President Obama has been accused of shying away from the issue of race in America. Although I did not watch The View today; hopefully that topic was raised with him. Well, we’re having a conversation about race – W.A.R. – and it continues today with one of my Facebook friends, Rev Dr Susan K Smith. [...]
Cynthia Leitich Smith is the New York Times best-selling author of Eternal and its companions Tantalize and the forthcoming Blessed (all from Candlewick). She’s also the author of Jingle Dancer, Indian Shoes, and Rain Is Not My Indian Name (all Harper Collins) as well as the forthcoming Holler Loudly (Dutton). Briefly describe the impact racism [...]
Joseph Collum has been the recipient of more than 100 major journalism awards during his career as an investigative reporter, including the DuPont-Columbia Award, two George Polk Awards, and five Investigative Reporters & Editors Awards. He was the first reporter in America to expose the widespread practice of racial profiling (the Oxford English Dictionary credits [...]
Yesterday, while I was preparing for NDLC 2010, I ran across this Facebook post from Lee & Low Books, and wanted to share it, since it’s the perfect tie-in for my panel discussion: Claiming the Center: Online Community, Activism and Advocacy. Lee & Low Books Author W. Nikola-Lisa writes multicultural books because “I write for [...]
Preparing for the NDLC is consuming most of my time, but I did want to remind everyone to tune in on Saturday, July 17 for the CSPAN Book TV airing of White and Whatever…Diversity in Children’s and Young Adult Publishing at the Harlem Book Fair. W.A.R. writers, Zetta Elliott, Jerry Craft and Cheryl Willis Hudson will [...]
I’m making another attempt at posting my prezi presentation, since the first posting didn’t go through. Tomorrow’s the BIG DAY at NDLC 2010 and I’m MORE than excited! I’m taking the NJ Transit later this evening and am hoping to meet up with my co-presenters before our panel discussion. Just so you know, this will [...]
One of my co-presenters for NDLC, Edi Campbell, sent me a link to an article profiling Trevor Dawes, the Circulation Services Director at Princeton University. Trevor is also chairing the National Diversity in Libraries Conference at Princeton University this week – as my panel discussion grows closer (nail biting). The podcast of his interview is embedded in the article and explains the importance of [...]
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