The Sims Library of Poetry hosted its Words Worth Saving Fundraising Kick-Off Gala, bringing the community together to celebrate its role as a cultural hub while raising critical funds to secure its future as a permanent sanctuary for poetry in South Los Angeles.
In the heart of Los Angles at first glance, it might be easy to miss, but Sims Library of Poetry is like a caterpillar that blossoms into a beautiful butterfly. The library is located at 2702 West Florence Avenue in South L.A.
When Amanda Gorman read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ Inauguration ceremony in 2021, not only did it catapult her into greater literary stardom, the first National Youth Poet Laureate demonstrated the power of prose in a moment.