Iimbongi zaseCalifornia ezikolweni yenye yezona nkqubo zikhulu zababhali besizwe. Sifikelela ngaphezu kwe-22,000 yabafundi be-K-12 ngonyaka ngamnye kwizikolo zikarhulumente, zabucala kunye nezinye, iinkqubo zasemva kwesikolo, ukuvalelwa kwabantwana, izibhedlele, kunye nezinye iindawo zoluntu.

CalPoets  yasekwa ngo-1964 njengenxalenye yeNkqubo yePegasus yeYunivesithi yaseSan Francisco State kwaye ngoku ingumbutho ongajonganga nzuzo wama-501(c)(3), ngenkxaso evela kwiBhunga lobuGcisa laseCalifornia, iSaziso seSizwe soBugcisa, iziseko, amaqumrhu, kunye nesisa. abantu ngabanye.

I-CalPoets ifikelela kubafundi kwilizwe lonke, ibamba inkomfa yonyaka epapasha i-anthology yeyona mibongo yabafundi ebalaseleyo, kwaye ixhasa ukufundwa kunye nemidlalo yasekhaya.