[stylist] St. Petersburg proclaimed as a "City of Writers"

[Judith Bron]

Amy, Congratulations!  Yes, your presence said more than words can 
adequately express.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amy Krout-Horn" <krouthorn at verizon.net>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 1:05 PM
Subject: [stylist] St. Petersburg proclaimed as a "City of Writers"


> Hello Friends,
> On May 14, I attended an awards and proclamations meeting of the St. 
> Petersburg, Florida city council. For the past year, I have been involved 
> in a project through the Poynter Institute of Media Studies. Our group is 
> a collection of the city's journalists, writing instructors, novelists, 
> and poets, that shared a common goal; to have the mayor officially 
> proclaim St. Petersburg a "City of Writers" and to name Peter Meinke as 
> the city's first-ever poet laureate. Last month we received the support of 
> a council member and he brought the idea before  the mayor.
> It is my great pleasure to announce that, as writers, we did it! 
> Yesterday, I went to city hall with the intent , as part of the audience 
> only, to show support and appreciation for the official proclamation . 
> However, when I arrived, Roy P. Clark, the senior scholar of the Poynter 
> Institute, asked me, as well as my co-author, Gabriel Horn, to join him at 
> the front of the chambers when the proclamation was read. As we stood to 
> have our picture taken with the mayor, I realized that I not only was a 
> representative for the writers of my city, I represented Native American 
> writers, women writers(I was the only gal in the photo), and, last, but 
> certainly not least, blind writers. It was a proud moment, and thoughts of 
> the members on this list came to mind, and how often, when we share our 
> triumphs with one another, it feels like a victory for us all. Although I 
> didn't take the podium and pontificate, I felt that my presence said a 
> great deal.
> Amy
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