"Lift every voice" music concourse, golden gate park

Performance: Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Showcase

Sunday, 12/19/2021
3:00 - 4:30
Music Concourse

Music Concourse Drive, near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118
United States

Music Concourse

Oakland Public Library and Chapter 510 present poets from across ten years of the Oakland Youth Poet Laureate (OYPL) program performing on the mic in this special alumni showcase, gearing up to the opening of applications for the 11th OYPL cohort. The event is emceed by San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin and the performance includes a Q&A with the poets. 

 

Featured Poets:

* Myra Estrada - (2021 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate)

* Kaylan Black - (2021 Oakland Vice Youth Poet Laureate)

* Dara Kashayar - (2021 Finalist)

* Greer Nakadegawa-Lee - (2020 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate) 

* Chiana Griswa - (2020 Finalist)

* Zouhair Mussa - (2019 Finalist)

* Harrison Harvey - (2017 Finalist)

* Isabel Hallock - (2016 & 2017 Finalist)

* Tova Ricardo - (2015 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate)

* Shanga Labossiere - (2015 Finalist)

 

Performance

Events featuring theater, music, art and dance.

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

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