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Breaking the Cycle Against Hate
“Breaking the Cycle Against Hate,” Midpen Media (May 2021) May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month — a month-long period for celebrating the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. This year, we recognize the heightened significance of this celebration.…
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National Poetry Month Readings
Redwood City Public Library and San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto are proud to present National Poetry Month Readings featuring Angela Narciso Torres with Dilruba Ahmed, Naoko Fujimoto, and Karen Llagas. Register here.
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Inaugural Daly City Youth Poet Laureate
“City Launches Youth Poet Laureate Program, First Of Its Kind In San Mateo County,” SF Gate (January 15, 2021) “San Mateo County’s poet laureate Aileen Cassinetto said Daly City’s youth program “amplifies the role of youth in the community and the power of the literary arts in inspiring civic engagement.” “I see the Youth Poet…
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The Future of Women’s History
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and the San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women present The Future of Women’s History, March 24 at noon. Featuring Sanjyot Pia Walawalkar, Amanda Safi, Sophie Mateja & Hilary Cruz Mejia. (Watch the FB recording here.)
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Empower Women, Empower Earth
With a theme of ecofeminism, Skyline College and San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto present Empower Women, Empower Earth featuring Persis Karim, Maya Khosla and Kim Shuck (find full bios here: http://bit.ly/PoetBios). The Poetry Corner Series offers the Skyline College community a space to gather and celebrate diversity and lyrical power through the art…
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Women’s International Day 2021
“Filipinas share their views, experiences as migrant women writers,” The FilAm (March 13, 2021) “Filipina writers’ online panel marks Int’l Women’s Day,” Philippine Inquirer (March 10, 2021) “FILIPINO AND FIL-AM WOMEN WRITERS IN THE UNITED STATES SHARE THEIR JOURNEYS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2021,” Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. Press Release (March 9, 2021)
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March 2021: Philippine Embassy’s International Women’s Day
The Embassy’s first ever “Panel Discussion with Filipino-American Women Writers” Hosted by the Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. in honor of International Women’s Day Panelists: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Migs Bravo Dutt, Luisa A. Igloria, Gayle Romasanta Moderator: Aileen Cassinetto Watch it again. Read the press release.
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Burlingame Library’s Community Book to Action
Burlingame Public Library’s community Book to Action program “Burlingame Reads,” running March-July 2021, with support from California Center for the Book, and with Community Partners Citizens Environmental Council, Sustainable San Mateo County, Farming Hope, San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto, and Nethra Samarawickrema and Yuri Zaitsev of the Listening Lab, presents a series of…
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2nd Annual Filoli Haiku Contest
Haiku Reading at Filoli (special announcement of the Haiku Competition winners) Submit Your Haiku on Filoli’s Winter Garden! Entries due January 31 | Winner announced Feb 14 Filoli is pleased to bring back for a second year its Winter Garden Haiku Poetry Competition, open to all. Entrants may submit up to three original, previously unpublished…
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