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Kids Are Customers celebrated its 26th year on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at the Miller Branch Library
Kids Are Customers celebrated its 26th year on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at the Miller Branch Library
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Patricia A. Jennings, Professor of Education, University of Virginia
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Patricia A. Jennings, Professor of Education, University of Virginia
Tish Jennings is a professor of education and internationally recognized leader in the fields of social and emotional learning and mindfulness. Jennings led the team that developed Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE), a mindfulness-based professional development program shown to significantly improve teacher well-being, classroom interactions and student engagement in the largest randomized controlled trial of a mindfulness-based intervention designed specifically to address teacher occupational stress. CARE research has been evaluated and confirmed by What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) and is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to promote educator wellbeing.
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Guest Author: Cerece Rennie Murphy
Bio: Cerece Rennie Murphy is the national bestselling and award-winning author of ten novels, children’s books, and short stories. She is also the founder of Virtuous Con, an online science fiction and comic culture convention that celebrates the excellence of BIPOC creators in speculative fiction, across the mediums of fiction, comics, film, and visual arts.
Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award
Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award
Breakout Sessions
Breakout Sessions
Presented by Tamika Gaskins, Kelly Holley-Poole and Shannon Young of Prince George's County Memorial Library System
Presented by Kristina Banks of Anne Arundel County Public Library
Presented by Andie Tydings of St. Mary's County Public Library
Presented by Dakota Vaughn of Washington County Free Library
2025 Planning Committee
2025 Planning Committee
A special thanks to the following 2025 Kids Are Customers, Too! Committee members:
Dwyn Griffin of Prince George's County Memorial Library System
Anne Finn of Carroll County Public Library
Jessica Letizia of Baltimore County Public Library
Marsha Quarles of Prince George's County Memorial Library System
Summer Rosswog of Cecil County Public Library
Shaunda Vasudev of American University Library
Jakki Williams of Washington County Free Library
Robin Willis of Frederick County Public Libraries
Catherine Zang of Cecil County Public Library
And thank you staff at the Howard County Library System Miller Branch for hosting us!
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