Founded in 2006 in Los Angeles, Get Lit is the leading nonprofit presenter of literary performance, education, and teen poetry programs in Southern California. Get Lit uses the performance of classic and spoken word poetry to increase teen literacy. By inspiring a nation of teens to read, Get Lit is leveling the playing field between rich and poor, mainstream and marginalized, bringing previously unheard voices to the front. We are turning what was once the cultural void of LA into a burgeoning grassroots arts scene, one poet at a time.