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SUMMARY:Youth Poet Laureate Send-Off Reading & Open Mic: Zoe Byron
DESCRIPTION:Please join us as we bid a fond farewell to 2024-2025 Youth Poet Laureate Zoe Byron\, whose tenure as youth laureate is complete at the end of May. She’s the second ever Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate and has done a beautiful job representing the voice of youth through her poems. \nThis final reading will take place at the Oakdale Public Library\, 151 S. First Avenue\, Oakdale CA 95361. Please bring a poem to share at open mic! Reading starts at 1:00 p.m. in the Community Room just inside the front entrance. \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/2025may17/
LOCATION:Oakdale Library\, 151 South First Avenue\, Oakdale\, CA\, 95361\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Youth Poet Laureate,Youth Poetry
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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SUMMARY:Welcome 2025-2026 Youth Poet Laureate: Reading & Reception
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be celebrating our incoming youth poet laureate\, Valentina Zeff\, at a reading/reception at Modesto Junior College’s Science Community Center.  Come listen to a few poems\, meet youth poets\, and learn about the youth poet laureate program. \nValentina Zeff is a sixteen-year-old poet from Modesto\, California who is currently enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program at Modesto High School. Zeff has been writing free verse and ballad poetry since her freshman year of high school. \nZeff is active within her community and school through social and environmental activism\, extracurricular projects\, and volunteering. She was selected to be a member of the Park’s Youth Committee (April 2024-current)\, Modesto Youth Commission (October 2024-current)\, and student representative for Modesto High School’s Student Senate for both ninth and tenth grade. During the 2023-2024 Speech and Debate season\, she was a top finalist for Original Spoken Word Poetry at State Qualifications. She is also the founder and Co-President of Modesto High School’s Book Club where she leads discussions on novels and poems of interest. Additionally\, she is the Secretary and head layout editor/designer of the Panther Press\, Modesto High School’s monthly newspaper. \nPlease welcome our incoming Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate\, Valentina Zeff! \nThe Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate program is administered by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center (MoSt Poetry) with partners MJC Library & Learning Center & MJC School of Language Arts & Education\, Stanislaus County Office of Education\, Stanislaus County Library\, and Stanislaus Library Foundation. \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/2025yplreception/
LOCATION:Modesto Junior College West Campus\, 2201 Blue Gum Avenue\, Modesto\, CA\, 95358\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Youth Poet Laureate,Youth Poetry
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