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SUMMARY:Know Your Power Summit
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:A teens only summit featuring guest speakers\, Tracie Ching an
 d Jason Reynolds. Teens will create original works of art and music in wor
 kshops hosted by Words\, Beats\, and Life and DCPL's Teen Council\n.\nhttp
 s://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/8503393
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/front
 end-images/editor/dclibrary/3_-_Suspended.jpg" alt="Cover of Miles Morales
 : Suspended" title="Miles Morales: Suspended" style="float: left\; margin:
  0px 20px 20px 0px\;" width="184" height="263" /></p>\n<p>DC Public Librar
 y and DC Public Library Foundation is excited to offer a <strong>teens onl
 y</strong> summit\, featuring guest speakers\, illustrator Tracie Ching an
 d author\, Jason Reynolds. In the spirit of the <a href="https://www.dclib
 rary.org/find-borrow/teens/know-your-power">Know Your Power</a> arts conte
 st\, teens will discuss how creativity can be used to bring social change 
 and create original works of art and music in workshops hosted by <a href=
 "https://wblinc.org/">Words\, Beats\, and Life</a> and <a href="https://ww
 w.dclibrary.org/find-borrow/teens/teen-council">DCPL's Teen Council</a>.</
 p>\n<p>All teens in attendance will receive a copy of "<a href="https://ww
 w.simonandschuster.com/books/Miles-Morales-Suspended/Jason-Reynolds/978166
 5918466">Miles Morales: Suspended</a>" by Jason Reynolds for their home li
 brary courtesy of the DC Public Library Foundation. The high-flying sequel
  to his groundbreaking young adult novel "Miles Morales: Spider-Man"\, "Mi
 les Morales: Suspended" about the adventures of the unassuming\, everyday 
 kid who just so happens to be Spider-Man.</p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href="https
 ://www.politics-prose.com/">Politics and Prose</a> and <a href="https://aw
 esome-con.com/">Awesome Con</a> for supporting for this event!</p>\n<p><st
 rong>Registration is limited and available on a first-come\, first-serve b
 asis.</strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>About the speakers:</p>\
 n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/dclibrary/
 TChing-2022Headshot-web.jpg" alt="Headshot of Tracie Ching\, looking towar
 d the camera" title="Trace Ching" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20
 px 0px\;" width="200" height="258" /></p>\n<p><strong>Tracie Ching </stron
 g>is an illustrator who made her home in pop-culture creating alternative 
 movie posters for cult classics and showing in galleries such as Spoke Art
  in San Francisco. She has since grown her portfolio to include commercial
  art for Hasbro and Penguin Randomhouse\, covers for TIME and Newsweek and
  key art for Disney\, Netflix\, and Marvel Studios. Ching is also known fo
 r her political work such as the official inaugural poster for President J
 oe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris\, viral KavaNope poster and voti
 ng initiatives like Michelle Obama&rsquo\;s When We All Vote. She is often
  engaged on social justice and welfare campaigns like PSAs for Smokey the 
 Bear\, the Equal Rights Amendment campaign and National Geographic&rsquo\;
 s Campaign for Nature. Ching&rsquo\;s work has been shown in the Getty Mus
 eum and Design Museum in London and in the permanent collection of&nbsp\; 
 The Library of Congress and Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. She is founder 
 and principal mentor of the biennial <a href="https://www.tracieching.com/
 we-create/">We Create Mentorship &amp\; Grant program</a>.</p>\n<p>She has
  exhibited at every <a href="https://awesome-con.com/">Awesome Con</a> sin
 ce its inception in 2013. In celebration of the 10th Anniversary\, Tracie 
 has created a special piece featuring Awesome Con's mascot\, Awesome Bot. 
 The art will be featured on a limited edition signed print and an exclusiv
 e t-shirt\, both of which will be available at Awesome Con while supplies 
 last.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</
 p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/dclibra
 ry/3_-_Jason_Reynolds_1_.jpg" alt="Jason Reynolds\, laughing\, standing wi
 th a pink background behind him" title="Jason Reynolds" style="margin: 0px
  20px 20px 0px\; float: left\;" width="200" height="300" /></p>\n<p><stron
 g>Jason Reynolds </strong>is a #1&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestselling a
 uthor of more than a dozen books for young people\, including&nbsp\;<a hre
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 nt:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1023336/ada?qu=look+both+ways&amp\;d=
 ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ILS%2F0%2FSD_ILS%3A1023336%7EILS%7E5&amp\;h=8">Look Both Wa
 ys: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks</a>\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://catalog.dclibra
 ry.org/client/en_US/dcpl/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$
 002fSD_ILS:917527/ada?qu=all+american+boys&amp\;d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ILS%2F0%2
 FSD_ILS%3A917527%7EILS%7E2&amp\;h=8">All American Boys</a>&nbsp\;(with Bre
 ndan Kiely)\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/client/en_US/dc
 pl/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:961093/ada?
 qu=long+way+down&amp\;d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ILS%2F0%2FSD_ILS%3A961093%7EILS%7E3
 &amp\;h=8">Long Way Down</a>\,&nbsp\;S<a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.o
 rg/client/en_US/dcpl/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002f
 SD_ILS:1084025/ada?qu=stamped&amp\;d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ILS%2F0%2FSD_ILS%3A108
 4025%7EILS%7E6&amp\;h=8">tamped: Racism\, Antiracism\, and You</a>&nbsp\;(
 with Ibram X. Kendi)\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/client
 /en_US/dcpl/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:11
 71731/ada?qu=stuntboy&amp\;d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ILS%2F0%2FSD_ILS%3A1171731%7EI
 LS%7E2&amp\;h=8">Stuntboy\, in the Meantime&nbsp\;</a>(illustrated by Ra&u
 acute\;l the Third)\, and&nbsp\;<a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/cli
 ent/en_US/dcpl/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS
 :1177036/ada?qu=Ain%E2%80%99t+Burned+All+the+Bright&amp\;d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_
 ILS%2F0%2FSD_ILS%3A1177036%7EILS%7E2&amp\;h=8">Ain&rsquo\;t Burned All the
  Bright</a>&nbsp\;(with artwork by Jason Griffin). The recipient of a Newb
 ery Honor\, a Printz Honor\, an NAACP Image Award\, and multiple Coretta S
 cott King honors. Reynolds served as the National Ambassador for Young Peo
 ple&rsquo\;s Literature from 2020-2022&nbsp\;and has appeared on&nbsp\;The
  Late Show with Stephen Colbert\,&nbsp\;The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\,&
 nbsp\;Late Night with Seth Meyers\,&nbsp\;CBS This Morning\,&nbsp\;and&nbs
 p\;Good Morning America. He is on faculty at Lesley University\, for the W
 riting for Young People MFA Program and lives in Washington\, DC. You can 
 find his ramblings at&nbsp\;JasonWritesBooks.com.</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://dc
 library.libnet.info/event/8503393
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