Program Agenda

16th Annual Joint Mini-Conference

Facing New Challenges: Working in Community, Responding to Crisis

Friday, June 19th, 2020*

9 AM - 1:50 PM EST

• 9:00 AM - LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT - Louis Muñoz Jr., Morristown and Morris Township Library (NJ); REFORMA Northeast Chapter.

• 9:01 AM - WELCOME REMARKS - Adriana Blancarte-Hayward, The New York Public Library (NY); REFORMA Northeast Chapter President 2019-2020.

• 9:10 AM - JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ACKNOWLEDGMENT - Richard Ashby Jr., FOR Sto-Rox Public Library (PA). BCALA President 2018-2020.

• 9:25 AM - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Rhonda Evans, Assistant Chief Librarian of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The New York Public Library (NY).

• 9:50 AM - PRESENTATION: "Librarian Nimble Tents for Social Justice and Moments of Crisis" - Alex Gil, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Columbia University Libraries (NY).

• 10:20 AM - PRESENTATION: "Pre-crisis & Post-crisis: Partnering with a Mayor’s 2020 Census Response Initiative to Leverage Civic Engagement" - Latanya N. Jenkins, Reference Librarian for Government Information & Africology and African-American Studies & Vitalina A. Nova, Education & Community Engagement Librarian, Charles Library, Temple University (PA).

• 10:50 AM - WELLNESS BREAK: Led by Jenny Lizarraga, Accounts Director, CINCO BOOKS & Lisa Meléndez, Professor, Library Services. Suffolk County Community College (NY).

• 11:15 AM - PRESENTATION: "Talking about Anti-Asian Racism with Young People" - Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen, Associate Professor. St. Catherine University (MN).

• 11:45 AM - PRESENTATION: "La biblioteca in Times of Crisis "- Anna Avalos, Ana Campos, & Madeline Peña, Los Angeles Public Library (CA); REFORMA Los Angeles Chapter.

• 12:15 PM - AUTHOR PANEL: "The immigrant experience" - Julissa Arce, Roberto Lovato, Melissa Rivero & Susie Yang. Moderated by Miriam Tuliao, Library Marketing Manager, Penguin Random House.

• 1:00 PM - RNE ​AWARDS:

  • Pura Belpré Librarian of the Year Award: Georgina Rivas-Martinez (NY)

  • ANNOUNCEMENT: "The Teresa Mlawer Lifetime Achievement Award"

• 1:15 PM - CLOSING REMARKS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - Adriana Blancarte-Hayward & Asuncion Cora, The New York Public Library (NY); Incoming REFORMA Northeast Chapter President 2020-2021.

• 1:30 PM - VIRTUAL NETWORKING TIME