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5 <br /> <br />ADDED: <br /> <br />b. Proclamation to Recognize Jaki Shelton Green – NC Poet Laureate <br />The Board considered a proclamation honoring Jaki Shelton Green, a native and current <br />resident of Orange County, as the 2018 North Carolina Poet Laureate and a renowned poet, <br />creative writing teacher and community arts advocate. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Jaki Shelton Green is a native and current resident of Orange County, and was recently <br />selected by Governor Roy Cooper as the 2018 North Carolina Poet Laureate. Ms. Green has <br />authored eight books of poetry, co-edited two poetry anthologies, and written one play. Ms. <br />Green received the North Carolina Award for Literature in 2003; and was inducted into the North <br />Carolina Literary Hall of Fame in 2014. <br /> <br />Commissioner Price read the proclamation: <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />PROCLAMATION <br />HONORING JAKI SHELTON GREEN, NORTH CAROLINA POET LAUREATE <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Jaki Shelton Green, a native and current resident of Orange County, North <br />Carolina, has established herself as a renowned poet, creative writing teacher and community <br />arts advocate; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Jaki has authored eight books of poetry, co-edited two poetry anthologies, and <br />written one play; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in 2003, Jaki received the North Carolina Award for Literature; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in 2014, Jaki was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Governor Roy Cooper has selected Jaki Shelton Green as the 2018 North Carolina <br />Poet Laureate; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Jaki is the first African-American and the third woman to receive this high honor as <br />NC Poet Laureate; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, as the North Carolina Poet Laureate, Jaki will serve as the ambassador of poetry <br />and the spoken word for the state; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Orange County is proud to honor its residents and their accomplishments; <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby proclaims November <br />1, 2018 as: <br />JAKI SHELTON GREEN DAY in recognition of her remarkable talents in the field of literature, <br />and in acknowledgement of her outstanding contributions to humanity. <br /> <br />Proclaimed this 1st day of November 2018. <br /> <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br />approve the Proclamation to Recognize Jaki Shelton Green – NC Poet Laureate.