and Child Programs. (Please note that all fees for the 501(c)3 and certificate of incorporation applications will be deducted from the total grant amount.)

The DBNA Capacity Building Grant Program is interested in the impact our grant award has made on your organization and in the community

We wish you continued success and look forward to hearing about your progress.

Sincerely,

The DBNA Capacity Building Grant Program

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November 5, 2015 by admin

MEC ALUMNUS SLAMS ILLITERACY

October 29, 2015

In 2013 Medgar Evers College Alumnus Curtis Harris established Green Earth Poets Café in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. A nonprofit organization providing the community with a platform for expression, Green Earth Poets Café is dedicated to using poetry to increase literacy among at-risk youth in Crown Heights, Brownsville, and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Green Earth Poets Café offers three core programs:

· A community based “Spoken Word Open Mic Poetry Series” which helps to give voice to community concerns

· “Our Youth Are Slamming,” a workshop currently offered in schools which promotes creative writing, reading, and public speaking using poetry performance techniques

· “No More Silent Voices,” a poetry program for youth incarcerated at Rikers Island that incorporates creative writing and performance

Green Earth Poets Café is launching Green Earth Poets Theater in the near future to continue to showcase our youth, giving them opportunity and a stage to increase self-esteem, self-expression, and self-confidence using the arts.

November 5, 2015 by admin