Applications Starting For New Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate Program

By Staff Report
FROM: Signal Tribune

classic-close-up-draw-expensive-372748-900x675The new Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate (LBYPL) program is being formed by The Long Beach Public Library and the Arts Council for Long Beach in order to provide local kids with literary arts, civic engagement and performance opportunities.

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The Children of ‘Generation Lockdown’ Speak

By CNN Opion
FROM: CNN.com

header-bwEl Paso. Dayton. Odessa. Pittsburgh. Parkland. Santa Fe. Newtown.

Policymakers debate arming teachers. Parents buy bulletproof backpacks. So many adult Americans fret over a generation – more than a generation, before all is said and done – of students raised to know the run-hide-fight of active shooter drills.

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