Youth Truth is an installment of interactive conversations among youth primarily impacted by the juvenile or criminal justice system.

Carnegie Hall today announced that street dance pioneer Drew Dollaz will join longtime collaborators spoken word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph and composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain as they reunite for the world premiere of The Just and the Blind…

The pianist jammed on the Steinway with such force, he stood up to play it. The rest of the orchestra swayed with the Songs of Solomon and Wadleigh High School choirs onstage at Carnegie Hall, singing a student composition about outcasts seeking change and second chances.

March 11 Concert Hosted by Def Jam Poet/Emcee Lemon Andersen, Will Also Feature Broadway Vocalist Carrie Compere and Singers Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Emily Eagen, and Emeline Michel

“Soccer is the only thing on this planet that we can all agree to do together,” says theater maker and TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Through his performances and an engagement initiative called “Moving and Passing,” Joseph combines music, dance and soccer to reveal accessible, joyful connections between the arts and sports. Learn more about how he’s using the beautiful game to foster community and highlight issues facing immigrants.

I wish we could just talk about traffic, but we both know this is a higher-stakes lesson about civics, rights, and being a young black man in America.

by Marc Bamuthi Joseph

More than 120 artists and advocates from around the country gathered in Pasadena this week with the goal of developing a national plan for juvenile justice reform – one that both utilizes the restorative and healing effects of the arts, and incorporates the ideas of youth impacted by the justice system.

More than 100 thought leaders and artists from across the U.S., as well as young people, will gather for second forum, part of Create Justice: A National Discussion on Arts and Youth Justice, held on September 25-26, 2017 in Los Angeles

I recently framed the Lincoln Center Cultural Innovation Fund as Exhibit A in how legacy institutions can appeal to donors increasingly drawn to programs that address major social challenges.

On March 23 & 24, 2017, thought leaders, artists, representatives from non-profit and government agencies, and policymakers from across the US gathered at Carnegie Hall in New York for Create Justice, the first national conversation to focus exclusively on the intersection of arts education and youth justice. The discussion, led in partnership with The Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network in Los Angeles, continues with three forums over the next twelve months designed to build collaboration on a national scale.

The fabled Manhattan music venue is offering teens in the justice system songwriting workshops in Brooklyn and the Bronx

By Corinne Ramey
May 30, 2017
Wall Street Journal

This week, New York-based Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI) and the Los Angeles-based Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network(AIYN) launch Create Justice: A National Discussion on Arts and Justice—the first national initiative focused exclusively on the intersection of arts and juvenile justice.