As part of my Academy of American Poets project, I am organizing workshops and working on a series of short films that will highlight the Bay Area’s ecology and how our youth are responding to environmental challenges. Students grade 12 and below who are interested and wish to find out more, please email me at smcpoetlaureate[at]smcl.org.
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 Poets with funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and in partnership with the San Mateo County Office of Arts & Culture and Urban Word NYC.
This workshop is free and open to all SF Bay Area high school students. Register here.
Aileen Cassinetto