REFORMA Northeast Chapter
21st Annual Joint Mini-Conference
Friday
May 16, 2025
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Center for Puerto Rican Studies
Library and Archives, Hunter College, CUNY, NY
Schedule may be subject to change
MORNING SESSION
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM - Registration/Networking Breakfast
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Welcome/Land Acknowledgment
Madellen Garcia, RNE President, 2024-2025
Land Acknowledgment: Vanessa Iridian Garcia
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Arturo Agüero, Manager, Educator Development,
Center for Educators and Schools
The New York Public Library, NY
PRESENTATIONS
11:05 AM - 11:45 AM - Presentation #1
"Languages of Pennsylvania and the World Traveling Trunks Projects Fostering Global Citizenship Exploration"
Mary Marquez, Cluster Library Coordinator, South Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, PA
Scout Mayor, Children's Librarian,
Free Library of Philadelphia, PA
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM - Presentation # 2
“Milestones for Providing Services to Diverse Local Populations: Programming to Include Everyone in the Community”
Kuniko Simon, Adult Services Librarian,
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, NY
LUNCH & NETWORKING
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM (Lunch is provided by RNE Chapter)
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:05 PM - 1:35 PM
Wellness and Self-Care Activity
Edward Junhao Lim
Business & Entrepreneurship Librarian,
UConn Library, Storrs, CT
1:40 PM - 2:10 PM AWARDS & GROUP PHOTO
RNE Chapter Awards Presentation - Congratulations!
Judi Rivas Mini Grant Award
Lillian Marrero Scholarship Award
2:15 PM - 2:55 PM - Presentation # 3
"Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies in Library Instruction"
Jocelyn Castillo, Information Literacy Librarian, Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), NY
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM Presentation #4
"But Do They Really Want Me? Reflecting on the Language of DEIA Adopted in Entry-Level Job Postings for Special Collections Librarians in 2023"
Yuzhou Bai, Special Collections Librarian and Archivist, Harvard-Yenching Library, Cambridge, MA
Ruth Xin, Research & Instruction Librarian,
UConn Library, Stamford, CT
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Closing Remarks & Acknowledgments
Madellen Garcia, RNE Chapter President, 2024-2025
Thank you for attending the 21st Annual Joint Mini-Conference, and thank you to everyone who has supported and attended this event over the past years.
Special thanks to the CUNY Hunter College
Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños and staff
for hosting today’s event.
Thank you for supporting libraries as a
place for everyone.
REFORMA Northeast Chapter
JMC Planning Committee 2025
Chair: Elisa Anais Garcia
Linda Caycedo, Asuncion Cora, Manuel Figueroa, Madellen Garcia, Vanessa Iridian Garcia,
Fred Gitner, Louis Muñoz Jr., Tess Tobin,
Miriam Tuliao
