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SMCPL Calendar 2022
June 30, 2022, 5:30pm-8:30pm Skyline College Summer of Poetry & Farewell to San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto, at the Farallon Room. June 28, 2022, 9am Final San Mateo County Poet Laureate Reading at San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting June 25, 2022, 3pm Daly City Public Library Farewell to San Mateo County…
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Academy of American Poets Interview
The Academy of American Poets interview with Poet Laureate Fellow Aileen Cassinetto “A poem is an ecosystem where life happens. There’s ruthlessness, but also so much grace and so much possibility. Poetry situates us where our story connects with other stories, where we navigate bodies and language and distance and place with agency and urgency.…
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Highlights 2019-2021
I was appointed by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to serve as Poet Laureate in October 2018. In January 2019, I launched my “Speak Poetry in San Mateo County” campaign in schools, city halls, the county jail, nursing facilities and local libraries. In April 2020, I curated the community poem, “Love in the…
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Filipino Americans
“TAYO: Filipino Americans of San Mateo County,” Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco (October 15, 2021) “Fil-Ams Among The Remarkable And Famous,” Positively Filipino (September 30, 2020)
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San Mateo County Welcoming Week Community Poem
A project by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto as part of the San Mateo County Office of Community Affairs Immigrant Services’ Welcoming Week 2021 Program BELONGING BEGINS WITH USA San Mateo County Community Poem As you walk outside on your first morning hereput out seed, and see what comes near. A dove, a…
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BREATHE, an Official Selection in the Nature & Culture Poetry Film Festival in Copenhagen
BREATHE is an Official Selection in the Nature & Culture – Poetry Film Festival and will be screened at Kulturhuset Islands Brygge Cultural Center (Denmark) on November 21st & 28th! SMC youth’s crowdsourced poem, “Breathe,” will also be included in an anthology forthcoming from Poetic Phonotheque, Copenhagen. “Breathe” features work by Cassandra Bousquet, Chloe Chou,…
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SSF Youth Ecopoetry Workshop
Save the date: August 11, 2021 at 5pm Pacific via Zoom! Youth Ecopoets’ Workshop with 2020 U.S. Youth Poet Laureate & 2020 UN Sustainable Development Goals Ambassador Meera Dasgupta Organized by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and the South San Francisco Public Library, this workshop is made possible by the Academy of American…
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June 2021 to June 2022: Youth Ecopoetry Project
UPDATE: The San Mateo County Youth Ecopoetry Project culminated on June 30, 2022 with the filmed roundtable, “The Future Is Poetry,” which was an official selection in the Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions. A shorter version of the recording was featured in the Nature & Culture Poetry Film Festival at Kulturhuset Islands Brygge Cultural Center in Copenhagen.…
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Youth Climate Ambassadors
The San Mateo County Office of Sustainability and San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto present a youth ecopoetry workshop at the Youth Climate Ambassadors Summer Retreat. *With Keynote Address & Workshop by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and National Youth Poet Laureate Alexandra Huynh (This ecopoetry workshop, organized by San Mateo…
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23 poets laureate, including San Mateo County woman, receive grants of up to $50,000
New York, NY (June 3, 2021)— The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce its 2021 Poets Laureate Fellows. These 23 individuals serve as Poets Laureate of states and cities across the U. S. and will be leading public poetry programs in their respective communities in the year ahead. The Fellows will each receive…
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