ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Poetry Outreach Center’s Annual Poetry Festival is supported by the

following: President Vince Boudreau; Dee Dee Mozeleski. Executive Director, The

Office of Institutional Advancement and Communications; Provost Tony Liss; City

College’s Division of Humanities and the Arts, Dean, Renata K. Miller; Dan

Gustafson, Head of English Department; MFA Director Michelle Valladares;

Annika Luedke (Director) and Kelly Sullivan, the Office of Institutional

Advancement and Communications and External Relations, and The Foundation

for City College; David Covington, Executive Director, Alumni Association; The

City College of New York Office of Support Services, Taki Petrochilos in

particular; Gregory Shanck; Axe-Houghton Foundation; The South Wind

Foundation; The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; David and Harianne

Wallenstein; J. Chester Johnson; Barry Wallenstein; and Poets & Writers, Inc.

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The festival acknowledges the help of many people, especially the judges of the

High School contest: Mya Bello; Daya Van Dam; Jessica Duffy; Rayn Page; Ilka

Scobie; Kristine Esser Slentz; Sarah C. Sturgis; Angela Taveras; Alyssa Yankwitt,

Assistant Director; Gregory Crosby, Coordinator; Jennifer Buño, Coordinator;

Michelle Valladares, Director, MFA, for her terrific efforts; Elizabeth Mazzola,

Chair of the English Department; The Rifkind Center; Andrew Ratner, Dean,

School of Education; Yana Joseph for her support, always; Jasmine Love; Nafeeza

Khanam; Miguel Aucapina; Taki Petrochilos, for working tirelessly on flyers &

posters; and to Barry Wallenstein, for founding The Poetry Outreach Center.