2011 Press Release

Post date: Mar 17, 2011 2:37:12 PM

Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros

(Children's Day/Book Day)

Celebrating 12 Years of Bringing Children, Families and

Books Together in San Francisco.

MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release: March 17, 2011

Organization Contact: Mission Learning Center (415) 575-3535

Event Coordinator: Gazel Valdez (650) 296-2764

Email: gazev8@gmail.com

Online: www.diasf.org | on Facebook

San Francisco Celebrates Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros

12th Annual Festival Promotes Community Involvement in Literacy

WHAT:

Community celebration honoring children, families, and reading. Free and open to the public, “Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros, San Francisco” offers interactive art activities and live multicultural music, dance, and storytelling. A FREE book give-away, providing each child with his or her own book.

WHEN:

Sunday, April 24, 2011

1:00-4:00 pm

WHERE:

San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, 100 Larkin St. @ Grove, Koret Auditorium and Latino-Hispanic

Community Meeting Rooms (Lower Level)

PERFORMERS: 1:00pm-2:45pm

Community youth performances in music and dance including performance by Fratello Marionettes. Other performers TBA.

MCs: Dr. Marisol Munoz-Kiehne, Host of “Nuestros Niños,” La Kalle 100.7-105.7FM/KLOK 1170AM and Rona

Renner, RN, Executive Director & “Childhood Matters” Host on Green on KISS-FM 98.1, San Francisco Bay Area

ACTIVITIES: 2:00pm-4:00pm

Interactive art activities will be provided by: Childhood Matters/Nuestros Niños, KQED Early Learning, SF

Children’s Art Center, SF Public Library, SFSU Jumpstart, and other local community agencies.

ABOUT DIA

“Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros” (Children’s Day/Book Day) is celebrated in cities and towns across

the country, and emphasizes the importance of advocating literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural

backgrounds. San Francisco’s annual Día began in 1999, after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a

resolution declaring April 30th as “El Día de los Niños—Celebrating Young Americans.” Since then, Día has

grown dramatically, with close to 1,000 participants in San Francisco alone.

HOSTS & SPONSORS

Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros is a collaboration of Childhood Matters/Nuestros Niños; Children’s Book

Press; KQED Education Network; Mayor’s Office of Community Development; Mission Learning Center;

Richmond YMCA; San Francisco Public Library; San Francisco State University’s Jumpstart Program; and

Young Audiences of Northern California

This year’s event is sponsored in part by the California State Automobile Association; First 5 San Francisco;

and KQED Education Network.