Tag: poet laureate
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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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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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February 2021: Poetry Out Loud
THIRD ANNUAL SAN MATEO COUNTY POETRY OUT LOUD COMPETITION “Igniting student potential through the power of poetry” Come and watch inspiring students from various San Mateo County schools compete in the Third Annual San Mateo County Poetry Out Loud Competition on Thursday, February 11th, from 7-9 pm Via Zoom Webinar! Register for this FREE Event…
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I Have a Dream youth anthology
“Woodland School first graders contribute poem to San Mateo County anthology,” InMenlo (January 26, 2021) “The Next Gen,” Cultural Weekly (January 20, 2021) Update: The anthology is out of print but accessible online here.
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