Your Sponsorship Transforms the Lives of Young People 

Our sponsors have a crucial impact on the lives of the young people we serve, and without you, the work we do wouldn’t be possible. When you support Phonetic Spit, you ensure that thousands of young people have the opportunity to express themselves creatively through arts and education programming.  Our work builds hope and resilience by centering the importance of developing social, emotional, cultural, and academic literacy.  We conduct our work in schools, group homes, shelters, detention centers, and within public settings where we afford young people opportunities to enhance their self-awareness, sense of self, courage, and connection to the world and others.  

We know that violence, self-harm, suicide, and substance abuse, among other social issues affecting young people, stem from unprocessed trauma and pain.  Our programs offer young people opportunities first to write creatively, authentically, and courageously about their experiences and perspectives. Secondly, we create brave and supportive spaces for young people to present their original work with audiences of their peers.  This process is transformative and life-changing. 

Studies show that young people who are involved in the arts are far more likely to find success socially and academically and that 75% of individuals rate public speaking as their greatest fear, garnering public speaking as the #1 fear in the world after death. By supporting young people’s creativity and authenticity as writers and their resilience and courage as presenters, young people strengthen their confidence and relationships with resilience, equipping them with positive experiences that inform their current and future experiences with adversity. 

Phonetic Spit has provided services to over 80,000 young people since 2018.  We work with thousands of young people each year and host the only consistent youth open mic in the state of Arizona. As a sponsor, your support makes you a life-changing Community Catalyst!