MARCH 2025 TEACH-IN for ECHS students: Lunchtime mentorship Tess and 14 Hills magazine staff, lunch meeting with El Cerrito High School (ECHS) literary magazine staff
MARCH 15, 2025 | EL CERRITO COMMUNITY CENTER, GARDEN ROOM (7007 Moeser Lane) PUBLIC, 4:30—6:00PM Intergenerational Poetry Workshop with Tongo Eisen-Martin
MARCH 15, 2025 | EL CERRITO COMMUNITY CENTER, GARDEN ROOM (7007 Moeser Lane) PUBLIC, 6:30—8:00PM Bay Area All-Star Reading with Maw Shein Win, Bob Hass, Tongo Eisen-Martin, and Brenda Hillman
february 8, 2025 | EL CERRITO COMMUNITY CENTER, GARDEN ROOM (7007 Moeser Lane) PUBLIC, 4:30—6:00PM Place and Placemaking in Poetry and Photography a conversation with Ishmael Reed and Lewis Watts about writing and imagining El Cerrito/Richmond in art
DECEMBER 12, 2024 ECHS literary magazine & African American poetry club staff field trip to San Francisco literary offices at Believer Magazine and The Grotto
NOVEMBER 13, 2024 | HARDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 5:30pm—7:00PM BAY AREA VOICES a conversation about novels, the poems, and WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS with Shanthi SekAran and Vanessa Hua
OCTOBER 16, 2024 for ECHS students: Lunchtime mentorship Tess and poet Blaise Zerega, of Alta Magazine, lunch meeting with ECHS literary magazine staff
September 11, 2024 for ECHS students: Lunchtime mentorship Tess and poet Alan Charazo, of KQED, lunch meeting with El Cerrito High School (ECHS) literary magazine staff