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Youth Poet Laureate: Speak Your Silence poetry open mic

December 16, 2023 @ 1:30 pm PST - 3:30 pm PST

Calling All Poets, middle and high schoolers for the Speak Your Silence event on Dec. 16 at the Turlock Library.

Speak Your Silence is a reading on December 16, 2023 at the Turlock Library in remembrance of Sandy Hook (Dec. 14 is the Sandy Hook Day of Remembrance).

Speak Your Silence, a student-led campaign organized by Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate Faith  Delgado, is intended to address and combat all types of violence that occurs in the schools. Youth poets are invited to share their stories and/or experiences in the form of poetry, slam poetry, speeches, spoken word, etc. This can be about sexual or physical violence, any kind of bullying, and/or your experience of how the school handled it. work on the topic of school violence. For middle- and high-schoolers; original work please.

Feel free to contact Faith at faithd@mostpoetry.org for any questions about the event!

Details

Date:
December 16, 2023
Time:
1:30 pm PST - 3:30 pm PST
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Organizer

Stella Beratlis
Email
stellab@mostpoetry.org

Venue

Turlock Library
550 N. Minaret Ave
Turlock, 95382 United States
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Phone
(209) 664-8100
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