CalPoets' First Friday Community Meeting 

All past and present California Poets in the Schools' Poet-Teachers, educators and members of the public are welcome to attend the 1st Friday Community Meeting during the lunch hour. On June 6th we'll hear from Carlos Ornelas & Samuel Benjamin (In Training) who will be presenting this workshop as one step in completing his training to become a certified, CalPoets' Poet-Teacher.

Samuel Rain Benjamin: Workshop Title: Finding The Poet in You- Intro to a first-session workshop geared towards 9-12th grade poets, showing them "Where this Journey Will Take You."

Carlos Ornelas: Workshop Title: Walk In My Shoes: A Lesson on the Persona Poem

MORE WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS & BIOS COMING SOON.

Samuel Rain Benjamin, an Author/Poet, also known as Complicated Passions, was named Poet Laureate of Kern County in April 2024. He's the Creator of The Passions Private Collections and Dark Man Blues, the Series. He…