For the ninth consecutive year, the Jason Taylor Foundation is giving the South Florida community the chance to witness the top youth poets in the state compete during a cutting-edge event – the Louder Than a Bomb Florida Poetry Festival presented by UKG and UPS. This highly anticipated event will commence with preliminary “bouts” on Wednesday, March 8 at FLA Live Arena. The entire festival will run through Saturday, April 15.
Dubbed the “Super Bowl of poetry,” Louder Than a Bomb Florida (LTABFLA), a Jason Taylor Foundation arts and education project as part of it’s Omari Hardwick bluapple Poetry Network, features a friendly spoken-word competition between school-based poetry teams from across the state. This Wednesday, students from more than 20 high schools representing Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie counties will share their original poetry on multiple stages at the FLA Live Arena thanks to a partnership with the Florida Panthers. Funding from UKG, UPS, and a host of other community partners has assisted the Jason Taylor Foundation support the schools’ efforts.
Louder Than a Bomb Florida is a festival featuring poetry bouts, workshops, exhibits, and ultimately the crowning of Florida’s top youth poetry team. The most critical component, however, is the year-round, meaningful instruction inside the classroom and after-school clubs, with teachers and teaching artists who create and facilitate a safe space for individual and collective expression. To learn more about LTABFLA, contact the Jason Taylor Foundation office at (954) 424-0799.
What: Louder Than a Bomb Florida Poetry Festival
Where: FLA Live Arena
1 Panther Pkwy, Sunrise 33323
When: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
First bouts: 9 – 11 AM
Second bouts: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
About the Jason Taylor Foundation
In July 2004, Miami Dolphins legendary Defensive End, Jason Taylor, established the Jason Taylor Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) organization. The Foundation’s mission is to support and create programs that facilitate the personal growth and empowerment of South Florida’s children in need by focusing on improved health care, education and quality of life.
Since opening its doors, the Jason Taylor Foundation has impacted tens of thousands of children through innovative programming including The Jason Taylor Reading Room, Cool Gear for the School Year, the Jason Taylor Children’s Learning Center, Jason Taylor Scholars and the Omari Hardwick bluapple Poetry Network, among others. For more information on the Jason Taylor Foundation, please visit www.JasonTaylorFoundation.org or follow on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jasontaylorfoundation or Twitter and Instagram: @jtfoundation99 or @bluapplepoetry #LTABFLA.
About FLA Live Arena
Florida’s premier sports and entertainment venue, FLA Live Arena is Florida’s largest indoor arena and the second largest sports and entertainment venue in South Florida. Home of the NHL’s Florida Panthers, the state-of-the-art FLA Live Arena continues to host hundreds of major concerts, events, and performance acts each year, which have included the likes of Elton John, Harry Styles, Beyonce, Lizzo, WWE, Billboard Latin Music Awards and more. In December 2020, FLA Live Arena became the first NHL arena to earn the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)’s prestigious Health-Safety Rating, which serves as the global benchmark for safety in public buildings. Located in Sunrise, Florida across from the Sawgrass Mills Mall, which attracts upwards of 30 million visitors annually, the Broward County-owned FLA Live Arena is one of the top-ranked venues of its kind in the world, servicing Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach Counties and beyond. For more information about FLA Live and upcoming events, games, and concerts, visit www.flalivearena.com and follow @FlaLiveArena on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.# # #
