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317KEY CONTEXT Agbaroji performed the following poem at the 2023 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit. The event centered on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted by all U.N. Member States to cooperatively boost social, economic, and environmental progress. The 2023 summit marked the half-way point between the Agenda%u2019s adoption in 2015 and its deadline for completion in 2030.KEY CONTEXT Agbaroji performed the following poem at the 2023 United Nations Sustainable Have you heard of the placeOver the horizonThat no one has seen, but Everyone wants to go?That place they call OASIS?Where the water runs clear.Glittering bodies of endless blueTrickling tributaries and springsSustainers of life above and below it.Where the hawksbill turtles wade And bluefin tuna swimWithout plastic nets %u2019round their necks.5 10 TalkBackSalome Agbaroji (b. 2005) is a first-generation Nigerian-American poet and writer from Los Angeles County, California. A YoungArts winner in Spoken Word, Agbaroji was selected as the National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States from 2023%u20132024 and went on to perform at the White House. She states her poetry is meant to %u201curge social change and advocacy.%u201d Agbaroji began earning her bachelor%u2019s degree at Harvard University in 2023.OasisSalome AgbarojiAndrew J Cunningham/Getty ImagesBill McKibben Salome AgbarojiCopyright %u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. Distributed by Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Not for redistribution.