Community briefs

Honoring the vote

It’s been 100 years since women won the right to vote in the U.S., and since the League of Women Voters was formed. Campbell Museums will honor both these centennials March 6 at a History Happy Hour.

The event will be held at the Campbell Historical Museum, 51 N. Central Ave., where Aisha Piracha-zakariya from the

League of Women Voters of California will discuss the history of the league in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment’s passage. She’ll also detail current league activities, such as the 2020 Census.

History Happy Hour runs 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets for this event are $15 at https://www.campbellmuseums.com/productpage/history-happy-hour.

San Jose resident Janice Lobo Sapigao was named as the sixth Santa Clara County Poet Laureate at a Feb. 10 meeting of the county Board of Supervisors. Sapigao will serve in the honorary role through Dec. 31, 2021.

“The poet laureate’s role is to … help inspire all readers and fans of poetry, including the next generation of poets,” county librarian Nancy Howe said.

Sapigao is an an assistant professor of English at Skyline College in San Bruno, a poetry editor at Angel City Review and has authored two books of poetry and numerous chapbooks. She plans to develop a Youth Poet Laureate program for the county.

“Her identity as a U.s.born

daughter of immigrants from the Philippines, and her ability to write about the intersection of these two identities, is a rich confluence of artistic influences,” said Supervisor Cindy Chavez.

Sapigao assumes the poet laureate mantle from Mike Mcgee.

The county organizes the poet laureate program in collaboration with Silicon Valley Creates.