{"id":14414,"date":"2022-12-15T16:06:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T23:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=14414"},"modified":"2022-12-15T16:07:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T23:07:43","slug":"jorge-argueta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/jorge-argueta\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Argueta Named San Mateo County Poet Laureate"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jorge-Argueta.jpeg\" alt=\"Jorge Argueta Named San Mateo County Poet Laureate\" class=\"wp-image-14415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jorge-Argueta.jpeg 599w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jorge-Argueta-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jorge-Argueta-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jorge-Argueta-150x100.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jorge Argueta, foto cortes\u00eda del Condado de San Mateo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Board of Supervisors of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcgov.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">San Mateo County<\/a> nombr\u00f3 a Jorge Argueta de Daly City como el poeta laureado del Condado, citando su habilidad para usar la poes\u00eda para crear puentes entre diversas comunidades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Argueta&#039;s work reflects his heritage as a native of El Salvador with several bilingual books and poems. He teaches creative writing in elementary, secondary and college schools and works with youth in homeless shelters, hospitals and other challenging environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las obras de Argueta incluyen libros para ni\u00f1os como el biling\u00fce \u00abThe Fiesta of the Tortillas\/La Fiesta De Las Tortillas\u00bb y \u00abA Movie in My Pillow\/Una Pelicula en mi Almohada\u00bb, sobre un ni\u00f1o con dos patrias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Como poeta laureado, Argueta propondr\u00e1 y dirigir\u00e1 un proyecto comunitario, estar\u00e1 presente en eventos seleccionados patrocinados por el condado y cada trimestre abrir\u00e1 una reuni\u00f3n de la Junta de Supervisores durante el per\u00edodo de dos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cabe destacar que Argueta es el primer poeta laureado de ascendencia hispana del condado. Designado por unanimidad, fue recomendado para el cargo honorario por un comit\u00e9 asesor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La Junta de Supervisores en 2013 estableci\u00f3 el puesto honorario de Poeta Laureado del Condado de San Mateo para promover la conciencia y aumentar la apreciaci\u00f3n de la poes\u00eda y la palabra hablada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Para calificar a poeta laureado, los candidatos deben ser residentes del condado de San Mateo durante cinco a\u00f1os o m\u00e1s, demostrar un compromiso con la lectura y la escritura de poes\u00eda, aprovechar la oportunidad de participar en un discurso c\u00edvico y comprometerse a cumplir un mandato de dos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Argueta es el cuarto poeta laureado, despu\u00e9s de Aileen Cassinetto, Lisa Rosenberg y Caroline Goodwin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/new-mayor-of-redwood-city-jeff-gee-2\/\">Jeff Gee becomes the new mayor of Redwood City<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Junta de Supervisores del Condado de San Mateo nombr\u00f3 a Jorge Argueta de Daly City como el poeta laureado del Condado, citando su habilidad para usar la poes\u00eda para crear puentes entre diversas comunidades. El trabajo de Argueta refleja su herencia como nativo de El Salvador con varios libros y poemas biling\u00fces. Ense\u00f1a escritura [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14418,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14414\/revisions\/14418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}