Category: News
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Growing Home / Affordable Housing Month
In late 2019, the Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County and SMCPL Aileen Cassinetto began collaborating on what would be an annual countywide youth poetry, music & art competition to raise awareness of Affordable Housing Month and highlight young people’s notions of home. The theme this year is “Growing Home,” the title of last…
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National Youth Poet Laureate
2021 National Youth Poet Laureate Virtual Ceremony May 20 Judges for this year’s National Youth Poet Laureate finals include Juan Felipe Herrera, former U.S. Poet Laureate; Nikay Parades, Senior Programs Manager, Academy of American Poets; Rob Caper, Poetry Director, Library of Congress; Dr. Yolanda Sealy-Ruiz, poet and professor at Columbia University; SJ Miller, Associate Professor…
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Mental Health Open Mic
Menlo Park Library’s Mental Health Awareness Virtual Open Mic Whether in poetry, spoken word, or music, let’s bring our voices together to break the silence surrounding the mental health impacts of rising anti-Asian sentiments and stand in solidarity with the AAPI community. Share your own words, or listen to others. Register here. For more info,…
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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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