REFORMA Northeast Chapter 2021-2022
18th Annual Joint Mini-Conference
OVERCOMING CHALLENGES & ADVERSITY
Recovering * Revitalizing * Reconnecting
Friday June 17, 2022
11:00AM - 4:00PM
Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center (2nd Fl)
100-01 Northern Blvd. Corona, Queens, NY 11368
10:30 - 11:00 AM - Registration & Coffee
MORNING SESSION
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM - WELCOME REMARKS/LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Elisa Garcia, President of the REFORMA Northeast Chapter 2021-2022
Sarah Gluck, Assistant Community Library Manager, Langston Hughes Community Library
Louis Muñoz, Jr., Land Acknowledgment
11:25 AM - 12:00 PM - OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Ana Ndumu, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland College Park College of Information Studies
PRESENTATIONS
12:05 PM - 12:35 PM
Visiones: Using Photography to Create Virtual Communities
Lisa Meléndez, Professor of Library Services, Suffolk Community College
Carlos Morales, Director, Latino Arts Council of Long Island
12:40 PM - 1:10 PM - Building a Community with Virtual Programs
Hong Yao, Director of Technical Services, Queens Public Library
Cathy Chen, Assistant Director of New Americans Program, Queens Public Library
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM LUNCH & NETWORKING
AFTERNOON SESSION
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM - 2022 RNE AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Elisa Garcia, RNE President 2021-2022
Pura Belpré Librarian of the Year Award
Teresa Mlawer Lifetime Achievement Award
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance and Reawakening
Shauntee Burns-Simpson, Associate Director, Center for Educators, NYPL
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
Telling Our Stories and Voices for Equity: Recruitment and Retention
Louis Muñoz, Jr., Reference and Adult Services Librarian, Morristown & Morris Township Library, NJ
Tess Tobin, Retired Associate Professor, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM CLOSING REMARKS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Elisa Garcia, RNE Chapter President 2021-2022
Linda Caycedo, Incoming RNE Chapter President 2022-2023
REFORMA Northeast Chapter 2021-2022
JMC ‘22 Event Committee
Elisa Garcia, JMC Committee Chair 2021-2022
Asuncion Cora, Linda Caycedo, Manny Figueroa, Fred Gitner, Louis Muñoz Jr.
Special Thanks to the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center,
and to our National Associations of Librarians of Color (NALCos) for
your contributions, participation and service.
