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Community groups back poet laureate resolution; council approves it on consent
5688566 · August 26, 2025
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Summary
Writers, poets and residents urged the council to adopt a poet laureate program. The measure was on the Aug. 26 consent calendar and passed as part of the consent vote.
Poets, writers and community members urged the Whittier City Council on Aug. 26 to adopt a resolution creating a poet laureate program and a youth poet laureate stream. Speakers described Whittier’s literary history and said the honorary position would boost arts education and community engagement.
Why it matters: More than half a dozen poets and community arts organizers told the council the program would…
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