Youth Poet Laureate Programs and Libraries: How and Why
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Webinar
The Youth Poet Laureate (YPL) program is not just a poetry program. It is also a teen leadership and youth development program, as well as a community building program, that libraries are uniquely and ideally situated to coordinate. Public libraries serve their whole communities with this program by amplifying young voices and giving opportunity not just for these talented poets to share their truths, but for the entire community to learn from them and what they have to say. It is also absolutely rewarding and so much fun! One of the country's longest running Youth Poet Laureate programs, the Oakland Youth Poet Laureate program, has been coordinated and run by Oakland Public Library (OPL) teen services staff for fifteen years, and OPL staff have advised several other library systems as they started their own programs. In this webinar, you'll learn how to get started with a Youth Poet Laureate program and why you should consider implementing one.