Michelle Obama & Q-Tip To Honor Nation's Best Student Poets

The White House

This THURSDAY (9/8), First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA and Rapper Q-TIP will honor the 5th annual class of the NATIONAL STUDENT POETS PROGRAM.

Q-TIP, the co-founder of A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, will be serving in his role as The KENNEDY CENTER’s Artistic Director for Hip-Hop Culture.  The pair will welcome five student poets to the WHITE HOUSE for a special celebration and poetry reading.

THE NATIONAL STUDENT POETS PROGRAM represents the highest honor for AMERICA’s 10th and 11th grade poets.  Each year since its inception, the program has chosen a select few of the standouts to represent different regions of the U.S.  The students are celebrated for their command of written and spoken language. 

This years honorees are:

• STELLA BINION/CHICAGO (Midwest Region)
• MAYA EASHWARAN/ALPHARETTA, GA (Southeast)
• GOPAL RAMAN/DALLAS (Southwest)
• JOEY REISBERG/TOWSON, MD (Northeast)
• MAYA SALAMEH/SAN DIEGO (West)

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