Please join the Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate program on Saturday, March 21, from 2-4 pm at Billie Jean King Main Library (200 W Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90802) to celebrate our 2025-26 outgoing LBYPL cohort!

We will hear featured poetry readings by: 2025-26 Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate – Ezequiel Correa and 2025-26 Long Beach Youth Poet Ambassadors – Adele Odette, Eden Gonzalez, Macuilquiahuitl Ixeh, & Maddox Harris

This reading will celebrate the service year of these incredible teen poets as they exit the program.

This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so please RSVP.

Sponsored by the Long Beach Public Library and the City of Long Beach, in partnership with Urban Word NYC, Long Beach Forward, and the Arts Council for Long Beach.

Please direct any questions to LS-YPL@longbeach.gov. Thanks, see you there!