Tag: poet laureate
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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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Youth Inaugural Poems Anthology
I Have a Dream: Inaugural Poems for a New Generation is an anthology I co-edited with Jim Ward featuring the work of 115 students age 6 to 16. It was released on January 9, 2021, nine days before MLK Day and 11 days before Inauguration, with support from the San Mateo County Arts Commission and…
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SMCPL 2021 Calendar
December 27, 2021, 3pmOur Voice with Ray Tyler, via Zoom December 18, 2021, 1pmMarias at Sampaguitas Issue Launch & Reading December 14, 2021, 4pm Peninsula Family Service & Daly City Library & Recreation Services’ 2nd Annual Virtual Holiday Celebration Join us Tuesday December 14 from 4pm – 5pm for our Holiday Celebration on Zoom! Spoken…
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Daly City Youth Poetry Workshops
Learn to write an occasional poem with San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto! 12/2 and 12/9 at 5pm, hosted by the Daly City Public Library Associates (DCPLA) with a reading by Oakland youth poet Siara Edmond. To sign up, please email info@dcpla.org.
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Re-EnVISIONing Our Future Together
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and Skyline College collaborate to present a reading and panel discussion, Re-EnVISIONing Our Future Together, that hopes “to find clarity and to imagine a future that celebrates both our commonalities and our differences.” The event will feature Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa A. Igloria and former San Antonio Poet…
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County Board Resolution
Board of Supervisors, County of San Mateo, State of California RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF AILEEN CASSINETTO TO THE HONORARY POST OF SAN MATEO COUNTY POET LAUREATE FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR FROM JANUARY 1, 2021 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2021 RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California,…
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Peninsula Virtual Bookfest
Message from San Mateo County Supervisor Carole Groom & Local Librarians: The Peninsula Virtual Bookfest brings together a diverse community of writers and book lovers, in a series of vital and inspiring readings and conversations during the months of September and October. Organized by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto, the virtual bookfest will…
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Project Read Foreword
Poetry at Maguire Facility I met a poet in jail with a tear tattooed under his eye, who introduced himself by way of a poem about the ocean and the morning air. This is perhaps how underlying narratives of incarceration are reclaimed by an expanse of grace. This was the space I occupied when I…
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Women’s Equality Day Celebration
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto in collaboration with the San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women, presents R.I.S.E. 2020: Women’s Equality Day Celebration, with poetry by SevanKelee Boult, Ina Cariño, Meera Dasgupta, Bethlehem Roberson (vocussionist), Kim Shuck, Tynea Smith & Angelique N. Zobitz, hosted by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen…
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Home Could Be Here
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and the Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County present “Home Could Be Here,” the first countywide Youth Poetry, Art & Music Competition to raise awareness of Affordable Housing Month. May 7 at 6pm. Poetry:Ronit DasAshley LauAbigale Wee (1st place) Music:Carmelo AmezcuaBrianna Jacobs (1st place)Caroline Robbins Visual Art:Cielo…
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