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Youth Readers ~ Youth Leaders
Poetry Reading |
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Dear Friends in Poetry,
Please join us in celebrating youth voices at our annual youth-led poetry reading on Zoom!
Not Too Young for Wonder, the 2023 California Poets in the Schools' State Anthology Reading will be hosted by statewide Youth Poets Laureate. Students published in the anthology are invited to share one poem.
This event celebrates youth who were featured in our 2023 Statewide Poetry Anthology. It is free and open to the public! Click here to register.
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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS! |
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We are so very pleased to report that we raised $70,000 towards our $80,000 goal during our year-end appeal! Warm thanks to all who donated in support of our vision to inspire youth in every California county to discover, cultivate and amplify their own creative voices through reading, analyzing, writing, performing and publishing poetry. While our campaign is officially over, it's never too late to donate, as we continue to face a deficit in 2024. THANK YOU.
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| LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD! |
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There are just a few days left to participate in the California Arts Advocacy Field Survey. Our participation in the survey is critical to ensure that the needs of the field are understood and that effective policy solutions can be developed and prioritized. Click here to participate. |
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| STUDENT SPOTLIGHT |
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Join us in congratulating Frej Barty, Mendocino County's new Youth Poet Laureate! A junior at Mendocino High Schools, Frej is an aspiring filmaker, cinematographer, and general multi-‐hyphenate storyteller who hates that neologism. Defined by finding and giving hope, he is an all around [self-proclaimed] nerd with a love for anything analog—from the Mendocino High School Radio Station KAKX to pinball. He says his bio just keeps shifting, though, because he is still finding a voice and a way of living. Find out more about Frej and the Mendocino Youth Poet Laureate Program here. |
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Lowell high school ninth grade students’ stunning poetry visual art projects are now being displayed at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum at 200 Larkin St. near the S.F. Civic Center. Their poems written during Susan Terence’s poetry workshops range from oral histories to social justice issues, poetry of self-exploration and love, and ekphrastic poetry (poetry about art.). Click to view and read more. |
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| NETWORK NEWS & EVENTS |
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 | Artist Power Convening Video Release! CalPoets and poet-teacher Claire Blotter were awarded an Artist Power Convening Grant to meet and collaborate on lesson plans with the then new Sonoma and Marin teaching poets. Click to learn more.
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 | There’s a new, hybrid, international, bilingual, collective open mic in SoCal called Planeta Poeta hosted by Diosa X and the Colectivo Planeta Poeta debuting on March 8th. |
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 | WRITING BY HEART: A Poetry Path to Healing and Self-Discovery (New World Library, Feb 2024) is now available for Pre-Order and has a pub date of Feb 27, 2024. Meredith Heller will be doing a Book Talk at Book Passage in Corte Madera on Saturday, March 2nd @ 4pm.
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 | Please consider joining the CalPoets' hosted weekly writing group Wednesdays at 9:30. Click here to register. |
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