Tag: youth
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Vision board with us!
Teen Makers: Frame Your FutureDate: 05/19/2025 5:30 PM – 6:30 PMLocation: Makerspace, Downtown Library1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood CityFacilitators: Aileen Cassinetto and Amani Shroff, Commissioners on the Status of Women for San Mateo County***All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring your favorite photos, keepsakes, and a healthy dose of imagination to personalize your…
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South City welcomes CA Poet Laureate
Celebrate California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick and California Youth Poet Laureate Chloe Chou in the South San Francisco City Council Chambers on January 25, 2025 at 6pm. This event will feature poetry readings, a solo jazz performance by renowned saxophonist Francis Wong, and a Q&A session. Lee Herrick’s new book In Praise of Late Wonder:…
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Poetry, youth, & the creative mind
The Academy of American Poets is the biggest supporter of the work that poets laureate do. My San Mateo County Youth Ecopoetry Project (2021-22) was fully funded by them and allowed me to work with and mentor some of the Bay Area’s finest young poets: CASSANDRA BOUSQUET (2024 Birss Fellow, Roger Williams University’s Poetry Walk…
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National Poetry Month 2024
Library staff’s Poetry to Read for National Poetry Month 2024 Thursday, April 4, 5:30pm-7pm CREATIVITEA OPEN MIC Presented by Stir Fry Stories and Chopsticks Alley CZI Community Space801 Jefferson Avenue Redwood CityA multidisciplinary showcase for Asian American Pacific Islander musicians, singers, writers, poets/spoken word artists, and visual artists who live and/or work in San Mateo…
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Youth Cultural Ambassadors
In 2022, as I was wrapping up my laureateship, I proposed a county pilot program to celebrate the work of youth poets and artists. Between July 2023 and June 2024, I directed the San Mateo County Youth Cultural Ambassadors pilot program that was officially launched by the San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture…
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First Youth Cultural Ambassadors on a Mission: Bringing Art, Poetry to the Community
I campaigned for this program when I was poet laureate, and now I’m so honored to lead it for San Mateo County! Thank you so much to the County Executive’s Office, especially Office of Arts and Culture Executive Director Robin Rodricks for their support. On a personal note, today is bittersweet as it is Robin’s…
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Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month
June 29th at 6pm: Join the County of San Mateo Office of Community Affairs and Poet Laureate Emerita Aileen Cassinetto for a panel celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month. We are excited to hear from immigrant students and children of immigrants, student leaders from Skyline College’s DREAM Center and Princeton Prize in Race Relations honorees. Panelists include…
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Congratulations, Lauren & Eva!
Huge congratulations to my mentees, Lauren Lin and Eva Chen! Lauren Lin is the Inaugural Burlingame-Hillsborough Youth Poet Laureate! Lauren who also won Youth Speaks’ Teen Poetry Slam Finals will represent the SF Bay Area at the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival this summer! Eva Chen is the first student from San…
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Burlingame-Hillsborough Youth Poet Laureate Commencement
Inaugural Burlingame-Hillsborough Youth Poet Laureate Commencement All community members are invited to join us in a special ceremony to present the winner of the first ever Burlingame-Hillsborough Youth Poet Laureate competition. Friday, May 12, 2023 at 6pm, Burlingame Public Library Program Opening Remarks by Jenny Miner, Teen Services Librarian, Burlingame Public Library Poem performed by…
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Apply to become a Youth Cultural Ambassador
Are you an artist between 15 and 19 years old? Do you reside in San Mateo County? Apply to become a Youth Cultural Ambassador! GOALS• To foster a love of arts as a vehicle for self-expression and civic engagement among young people in San Mateo County.• To build community through arts and culture with the…
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