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Red Carpet Advocacy Honors Amanda Gorman for Inspiring Social Change
Arianne Phillips and Carineh Martin paired fashion with philanthropy when they launched Red Carpet Advocacy (RAD) in 2019. Now they re honoring cultural icons that inspire change. Getty Images
When stylist and costume designer Arianne Phillips met former luxury-brand marketing executive Carineh Martin in 1997, she would have never guessed that two decades later their joint love for fashion would transform into a purpose-driven organization rooted in philanthropy. “After the 2016 election, we found ourselves protesting and advocating for change, Martin says, and we realized that we wanted to activate our work toward social progress.
May 20, 2021 - 6:24 PM
NEW YORK (AP) â An incoming first-year student at Stanford University has been named the new National Youth Poet Laureate.
Alexandra Huynh, 18, is a second-generation Vietnamese American from Sacramento, California, who sees poetry both as a means to self-expression and social justice.
âI spend a lot of time in my head, so poetry is for me a sort of survival mechanism,â Huynh said Thursday night during a telephone interview from her home. âI wouldn t be able to move through the world with the same amount of clarity had I not worked it out first on the page.â
Her appointment to a one-year term was announced Thursday during a virtual ceremony presented by the Kennedy Center and by the literary arts and development organization Urban Word, which established the national youth laureate program in 2017. In her new position, she will visit with students and hold workshops around the country. She counts among her goals pa
Alexandra Huynh, 18, is the new National Youth Poet Laureate
by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 20, 2021 at 8:11 pm EDT
NEW YORK (AP) An incoming first-year student at Stanford University has been named the new National Youth Poet Laureate. Alexandra Huynh, 18, is a second-generation Vietnamese American from Sacramento, California, who sees poetry both as a means to self-expression and social justice.
She was selected from among four regional finalists for a position first held by Amanda Gorman, who read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Huynh will serve for one year, working with arts organizations around the country.
“We are so very proud of Alexandra. Her words, poise, and brilliance speak to the heart of what our nation needs to hear right now,” Michael Cirelli, founder of the youth laureate program, said Thursday. “Each of our finalists represents their best of poetry in their regions and the national community of young leaders in the literary arts. Th
Associated Press
NEW YORK An incoming first-year student at Stanford University has been named the new National Youth Poet Laureate.
Alexandra Huynh, 18, is a second-generation Vietnamese American from Sacramento, California, who sees poetry both as a means to self-expression and social justice.
“I spend a lot of time in my head, so poetry is for me a sort of survival mechanism,” Huynh said Thursday night during a telephone interview from her home. “I wouldn’t be able to move through the world with the same amount of clarity had I not worked it out first on the page.”
Her appointment to a one-year term was announced Thursday during a virtual ceremony presented by the Kennedy Center and by the literary arts and development organization Urban Word, which established the national youth laureate program in 2017. In her new position, she will visit with students and hold workshops around the country. She counts among her goals passing on her own experiences to others.
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