Deep Center

Spring Showcase - Voices in Bloom
2025-05-18 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Victory North, 2603 Whitaker Street, Savannah, GA, 31401, United States
Deep Center is inviting the entire community to join us for a Spring Showcase, an afternoon of storytelling, art, poetry, and jazz, as we celebrate youth from our Block by Block, Young Author Project and SLAM programs. Deep Center youth will be joined on stage by youth musicians from the Savannah Music Festival Jazz Academy to showcase their original poetry and compositions. The event is completely free, family-friendly, and open to the public.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2s3c6p95
“Deep Center’s Spring Showcase event is a time for us to bring together youth, their families, and our larger community to celebrate the accomplishments of young artists from across Savannah,” says Executive Director, Dr. Holly Whitfield. “We’ll be hearing from writers, poets, and musicians who have challenged themselves to grow in their creative expression and are ready to step into the spotlight.”
The Deep Center runs the Young Author Project in 13 of Savannah’s public middle and high schools. All participants take part in a rigorous series of after-school writing workshops throughout the semester. Workshops are taught by volunteer Writing Fellows, who are themselves dedicated creative writers. Deep Center’s Block by Block program invites high school students to discover the complexity of Savannah’s past, while simultaneously developing their own creative voice through writing, visual arts, cultural experiences, and exploration of their community. The SLAM team takes creative writing to the stage with dynamic spoken word compositions that are performed locally and nationally.
“The youth in Deep’s programs are powerful storytellers and changemakers. This showcase is a celebration of their voices, their leadership, and their creativity,” says Director of Youth Programs, Kalima Harris. “We are inspired by their courage and support them in fully engaging with this process of self-discovery. We look forward to being in community with our village, as we uplift our youth and affirm to them that they are heard, seen, supported, and loved. ”
To register for the free event: https://tinyurl.com/2s3c6p95 For any questions, contact writewithus@deepcenter.org.

2025 Youth Summit
2025-03-02 11:00 - 16:00 | GA

Drop-In @ Hudson Hill
2025-02-25 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-02-18 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-02-11 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-02-04 16:30 - 17:30 | GA

Drop-In @ PARC
2025-02-20 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-02-13 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-02-06 15:30 - 16:30 | GA

Expungement Clinic
2025-02-10 17:00 - 19:00 | GA

Deep Space
2025-02-09 11:30 - 16:00 | GA

Just Us Academy
2024-09-20 - 2024-09-21 | GA
Deep Center, in partnership with The Leadership Conference Education Fund, has opened up applications to the first ever Just Us Academy, a free two-day training program for everyday people interested in creating more inclusive, just communities where everyone can thrive, specifically with a focus on criminal justice reform.
Just Us Academy will be held over two days:
Friday, September 20 — 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 21 — 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (optional dinner afterwards)
Deep Center community Space
3025 Bull Street
Savannah, GA 31415
To register: https://tinyurl.com/bdz85a6z
To see the agenda for the Just Us Academy, click here: https://tinyurl.com/544698mv
The mission of Just Us Academy is to be a place where people can build connections with one another, learn the basics of movement work and community organizing, and deepen their understanding of the world around them. Participants will be provided breakfast, lunch, and dinner during the academy. During the Just Us Academy, participants will:

Opening night dinner with a facilitated conversation and asset mapping exercise.
What is movement work and community organizing 101 workshop lead by facilitators from The Leadership Conference Education Fund.
Teach-in on Critical Hope and how to be a part of the larger campaign for a new hope city.
You exist in the context: A guided tour focused on movement history in Savannah.
Closing open-air teach-in at The Weeping Time to understand where we have been and what’s at stake.
Optional closing night dinner.

Fall 2024 Drop-In
2024-09-17 - 2024-11-22 | GA
Drop–In works with youth (ages 7-18) in our community to provide fun, accessible, culturally-responsive, and trauma-informed workshops. The workshop series provides a thoughtful, intentional, and easy entry into Deep spaces, without the immediate long-term commitment that other programs require and was created to offer programming, specifically for systems-involved youth, including young people in foster care, juvenile court, and alternative schools.
We’re now moving into our fall sessions which will be held at
Tuesdays, 4pm-5pm
Ships of the Sea Museum
415 MLK Blvd.
Savannah, GA 31401
Thursdays, 3:30pm-4:30pm
PARC Eastside Center
425 Pennsylvania Avenue
Savannah, GA 31404
For more information, contact marisa@deepcenter.org

Fall 2024 Young Author Project
2024-09-16 - 2024-12-09 | GA

Young Author Project - Writing Fellow Training
2024-09-15 - 2024-09-16 | GA

Young Author Project - Writing Fellow Recruitment
2024-09-05 - 2024-09-14 | GA

All Spark: Who You Gonna Call?
2024-07-31 17:00 - 19:00 | GA
Join All Spark, our youth focused community organizing 101 group! Each month, participants learn about a new topic related to community organizing on the local level. This month, we will be focused on mutual aid!
All Spark
Wednesday, July 31st
5pm-7pm
Deep Center
3025 Bull st (Clifford st side)
Register here: All Spark – July Session

Legacy Quilt Community Conversation
2024-07-26 16:00 - 17:00 | GA
What is legacy to you? How can music empower a generation? These are a couple of the questions Block by Block youth asked their family when creating their squares for the legacy quilt. Now, we want to hear the community’s thoughts too.
Friday, July 26
4-5pm
Bull Street Library auditorium
2002 Bull Street
Savannah, GA 31401
RSVP for the community conversation here to join in the conversation, see the quilt and watch youth show up and show out.

The Debrief: Barber Shop Series
2024-07-25 18:00 - 20:00 | 12 old lathrop avenue, 12 Old lathrop avenue, savannah, georgia, 31415
Register: https://tinyurl.com/mus59k9s
About: Join us for The Debrief, Deep’s summer barber shop series on all things justice. For our July session, we have Under the Gun: Cause, Grief, and Restoration, an event focused on gun violence in Savannah and what action people can take.
