Registration Officially Open for High School Poetry Teams To Enter Louder Than a Bomb Florida Poetry Festival The Jason Taylor Foundation has officially opened on-line registration for its cutting edge youth poetry festival, Louder Than a Bomb Florida presented by Nova Southeastern University and UPS. Now in its fourth year, this highly anticipated event will take […]
“Taylor Teens” Hopes to Create a Generation of Philanthropists Through Service Projects By Founding Members and Officers of the Cypress Bay Taylor Teens – Charter Chapter Taylor Teens is a brand new club that is starting at Cypress Bay High School. It is made up of students who work together to create service projects to benefit the underprivileged […]
Poetry Helps Students Communicate Their Experiences By Manoushka Saintil – Registered Marriage & Family Therapist / District Administrator, Delinquency Court Liaison, Broward County Public Schools / Jason Taylor Foundation Board Member The first time I attended a spoken word event was when I was in high school. It would be 18 years before I would have the opportunity to have […]
Let Go of Your Fear and Find Freedom: The Power of Spoken Word By Peter Miserocchi – English Teacher at Fort Pierce Central High School Fear. Although it is not normally considered as a hallmark emotion that represents humanity, in the stuttering moments of an introduction, the dozens of daily questions left unasked, and whispered […]
JASON TAYLOR ANNOUNCES MIKE POUNCEY TO FACE JARVIS LANDRY AT JT’S PING-PONG SMASH 14 PRESENTED BY PUBLIX AT HARD ROCK LIVE ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 • • • HOLLYWOOD – Two years ago, Jason Taylor shook up the table-tennis community by adding Mike Pouncey to his annual Ping-Pong Smash lineup. On Monday, November 6, the […]
Intrinsic Benefits to Middle Schoolers Through Literary-Based Programming By Althea Gibbons – SVE Teacher in Broward County Public Schools / Teacher at the Jason Taylor Reading Room My experience as a teacher of middle school students has taught me that, at this age, with respect to their intellect, students display a wide range of individual intellectual development […]
JASON TAYLOR FOUNDATION AND HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY TO HOLD SECOND ANNUAL “WRITE TRACK POETRY” COMPETITION Thirteen Miami-Dade County middle schools to participate in program, to be held in conjunction with Omari Hardwick bluapple Poetry Network MIAMI- As Homestead-Miami Speedway prepares to host NASCAR’s championship races in all three national series for the 16th consecutive year, it is […]
A Business Owner’s Perspective of Corporate Responsibility By Steve Sadaka – Chairman & CEO, StevenDouglas / Jason Taylor Foundation Board Member As a business owner for over 34 years, I’ve often wondered what my corporate responsibility is to give back to the community. The truth is, I was brought up in an environment where giving time and money […]
5 Reasons Spoken Word Is Powerful In The Classroom By Sierra DeMulder – Director of bluapple Poetry Programming, Jason Taylor Foundation I never intended to be a professional spoken word poet. It wasn’t a secret dream of mine or something my guidance counselor suggested I pursue. In fact, it sort of chose me. In my […]
SIERRA DEMULDER JOINS JASON TAYLOR FOUNDATION AS DIRECTOR OF OMARI HARDWICK BLUAPPLE POETRY PROGRAMS WESTON, FLA. – The Jason Taylor Foundation announced today that Sierra DeMulder has been named as Director of the non-profit organization’s Omari Hardwick bluapple Poetry Programs. Founded in 2004 by Miami Dolphins legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Jason Taylor, the […]
