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Book signing Feb 12 for CSUEB's Project SOAR

Book cover

Book cover

  • February 10, 2011 5:00am

Project SOAR and Barnes & Noble in Emeryville will be hosting a book release celebration for the 12th grade students published in Oakland's Citywide Poetry Anthology II: "Voices of the Future!" (iUniverse 2010) In this book, students write about their hopes, dreams and visions of their future.

Project SOAR is a college readiness program run by the California State University, East Bay Foundation and funded by the US Department of Education's GEAR UP Initiative which prepares low income students to succeed in college.

"The poems are really powerful," said Shareen Ram, the partnership liaison for Project SOAR II and chair of the poetry anthology committee. "A lot of us are very proud of the students putting together something that expresses their intentions for their futures in that way."

The book release party for Voices of the Future will be held Saturday, Feb 12, from 1 to 3pm at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Emeryville, 5604 Bay St. Students will be on hand to autograph copies of the book. Click for store info. 

Congrats to all the student authors!

KL

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