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InsideOut Celebrates National White House Award
[b]Join the InsideOut Literary Arts Project[/b] in celebrating the selection of its Citywide Poets program as one of just 15 National Winners of the prestigious Coming Up Taller Award, an honor bestowed annually by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
Citywide Poet Myriha Burton and 2009 CWP alumna Lena Cintrón accompanied InsideOut Founder Dr. Terry Blackhawk to the White House where she is accepting the award November 4, 2009. Lena Cintrón received a standing ovation for her award-winning poem at an evening reception for CUT awardees hosted by the PCAH at the Kennedy Center on Nov. 3rd. Learn more about the Coming Up Taller Awards
InsideOut's selection rewards the tireless commitment of our students and professional writers, all of it made possible by the investment of countless supporters like you. As this award proves, poetry does pay after all.
See Desiree Cooper's Blog.
See Pete Markus' Blog (
http://petermarkus.com)
Created Nov. 4, 2009 Article #1652 :: Last Update: Dec. 2, 2009
