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Ro Khanna & Mayor Darcy Paul • Site Tour #2 video: published in mid-November • Ribbon-Cutting and GALA event: TBD • Monthly Social Media updates • Monthly Website updates Thank You 112 1 1 UPERTINJ Library Commission Meeting February 2 , 2022 Presentations Item 6 Update on Addressing the Digital Divide LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 6 Page 1 of 2 L Digital DivSubcommittee History u ► Library Commission update on the digital divide provided in October 2020 ► Digital Divide Subcommittee formed in March 2021 Fall ► Subcommittee members Commissioner Sreekanth & Commission Zhao ► Response to Library Commission work program item 2 LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 6 Page 2 of 2 Activities L ► Subcommittee has met monthly with Cupertino Community Librarian since June 2021 000 ► Reviewed library programs and resources currently available, and provided topical input ► Community promotion for smartphone classes in October 2021; community promotion for computer and Chinese resources in November 2021 3 StepsNext "4 ► Continue to promote library programs and resources related to technology ► Continue to share requests from community members for technology services ► Reconvene in future if necessary 4 Library Commission Meeting February 2 , 2022 Presentations Item 9 Monthly Update Reports MeetingLIB 02.02.22-Item' Cupertino Community LibrarianReport Page 1 of 4 Cupertino Library Commission . . N We have enjoyed welcoming patrons back to Cupertino Library for full-service hours and passport service!We hope to see you at our libmry soon.Don't forget to bring your library card! -Clare Varesio,Community Librarian LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 Cupertino Community Librarian Report Page 2 of 4 r oHyRead RTVHR-T49U, Chinese Online Resources ;�r�fi�,�a� press - • �..m�. .. __ = �xs.m.�snm� —connecting people thnwghnews— tun*sr: s.rrm�awe�m � wF�f�sfni�¢3xm:�mR�rsolmt New York Times Chinese Edition Pressikeader 3 89,374 Items Borrowed By the Numbers 91 ,558 Items Returned 28, 124 LibraryVisitors January 2022 801 New Library Cards 74 Meeting Room Bookings 4 LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 Cupertino Community Librarian Report Page 3 of 4 t Libr • Highlight Full-Service Hours ,. ♦ Passport �rt E I!E yp / 5 POW r !have a dreaLibrm.,. • • • ht Dream Tree ve r anx. -x I ,erril��'N 6 MeetingLIB 02.02.22-Item' Cupertino Community LibrarianReport Page 4 of 4 ZE Coming Soon �.� ��.� ��► _�, Thank you i � . ` r +� i i Learn more at "° sccld.org �' TOQ GOOQ TOBE�iF117� �? FCUPERTINO LIBRARY uary 2022 rs SCCLD Winter Traditions Photo Contest Winner Riya J.from Cupertino THIS MONTH AT THE LIBRARY : VISIT US 7 DAYS PASSPORT SERVICE HELP US DREAM BIG A WEEK AVAILABLE Parks and Rec helps Cupertino Full service hours resume!Visit Passport service resumed at Library honor Martin Luther Cupertino Library Monday to Cupertino Library on January King Jr.and Black History Month Friday,10am-9pm,and Saturday 25. Learn more and make an with a special tree in our lobby. to Sunday,10am-6:30 pm, appointment online at Add a leaf with your hopes and starting January 24. sccld.org/passport. dreams when you visit! BY THE NUMBERS January 2022 89,374 Items Borrowed 28,124 Library Visitors 91,558 Items Returned 801 New Library Cards 74 Meeting Room Bookings SCCLD .ORG February 2022 CHECK THIS OUT ! • e y CHINESE What our library staff look Q forward to reading in 2022... ,� ONLINE RESOURCES The Reading List by Sarah Nisha _��__ L Adams-Aleisha finds a booklist while working at her I*l ' local library and starts to read Dragonsource Qikan eMagazines IRS,i every book on it to whisk her � � away from the harsh realities at OR home. For adult readers. '0'71/�2$,��} ��QI $�7 PA R Living with Viola by Rosena Fung A� -A coming-of-age graphic novel -with cute, clever artwork and a s � warm, candid writing style - HyRead T a�Q TMP,i about Livvy, a Chinese- A fA Q f N 0h V!q:1 X Q INI, IA Canadian girl whose anxieties = —T[i e� j� !rtN��'� 1117MN � ��) �A�T�J7 qP� ) are manifested in the persona of Viola. For middle grade readers. J152! At,�7 T ft M°� New York Times Chinese Edition t$,,., Consumed by Aja Barber- The 0A19 ANN destructiveness of fast fashion PM p_tj, � � ` and how we can better with 3M, regards to conspicuous consumption. For adult 1��'i� readers. PressReader *3Z -T oVQ RM PressReader ?-Pnpq Q nrAa1 7 Q, jTf#jff MARK YOUR PRR IN-#R� p,aTAN�;0�, 7�a„ CALENDAR DON ' T FORGET YOUR Kindness Tree&Kindness Bingo Children's Room,February 1 - March 31 LIBRARY CARD ! Drop by the library any time to participate! Caregiving 101 ° Online,Monday February 22 @ 2pm Register online to attend! Don't have a library card? Visit Cupertino Garin for Someone With Dementia Library or sign up for an eCard online at g sccld.org/card-application/. Online,Monday February 28 @ 2pm Register online to attend! See more Silicon Valley Reads events at siliconvallevreads.org Santa Mara county i b ra rydistrict S C C L D .O R G cupertino library LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 County Librarian Monthly Report Page I of 7 February 2022 Library Stakeholder Report Jennifer Weeks, County Librarian New County Poet Laureate Tapped for 2022-23 Term3 I a tire ate The County Board of Supervisors appointed Tshaka Campbell to be the seventh County Poet Laureate on January 11. The honorary position is charged with promoting the art form through appearances at local community events and working to instill a passion for poetry among the public. Campbell is a multi-talented individual who has written several books of poetry, performed in multiple poetry contests across the country, and released multiple music albums. He has already leaped into his new role, also taking advantage of social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). SCCLD is working with SVCreates to provide support for the mission of the Poet Laureate. A new page on the Library District's website contains general information about the Poet Laureate and lists upcoming events featuring Campbell as well as other local poetry groups being hosted at our libraries. Campbell will be formally introduced at the Board of Supervisors meeting at 9:30 on Tuesday, February 8. As part of the invocation, he will also read a selection of his work as part of the online meeting. Silicon Valley Reads Events All February GpN Vq On the heels of its successful January 27 online kickoff, Silicon Valley Reads 2022 has dozens of events scheduled y this month. k \ f Get ready to celebrate Valentine's Day with Los Altos �F40S Library's All You Need is Love and Kindness event from Feb. 7 to 12. Drop by the Children's Reference Desk for holiday • • cards, hearts and decorations to take home. Morgan Hill Library's After School Snack program has a station to make Kindness Valentines from Feb. 7 to 11. Teens can learn to watercolor by watching an online course on Tue. Feb. 15. Adults can test their trivia knowledge during a virtual contest on Wed. Feb 16. Following the theme of Kindness, a Caregiving 101 class will be offered over Zoom on Mon. Feb. 21. There will also be a special Storytime on Tue. Feb. 22. If you have not already done so, register for SVR2022 on Beanstack. Everyone who logs in a book and completes a short "Write Your Thoughts" activity will be eligible for a special thank you prize. LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 County Librarian Monthly Report Page 2 of 7 Black History Month Library Events February was selected as the month to celebrate Black History due to the birthdays of abolitionist Frederick Douglas and the BLACK Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln. HISTORY N/1OXTH SCCLD has several virtual events planned during the month on topics including a teen workshop on microag_gressions, lessons on Microaggression Soul Food Demo Black American Workshop for wilh Chef Quilts with how to make soul food, a film discussion about slavery, a history Teens Harris Peopleologie of Black American Quilts, and a talk about inventor George Washington Carver. There will also be a special author Q&A next Q&A with month with James Beard award-winning chef Bryant Terry. ' rSlavery by James Beard Another Narne S Award-winning Several libraries will be offering a Black History trivia challenge to Chef Bryant Terry test your knowledge about important black figures from American REGISTER TO ATTEND history. Look for copies at the Adult Reference Desks. Keep an AT SIC CLD.ORG/EVENTS eye out as well for Black History Month book displays at libraries. Have You Had a Chance to Enjoy Our Sunday and Expanded Hours Yet? ■ I ` All of our libraries, except the Campbell Express, are now open seven days a week for your convenience. Our open eaaYa'a J J !� hours vary by location. See the schedule below. UPDATE: Due to advice from the County Public Health Officer about gatherings, we have pushed back the start date for patrons to once again be able to reserve our community rooms and large rooms to March 1. Our medium and small rooms are still available. All those who use them must be masked at all times. Full Service Hours Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Campbell Express 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-6 m 10am-6 m Closed Cupertino 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-6:30 m 10am-6:30 m Gilroy 1 Pri 1 Pi 1 m-9 m 10ar m 10am-6 m 10am-6 m 1 pri Los Altos 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-7 m 10am-7 m 10am-7 m Milpitas 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-7 m 10am-7 m 10am-7 m Morgan Hill 12 m-9 m 12 m-9 m 12 m-9 m 10am-6 m 10am-6 m 10am-6 m 1 pm-5 pm Saratoga 10am-9 m 10am-9 m 10am-6 m 10am-6 m 10am-6 m 10am-6 m 10am-6 m Woodland 11 am-8 pm 11 am-8 pm 11 am-8 m 11 am-5 pm 11 am-5 pm 11 am-5 m 11 am-5 pm LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 County Librarian Monthly Report Page 3 of 7 Happy Year of the Tiger! Lunar New Year 2022 In China, it's called the Spring Festival. In Korea, it's Seollal. In Vietnam, it's Tet. 4All- Our librarians have put together a special booklist for families about Lunar New Year, the first day of the lunar calendar. Learn fact and stories about this date, w which is celebrated across the globe and here in Santa Clara County. 6 Join SCCLD for in-person and virtual programs in February! See the attached event calendar for a full list of available programs. LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 County Librarian Monthly Report Page 4 of 7 Santa Mara county l i b ra rydistrict SANTA CLARA COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT FEBRUARY 2022 EVENTS Please note: Silicon Valley Reads events listed in blue "All libraries will be closed and services unavailable on Monday, February 21 in observance of Presidents' Day" SVR Kindness Bingo Anytime during February and March Complete our SVR Kindness Bingo Challenge and receive a participation prize. Pick up your bingo sheet from Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos and Woodland Libraries. SVR Kindness Tree Anytime during February and March Visit Los Altos, Cupertino or Gilroy Libraries to write an act of kindness and add to our kindness tree. Snack Break at Morgan Hill Library Mondays-Thursdays, 3—4 p.m. (except holidays and school breaks) Kids 18 and under are invited to stop by the library for a snack, as supplies last. Snack Break at Gilroy Library Mondays-Fridays, 3—5 p.m. (except holidays and school breaks) Visit the children's area near the Nest room to grab a snack, as supplies last. Online ESL Conversation Club Tuesdays, February 1, 8, 15, & 22, 1 —2 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Wednesdays, February 2 & 9, 6— 7:15 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Thursdays, February 3, 10, 17& 24, 11 a.m. —12:15 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Practice your English listening and speaking skills in a virtual platform. Meet new friends and learn English together. SVR Virtual Book Club: The Authenticity Project Wednesday, February 2, 6:30— 7:30 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Join us as we discuss one of this year's recommended fiction reads, The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley. LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 County Librarian Monthly Report Page 5 of 7 Santa Mara county l i b ra rydistrict Virtual Tai Chi Fridays, February 4, 11, 18& 25, 10—11 a.m. (Register for Zoom link) Martial Artist Yang Li will host a four-part series of tai chi classes that cover basic postures, breathing techniques and forms of tai chi. No previous experience necessary. SVR Virtual Book Discussion: A Dream Called Home Friday, February 4, 10:15—11:15 a.m. (Register for Zoom link) We will discuss featured Silicon Valley Reads book A Dream Called Home by Reyna Grande. Virtual Event: Tax Law Updates Saturday, February 5, 11 a.m. —12 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) A certified financial planner will discuss tax law changes and how it might affect your personal financial situation. Also covered are strategies for tax savings for this year and beyond. Virtual Teen Workshop: Identifying and Interrupting Microaggressions Saturdays, February 5, 1 —2 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Learn how to identify a microaggression and how to challenge, confront and question a microaggression while being a thoughtful and protective ally. This event is for teens ages 13-18. DIY Spa Products at Gilroy Library Saturday, February 5, 2—3 p.m. (Register online) Join us in the courtyard to create your own spa products to use at home. We will provide the supplies to make bath bombs, a body scrub and a foot soak. Registration is required. SVR: All You Need is Love and Kindness Valentines at Los Altos Library Stop by anytime during the week of February 7-12 Stop by the Children's Reference Desk for Valentine's Day cards, hearts and decorations to take home. Kindness Valentines at Morgan Hill Library Stop by anytime between 3-4 p.m. February 7-11 Drop by during our after-school snack program to make Kindness Valentines. Black History Month Event: Virtual Film Discussion Monday, February 7, 6—7 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Join us for this Black History Month special event. Please watch the documentary, Slavery by Another Name on Kanopy, then join us to discuss. Online Chinese Book Club/ -I--*ZISEIN Wednesday, February 9, 10:15—11:45 a.m. Participants can choose to read the book, )CAM t q, in Chinese or English, and the discussion will be mainly in Mandarin. A �� a®�'3Z---Iri l:3Z X, pfA-F`kAll;41L:1cP3ZAI. LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 County Librarian Monthly Report Page 6 of 7 Santa Clara county [i b ra rydistrict Virtual Film Discussion Monday, February 14, 6— 7 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) We will be discussing the film,The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet. Please watch the film first on Kanopy, then join us to discuss. Safe Space Meeting for LGBTQ+Youth at Morgan Hill Library Tuesday, February 15, 4—6 p.m. (outside, weather permitting) Join us for support group meetings that provide a safe space for LGBTQ+youth (ages 13-25) to play games, participate in group activities and discussions, and build community. No registration necessary. Black History Month Event: Soul Food with Chef LaKisha Harris Tuesday, February 15, 7—8 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Chef LaKisha Harris will be coming into your kitchen (virtually) to help you prepare fried chicken, collard greens and cornbread. A list of ingredients will be given ahead of time in case you want to cook along with her. SVR Special Event: Watercolor Painting with Teen Artist &Author Tyler Gordon Tuesday, February 15, 7—8 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Internet sensation Tyler Gordon will share his journey into worldwide fame and lead us through a watercolor art lesson. Attendees should have blank paper, watercolor paints or colored pencils available. SVR: Virtual Trivia Night for Adults Wednesday, February 16, 6—7 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Join us for trivia that will cover a variety of categories (movies, music, literature and more) related to the SVR theme: The Power of Kindness, Resilience and Hope. Cupertino Library's Adult Book Online Discussion Group Thursday, February 17, 7—8:30 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) We will be discussing The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde. Black History Month Event: George Washington Carver Saturday, February 19, 11 —12 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) The executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri will discuss Carver's life, his research at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and the many contributions he made to agricultural science and product development. SVR Event: Caregiving 101 Monday, February 21, 2—3 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) A representative from the Family Caregiver Alliance will discuss what a caregiver is, the importance of being identified as one, and will provide the participant with an understanding of the impact they potentially leave on the care of their loved ones and themselves. LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 County Librarian Monthly Report Page 7 of 7 Santa Clara county [i b ra rydistrict SVR Event: Celebrity Storytime Tuesday, February 22, 10:30—11 a.m. (Watch on Facebook) Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian will read aloud the featured Silicon Valley Reads book The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates. Watch this program on our Facebook page (@sccld) Online Bookshare Tuesday, February 22, 7—8:15 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Talk about your latest read or favorite genre and hear from others who share your passion of reading. Online Book Discussion Tuesday, February 22, 7—8 p.m. We will discuss The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald. Analysis of Early Applications Results: Class of 2022 Wednesday, February 23, 6—7:30 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Analyze early application results with FLEX's expert counselors. This year's early application results are particularly important because they give indications of how colleges have adapted to application portfolios affected by the pandemic. Black History Month Event: Quilts with Peopleologie Saturday, February 26, 2—3 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Learn about some of the traditional quilt patterns created by Black Americans and passed down generations. Afterward, create your own no-sew quilt block using any fabric scraps, cardboard or cardstock, scissors and glue. Now Read This! Los Altos Online Book Club Monday, February 28, 12—1:30 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) We will discuss Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch. SVR Virtual Event: Caring for Someone with Dementia Monday, February 28, 2—3:30 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) Caring for someone with dementia poses unique challenges. This class will provide a basic understanding of dementia and how it affects an individual. Participants will also learn some tips on how to cope with these changes. Virtual Film Discussion Monday, February 28, 6— 7 p.m. (Register for Zoom link) We will be discussing the film, Circle of Poison. Watch the film using our free streaming service, Kanopy, and then join us for a discussion. LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 Poet Laureate Report Page 1 of 9 Dear Cupertino Library Commissioners and Library Foundation Committee: As my term almost ends,I received a phone call from the library commissioner Liyan Zhao, asking me if my term as Cupertino Poet Laureate to be extended to the end of 2022. I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve the City of Cupertino. Please find below a summary of projects I initiated, as well as projects I was invited to take part in, based in and outside of the City of Cupertino. During my term, I am humbled to have been able to help establish or co-establish a citywide monthly Saturday Poetry Pen Pals, Poetry Cupertino,participating the annual Rotary Youth Poetry Contests, Poetry Window, Holiday Banners and other projects in the past two years. Some of my most impactful projects include the Celebrating the OX New Year, A Hoisan-Wa 'Talk Story' Poetry Performance, Where we are from, Poetry with Hope and Diversity, and Art Wall. I am especially proud of working with Cupertino youth poets, as well as honoring the Cupertino Poetry Circle, the incubator of the Cupertino Poet Laureate program. It is my hope and belief that poets laureate will be able to connect world though words and poetry. We might not able to change the past, but it's the presence and future we are yet to create! It has truly been my great honor representing City of Cupertino as Poet Laureate. With gratitude and respect, Jing Jing Yang 01/06/2022 Cupertino Poet Laureate 1 LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 Poet Laureate Report Page 2 of 9 The following are programs I organized or co-organized between 2020 and 2021: CPL-Initiated Community Community Participation/Impact projects Partners Saturday Poetry Pen Pals (SPPP) December 2021 Cupertino Library Poetry, Music, Painting and Medicine (SPPP) Featuring combined, very powerful. Dr. Richard Stanford Hamelok from International Pegasus Center Physician Writer at Stanford University. December 2021 City of Cupertino To honor the Cupertino Poetry Circle Cupertino Library with English, Chinese, Hindu and Holiday Banners Foundation Russian. The 6 banners were located at 3 most popular city spots. Praises well received from the poetry community. • uinlan: Corner of Alves and Stelling • Memorial Park: Corner of Anton and Stevens Creek • Monta Vista Recreation Center: Fence along Foothill Blvd November 2021 Cupertino Library First time in person workshop at the Featuring middle- Courtyard of the library. schooler Rotatory Poetry Contest Honoree Zain Haseeb. SPPP October 2021 Cupertino Library Poetry Beyond Race Featuring Library Poetry serves the community Renowned East Foundation Palo Alto Poet Laureate Kalamu Chach6 — A 2 LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 Poet Laureate Report Page 3 of 9 conversation between 2 Poet Laureates. SPPP September 2021 Cupertino Safe In front of City Hall. More than 60 CPL Haiku @ Route to School participants made Haiku flags. City Bike Fest & City of Cupertino August 2021 Cupertino Library In front of the library 2nd Poetry City of Cupertino Window featuring Library 2021 Rotary Foundation Poetry Contest Winners. July 2021 Cupertino Library Young poets from local schools, John Featuring Hopkins University students, and local John Hopkins Youth magazine editors attended this University workshops. student-professor team Joyce Ker, the Bridport Prize winner and poet Dora Malech SPPP July 2021 De Anza College https://www.mercgrynews.com/2021/06/ Hope & Solace 06/de-anza-public-art-project-aims-to- Project with give-hope-and-solace/ Euphrat Museum of Art of https://www.deanza.edu/news/2021/hope De Anza College -solace.html 3 LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 Poet Laureate Report Page 4 of 9 June 2021 Cupertino Library Recipients: Library Library • Tongo Eisen-Martin Foundation Grant Foundation . Kalamu Chach6 received to honor . Al Rahul Athavale: Overseas the highly pending achieved guest . Lita Kurth: Jail Poet books poets. For Theo: On Becoming by Michelle Obama Mindfulness in Plain English by Henepla Gunaratana Creating Short Fiction: the classic guide by Damon Knight For Ray: FLCL Omnibus by Gainax Arcanum Unbounded: the Cosmere Collection Poemcrazy:freeing your life with words Susan Wooldridge For Ron: Ordinary Genius, Kim Addonizio, Damon Knight June 2021 Head Cupertino Rotary https://tipyurl.com/cp2oems202l Judge of the Club Rotary Youth Poetry Contest, finalized winners and trained the them to recite at the award ceremony. May 2021 City of Cupertino https://www.cupertino.org/home/sho)ypu Mother's Day blisheddocument/29305/6375563727302 Special — Poem 00000 "Jasmine" published at the https://www.cupertino.org/residents/arts- Scene newsletter and-culture/cupertino-poet-laureate and city CPL website. 4 LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 Poet Laureate Report Page 5 of 9 More than 50 community poems and May 2021 — Cupertino Library artwork filled in front to the library Art Wall to windows,where attracted many residents, Celebrate Asian a fantastic impact! American Pacific Heritage Month. May 2021 De Anza College https://www.youtube.com/watch?v--oHD Taste of History Wb fRrco Hope Takes T Shape "A Wall of Hope" April 2021 Celebrating Cupertino Library Tongo: National Poetry The New York Times Best Poetry of Month with San 2021: Francisco PL https://www.n3times.com/2021/12/10/bo Tongo Eisen- oks/review/best-poetry-books-2021.html Martin & San Francisco Jazz PL Jenny: Reginald Lockett Lifetime Genny Lim. Achievement Award: (SPPP) https://oaklandlibEM.bibliocommons.co m/events/61451410dOe33f3600d49cda March 2021 Cupertino Library Stop Asian Hate was the topic along with Celebrating the most inspiring female poet Maya International Angelou's poetry reading. Women's Day Coincidentally, the topic has been (SPPP) honored by the US Mint starting in 2022: https://www.usmint.gov/leam/coin-and- medal-pro grams/american-women- uarters February 2021 Cupertino Library The New Year's Poetry Party was unprecedented, more than 130 people 5 LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 Poet Laureate Report Page 6 of 9 Celebrating Year attended the party - from the Cupertino of OX with mayor, vice mayor to the member of the Poetry! (SPPP) Fremont City Council. Participants from California, Tennessee, New York, Virginia, Florida to Changsha and Shanghai across four time zones. From Chinese legends' descendants to Indian Nobel Literature Prize Winner, polymath poet Rabindranath Tagore's "One Hundred Years Later" to his Chinese friend, XuZhimo's most renowned poem "Farewell Cambridge" were recited in nearly 10 languages! The two Asia most influential poets met in Shanghai a century ago. A hundred years later, Xu's grandson and great-granddaughter were here celebrating the Poetry in the virtual space of Cupertino! As the CPL, the vision of "letting poetry hold hands between the East and the West, and embrace the past and the future"has come alive! January 2021 Cupertino Library Inspired by Amanda Gorman's "The Hill "HOPE" was the We Climb" , poets from all ages brought focus to start year their poems prompted by "HOPE". That 2021 — very was where Flo Wong's beautiful poem important Open blossomed into the CPL and De Anza Mic workshop. College's joint project "Hope & Solace". (SPPP) Also, the 8 year old poet Alaina Gupta read her poem "Hope during Pandemic." A few days later, her voice was broadcasted at KQED. Click here to listen! it November 2020 Cupertino Library Gratitude to the founder of the CPL Ron Celebrating Miller and all 5 Succeeding CPLs: Dave Thanksgiving Denny, Jennifer Swanton Brown, with CPLs from Amanda Williamsen, Ann Muto, Kaecey past and present McCormick; Poet Laureate of San Francisco 2017 Kim Shuck and 2020 6 LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 Poet Laureate Report Page 7 of 9 with an open mic. Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Greer (SPPP) Nakadegawa-Lee. Alaina Gupta read her cute poem "Life of a Turkey" first time. October 2021 Cupertino Library Most moving workshop of all — almost A Hoisan-Wa 100 audiences participated this heartfelt 'Talk Story' Del Sol String event! In the end, we had to split Poetry Quartet workshop into 3 groups! The group has Performance with been performing outside of California, Poets Genny including Immigration Station of Angel Lim, Nellie Island—the Chinese Poetry was carved on Wong, Flo Oy the wood wall! Wong, https://artsed4all.blog/2020/10/24/cupert and the Del Sol ino-poet-laureate-presents-a-hoisan-wa- String Quartet. talk-story/ (SPPP) https://vimeo.com/474444827 https://vimeo.com/637736457?embedde d=true&source=video title&owner=279 39677 September 2020 Cupertino Library Well received workshop — we had Peggy "Where We Are Stark and her grandson duo reading and From" designed having East-coast poet Elijah Pringle for family joining us. members young and old to be together. SPPP August 2020 Cupertino Library Rotary Youth Poetry Contest Winners Celebrating Cupertino Rotary and local poets reading their winning our youth poets! Club poems! (SPPP) August 2020 Cupertino Library It was experimental at first -POETRY not 1 St Poetry Cupertino Rotary only needed to be heard but also needed Window Project Club to be seen! This was the first conversation from Rotary I had with Clare Varesio when she walked Youth Poetry me out from the library door after my first Contest Winners. library commission meeting! The outcome was a big delightful surprise — people loved it! 7 LIB Meeting 02.02.22-Item 9 Poet Laureate Report Page 8 of 9 July 2020 Cupertino Library Continued from last discussion,this time the mic Celebrating was wide opened for poets reading from their Diversity through hearts! Poetry (part II)! (SPPP) June 2020 Cupertino Library Discussed 5 diversified American Celebrating Distinguished poets' poems (Ted Kooser, Diversity through Lucille Clifton, Juan Felipe Herrera, Joy Harjo, Poetry (part I)! and Marilyn Chin). The feedback was phenomenal. The workshop was running out of (SPPP) time, to be continued. May 2020 Cupertino Rotary https://portal.clubrunner.ca/3794/Stories/ Head Judge of the Club poetry-contest-winners-1 Rotary Youth Poetry Contest, finalized winners from last minute while suffering from power- outage. May 2020 Cupertino Library Started an introduction of the Hieroglyph Mother's Day of Chinese Character "Mother", which Poetry was assembled with a word of Female on Celebration. the left and a Horse on the right — a (SPPP) Mother is the hardest-working creature on earth. The we shared multiple poems about Mother. April 2020 City of Cupertino https://www.cLipertino.org/home/showdo Cupertino Poetry cument?id=27451 Slam in the beginning of Pandemic. April 2020 Cupertino Library Everyone knew"Mulan" from the Disney The very first movie, but not many people knew it was workshop to adapted from a famous ancient Chinese celebrate the poem "The Ballad of Mulan". My National Poetry journey as the CPL started with this Month! 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