January 30, 2015

Dr. Claudette S. McLinn (Moderator), Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature

Pat Mora, author and literacy advocate

Maureen Costello, Director of Teaching Tolerance, Southern Poverty Law Center

Deborah B. Ford, Junior Library Guild’s Director of Library Outreach

Irania Macias Patterson, multicultural children specialist and library consultant in the area of literature and performing arts

Amy Koester, Youth & Family Program Coordinator at Skokie Public Library

Michelle Leo, Vice President, Director of Education & Library Marketing, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Panel 2: Literacy Programming: Forming Partnerships and Sharing Resources January 30, 2015

Author and literacy advocate. She is the founder of Children’s Day, Book Day/ El día de

los niños, El día de los libros; often known as Día.

Panel 2: Literacy Programming: Forming Partnerships and Sharing Resources January 30, 2015

Children's Day, Book Day/

El día de los niños,

El día de los libros (Día)

ZAP! Día's History & Partners

ZOOM? The Challenges of Advocacy

ZING! Sharing Bookjoy, Growing a Nation of Readers

We Need a Diverse Publishing System

Publishers -> Editors -> Marketing and Publicity Directors ->

Book Reviewers -> Award Committees -> Distributors

Our Partners:

Families/Librarians/Teachers

First Organizational Partners

REFORMA National Association to Promote Library &

Information Services to Latinosand the Spanish Speaking

ALSCAssociation of Library Service to Children

a division of the American Library Association

ZOOM?

The Challenges of Advocacy

Zing! 2006-2016

Growing a Nation of Readers

Director of Teaching Tolerance, Southern Poverty Law Center. Her career spans college administration,

teaching and educational publishing.

Panel 2: Literacy Programming: Forming Partnerships and Sharing Resources January 30, 2015

Junior Library Guild’s Director of Library Outreach. She is an award-winning library media specialist

and speaker with almost 30 years of experience as a teacher and librarian.

Panel 2: Literacy Programming: Forming Partnerships and Sharing Resources January 30, 2015

Make a list and check it twice Step outside yourself Consider all aspects Remember your audience

SLJ @Topics/Diversity JLG’s We Need Diversity Pinterest board ALA Office for Diversity

Social media Programming Booklists Consider your audience