REFORMA Activities at ALA Annual in Chicago

Friday, June 28th

2:30pm - 4:00pm Executive Committee Meeting I Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room

6:30pm - 11:30pm Second Annual Denim & Diamonds Gala Lobo De Mar Restaurant, 5503 W. Cermak Road, Cicero, IL.

Saturday, June 29th

8:30am - 10:00am Connecting Multilingual Patrons with Legal Information: Key Resources Palmer House Hilton, Spire Parlor [Program Flyer]

8:30am - 10:00am Multicultural Programming for Tweens and Families McCormick Place Convention Center, S404d

10:30am - 11:30am Libraries Building Bridges: Best Practices and Advice for Serving Your Latino Communities. Palmer House Hilton, Spire Parlor

1:00pm - 2:00pm Research At Your Service! ¡Investigaciones para servirles! Latinos & their Information Needs on Center Stage Palmer House Hilton, Spire Parlor

3:00pm - 4:30pm Advances, Challenges and Issues in Black and Latino Librarianship in America McCormick Place Convention Center, S103d [Program Flyer]

4:30pm - 5:30pm Cuéntame Un Cuentito: A Cross Border Look at Books That Inspire Children to Read McCormick Place Convention Center, N227a

4:30pm - 5:30pm Preserving History: Establishing a National Latino Digital Archive Palmer House Hilton, Chicago Room

Sunday, June 30th

8:30am - 11:30am Board Meeting Palmer House Hilton, Chicago Room

10:30am - 11:30am Latino Books for Youth: an Honest Conversation McCormick Place Convention Center, N128

10:30am - 12:00pm Creando Enlaces: Building Cross-Border Connections McCormick Place Convention Center, Hall A, Exhibit Floor

1:00pm - 3:00pm 2013 Pura Belpré Celebración Hyatt Regency Chicago, Grand A

3:00pm - 4:00pm Making it Happen: DIVERSITY in your library Palmer House Hilton, Spire Parlor

4:30pm - 5:30pm Libraries empowering communities to deal with Climate Crisis Palmer House Hilton, Crystal Room

Monday, July 1st

8:30am - 10:00am REFORMA General Membership Meeting Palmer House Hilton, Spire Parlor

10:30am - 11:30am Together We Are Better: International Collaborations Supporting Information Access Palmer House Hilton, Spire Parlor [Program Flyer]

1:00pm - 2:30pm Executive Committee Meeting II Palmer House Hilton, Indiana Room

 A Message By Author Alma Flor Ada

If you are going to the ALA Conference, please consider attending:

Saturday, June 29

10:00-11:30 am

Charlesbrige Booth #1908

Signing the new book YES! WE ARE LATINOS

2:00 -3:00 pm Lee & Low Booth #2305

signing book QUIERO AYUDAR/LET ME HELP! 

Sunday, June 30

1:00 -2:00 pm

Book Buzz – Roots and Wings: Books for the Spanish/Bilingual and Latino Interest Reader

Isabel Campoy and I will in the panel.

Room S104A McCormick Place, Convention Center

Monday, July 1

10:00-11:30 am

Poetry Blast at the Top Stage, Exhibit Floor

Isabel Campoy and I will be reading from our new book YES! WE ARE LATINOS. Book signing following. 

It will be a joy to see you at ALA!

Best wishes in all you do. PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION

www.almaflorada.com