Are you interested in Theatre? Spokenword? Hip Hop?  Power of Our Voices is where its at!!! Create original raps, poems, and star in a play you help write as a member of

Power of Our Voices.

Pair up with an artist in whatever field you desired and engage in a one-on-one mentorship. Work with students at Concordia University  to improve your study skills, but most of all come join a group of young leaders in your community and HAVE FUN!!!

Program Director, James A. Williams, is an accomplished actor and director from the Twin Cities. His work at PHT developing the Power of Our Voices has been supported in part through a New Generations leadership grant from the Theatre Communications Group, the leading industry advocate for the American theatre. Williams is a founding member of the Penumbra Theatre Company and a former member of the Guthrie Theatre acting company. 

Williams is supported by teaching artists Tish Jones and Jasmine McConnell.  Jones is a spoken word artist, activist, educator and organizer in the Twin Cities.  In 2009, Jones was named MN Urban Griots Female Spokenword Artist of the year . McConnell is a spoken word artist who teaches POV classes and helps ensemble members develop and shape their performances.  McConnell has been a force in the spoken word community for the past five years.  She was one of the top twenty artists chosen to represent Minnesota in a national slam competition and is a featured artist in the Book of Rhymes performance series.