[CASL-L] ACES Library Media Council - Oct 21 | 4-6 pm - Focus on Diversity & Inclusion

[Gustafson, John]

The next ACES Library Media Council meeting is Thursday, October 21st from 4-6 pm via Zoom. The agenda is attached.

Register here: https://aces-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIuc-6hrjwjH9yX4c0pIsIb8PRF3c5OV7uH

Click here<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Z5cVUm74iPot8tLh4_ba4L3mYuV8uwDu?usp=sharing> to access and bookmark our shared resources folder<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Z5cVUm74iPot8tLh4_ba4L3mYuV8uwDu?usp=sharing>.

We are excited to host two guest presenters for this meeting who will focus on diversity and inclusion.

Kymberlee Powe
Kymberlee Powe is the Children and Young Adult Consultant with the Connecticut State Library's Middletown Library Service Center. She holds a B.A in Theater Arts from Western Connecticut State University and a Master's in Library and Information Science from Kent State University. Prior to her current position, she served as the Children's/Teen Librarian at the public libraries in Easton and West Haven. Currently, Kymberlee serves as the Chair of the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion section of the Connecticut Library Association.

Kymberlee will share her presentation entitled, Diversity AND Inclusion: How to audit your collection and Why.

Cindy Rodriguez
Cindy Rodriguez<https://cindylrodriguez.com/about/> is a middle school reading specialist and children's author. Before becoming a teacher she was an award-winning reporter for the Hartford Courant and researcher for The Boston Globe's Spotlight Team. She is also a founder of Latinxs in Kid Lit which celebrates children's and young adult literature by, for and/or about Latinxs. Her first YA novel, When Reason Breaks<https://cindylrodriguez.com/when-reason-breaks-2/when-reason-breaks/>, was published in 2015. She also wrote the text for three Jake Maddox books: Volleyball Ace<https://cindylrodriguez.com/when-reason-breaks-2/gymnastics-payback/> (2020), Drill Team Determination<https://cindylrodriguez.com/when-reason-breaks-2/drill-team-determination/> (2021) and Gymnastics Payback<https://cindylrodriguez.com/when-reason-breaks-2/gymnastics-payback/> (2021). Upcoming books include The Doomed Search for the Lost City of Z<https://www.amazon.com/Doomed-Search-Lost-Deadly-Expeditions/dp/1663958904/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Doomed+Search+for+the+Lost+City+of+Z&qid=1633614543&s=books&sr=1-1> (Capstone, 2022) and her debut picture book, Three Pocket's Full: A story of love, family and tradition<https://www.amazon.com/Three-Pockets-Full-family-tradition/dp/1735345156/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=three+pockets+full&qid=1633614365&s=books&sr=1-2> (Cardinal Rule Press, 2022). Follow her on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/cindy.l.rodriguez> and Twitter<mailto:@RodriguezCindyL>.

Cindy will share some of the books she has written and provide a tour of the resources available on the Latinxs in Kid Lit<https://latinosinkidlit.com/> website. She will focus on the importance of including these resources for students in our school library collections.

We encourage you to join us for this timely topic!

John Gustafson, Project Coordinator
ACES
Professional Development and School Improvement (PDSI)
Alternate Routes to Certification

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Phone: 203.407.4451
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