Poetry Center San José nurtures and promotes diverse poetic expressions throughout Silicon Valley communities. Founded in 1978, PCSJ is a volunteer-run, non-profit literary arts organization. Our mission is to nurture and promote diverse literary expression in our community as a means of exploring, defining, and enriching the human experience. Poetry Center San José's mission is to nurture and promote diverse literary expression in our community as a means of exploring, defining, and enriching the human experience. In furtherance of our mission, we offer programs and services to stimulate passion for the literary arts and to inspire and support emerging and established writers. We collaborate with other organizations to ensure that these programs and services reflect the diversity of our community and to involve people from a wide range of backgrounds as audience and members.