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<a name="B1623939182301"></a><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Build A Racially Equitable Collection</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">July 27, 2021, 9:00AM-1:00PM Central Time</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A one-day, online workshop for educators and librarians
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<span style="color:#2880BB">11th National Conference of African American Librarians</span></a><br>
Co-produced by <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">School Library Journal
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Join BCALA member faculty for this one-day, how-to workshop for librarians and educators, where you’ll gain practical ideas for ‘waking-up’ your book collections to reflect a diversity of voices, and
learn to engage with your community and build curriculum and programs that leverage BCALA’s award-winning book list and 2021 finalists. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Through a series of group instructional sessions, peer breakout discussions and Q&A with the faculty, you’ll work to envision a blueprint for change in your school or library community, and will walk
away with a list of new books, teaching aids, and program ideas that shine a light on Black voices.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">You’ll learn how to: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Create innovative, inclusive programs for your library relevant to the Black experience and to your unique community </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Bring-to-life the triumphs of well and lesser known African American voices through books </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Support educators and families with resources and teaching aids</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Outreach to parents, administrators, and the community</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Opening Keynote | 9:00-9:45AM CT</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">A Wake UP Call for Educators: Creating a Diverse Books Program for Students </span></strong><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Wake up your collection and reading lists with the
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">2020 National School Librarian of the Year, Cicely Lewis</span></strong>. The debut author of the
<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Issues in Action Series</span></em> will share the details and success of her culturally relevant and empowering literacy incentive program. Learn about a reading challenge of a curated list that reflects current
events in our society. This list features characters that mirror the diversity of our student population. Learn how to use books to empower students to learn about issues impacting our society and to take action in their community. Participants will walk
away with tools to help diversify their collections, books to decolonize required classroom reading lists, strategies to garner support from school leaders, and more. We welcome you to learn more about a dynamic program that has increased literacy and book
circulation in schools.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Session 2 | 9:45-10:30AM CT</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Building Equity & Embracing Diversity in Public Libraries </span></strong><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Public libraries have always been at the forefront of cultivating and promoting their collections through a social justice and diversity lens. Discover how you can begin to responsibly evaluate
the needs of your community. Plan the best practices for helping to empower marginalized and underrepresented voices.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Presenters: </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Sandra Farag</span></strong>, Kalamazoo Public Library, BCALA Public Library Committee <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Tamela Chambers</span></strong>, Chicago Public Library, BCALA Public Library Committee</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Session 3 | 10:45-11:30AM CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Civic Engagement in the Community From the Classroom and Beyond</span></strong><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Libraries have always been the bedrock of our democracy. Leave this session with actionable steps to get your students to be more actively engaged in their communities. <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Presenters:</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cynthia Turnquest-Jones</span></strong>, New York City Dept. Of Education <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Timur Davis</span></strong>, Mount Vernon Public Library </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Session 4 | 11:30AM-12:15PM CT</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Collection Development & Leveraging BCALA Best of the Best & Award Books</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <br>
Collection development in a school library comes with a host of challenges. Ultimately it’s a great opportunity to cultivate a dynamic, diverse, high-quality, critically evaluated collection. Hear new ideas for collection development with a focus on inclusion
and diversity from two school librarians. <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Presenters:</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Stacey Nunn</span></strong>, Baltimore County Public School <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Sharon Wiggins</span></strong>, Chappaqua Central School District </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Break 12:15-12:30PM CT</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Session 5 | 12:30-1:15PM CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Social-Emotional Learning in the Library</span></strong><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Research shows exposure to social-emotional learning is linked to improved academic performance. Discover how to incorporate empathy & acceptance into your library program through core SEL
resources and practices.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Presenters: </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Elizabeth Devora</span></strong>, New York Public Library <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Gwynn White</span></strong>, New York City Dept. of Education </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Session 6 | 1:15-2:00PM CT</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Guidance from the Authors </span></strong><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Authors <strong>
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Ibi Zoboi</span></strong>, <strong>
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Brian K. Mitchell</span></strong>, &
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Brandy Colbert</span></strong> will engage with participants around how to use books to engage their students and communities.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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