SFPL| Celebration: Poets Honor Janice Mirikitani
August 14, 2021
2-3:30PM
Online
Poets celebrate the life and legacy of Janice Mirikitani. Featuring San Francisco Poet Laureates past and present. Sponsored by the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
Janice Mirikitani was a visionary, a revolutionary artist and the very embodiment of San Francisco’s compassionate spirit. As a poet, including as Poet Laureate of this City from 2000 to 2002, she used the power of her words to further the fight for equality and to call for a more just and peaceful world. Through her work at Glide Memorial Church, along with her husband the Reverend Cecil Williams, she served our most vulnerable residents for decades and provided a place of refuge and love for all. She was boundless in her energy and in her devotion to this City and to her fellow San Franciscans.