A youth group based in Little Rock, Arkansas, it puts on a Readers and Writers series, as well as hosts literary enrichment programs. It give kids a place to express themselves through writing and performing.
Volume also publishes No Comment, a teen poetry magazine.
Both programs are youth initiatives of the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. A nonprofit literary arts, education, and cultural resource center for teenagers with bases in San Francisco and New York, Youth Speaks presents teen poetry slams and other noncompetitive events, conducts free after-school writing workshops, and puts on schoolwide assemblies. Writers Corps alliance is a group of independent organizations that use literary arts to help participants strengthen literary skills, discover alternate modes of expression, expand cultural boundaries and hone communication skills needed for future opportunities. NCTE is a professional association dedicated to improving the quality of English language arts instruction at all levels. The PSA conducts a variety of interconnected programs that are designed to introduce culturally and aesthetically diverse poets to an expanding audience and that represent all levels of literary involvement.