28 November
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For this week’s blog, I have the privilege to share four more impactful stories. Working with CA Humanities has helped our community share and learn from these valuable stories. “Dear America: Telling the World We Lived,” preserves the powerful voices of older people. Not only has the pandemic taken some much away from us, it has also helped us grow stronger. I hope that everyone has enjoyed these stories as much as I have. This week, I am honored to share with you the stories and poems by David Oliveira, Mary Kay Rummel, Russell Stockard, and Jeanne Munesato. David Oliveira shares his story about movingRead More →

04 November
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I’ve had the honor to listen to a few more stories and poems from our grant, “Dear America: Telling the World We Lived.” Just a reminder, the Ventura County Poetry Project is working with CA Humanities to preserve and learn from powerful voices of older people. Due to the pandemic, we’ve experienced a devastating loss. “Dear America: Telling the World We Lived” was created to record significant experiences in poems and stories from older writers and pass them on to the younger generation. I was incredibly moved by Andrea Carter Brown, Ruben Lee Dalton, Shigeru Yabu, and Lydia Cruz-Machlitt’s stories and I hope that youRead More →

18 October
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“Dear America: Telling the World We Lived,” is a new initiative that the Ventura County Poetry Project is working on, based on a grant from CA Humanities. It provides an incredible insight to many stories from the community. This project is made to preserve and learn from powerful voices of older people. Due to the pandemic, we’ve all experienced a devastating loss. It feels like there has not been enough time to stop and grieve over the losses we have experienced over the last year. Death rates, especially in seniors, have increased immensely due to the pandemic. “Dear America: Telling the World We Lived” wasRead More →

26 January
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Submit poems by April 21st  to vcpoetryproject@gmail.com poems should be no longer than 35 lines.   You name should not appear on the poem   include a cover sheet that includes the name of the poem, your name, address, phone number, email and the name of your favorite local library.   adult category youth category ( 12-18 years of age)Read More →