February is Black History Month and this year we are celebrating African American Poets.
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Programs on this theme include:
08/02, 11 am – What's the Buzz this Week? A Chat about Amanda Gorman – with Karoline Steckley – President, AIAFVG
Amanda Gorman just wowed the world with her poem The Hill We Climb, composed for and recited at the Presidential Inauguration. Amanda was the Youth Poet Laureate at age 17. At 22, she is the youngest poet to read at an Inauguration, and has a reading scheduled at the Super Bowl of all places. In addition she's a Harvard University graduate, a fashion icon and more!
Karoline will look at Amanda Gorman and her inspiration to write the Inauguration poem and also take a closer look at some of her interesting facets that made her the star of the inauguration.
Karoline Steckley is the President of the Associazione Italo Americana FVG, an English Teacher at AIAFVG and CIOFS FB FVG in Trieste, a blogger, a writer, a TESOL Member and Regular Speaker at TESOL Italy Conventions, originally from Racine, WI.
with guests:
Laura Williams teaches Advanced Placement World History, World History, and US History at Elba Central School in Elba, NY. She has spoken at the TESOL Italy Convention.
Angela Boone Mansfield is an educator in the Minnesota Department of Education working towards Equitable Access to Excellent and Diverse Educators. She is based in Minneapolis, MN.
Denise Tecchio is the Coordinator of the American Corner Trieste, originally from Cincinnati, OH
23/02, 11am NEW! Adult Read Aloud – Listen to The Voice of Langston Hughes 1950’s poetry readings by Langston Hughes himself on Facebook ACTS.