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

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

wow Amy,
Bravva!    very good indeed.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 12:05 PM 5/15/2009, you wrote:
>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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