The MLK Library is excited to host a thoug htful discussion with writers and activists who explore issues of race in their work as part of the 2023 Institute fo r Racial Equity in Literacy (IREL). In this conversation\, the panelis ts will explore their relationship with race and identity and how it shape s the different kinds of creative work they produce\, from podcasts to nov els to op-eds and more. By identifying our own personal relationships with race and racism\, we can then disrupt and dismantle the ways that our lit eracy practices may harm students and work towards a liberatory personal a nd professional approach to learning.
\n\nRegister to attend and learn more about the panelist below. Courtesy of the DC Library Founda tion attendees will receive complimentary works from Carole Lindstrom and Jason Reynolds\, including:
\nWe Are Water Protectors\, Carole L indstrom
\nMy Powerful Hair\, Carole Lindstrom
\nJason Reynolds \;
\nStamped: Racism\, Antiracism\, and You
\nStamped (For Kids)Miles Morales: SpiderMan< /p>\n
Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel
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CAROLE LINDSTROM
\nGIRLS DA NCE\, BOYS FIDDLE \;is Carole's debut picture book. GIRLS DANCE\, BOYS FIDDLE \;was inspired by the fiddle and its importance to the Metis c ulture. Her grandfather was a fiddler and could play a mean jig. Carole is Anishinabe/Metis \;and is tribally enrolled with the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. \;She was born and raised in Nebraska and currently ma kes her home in Maryland. \;
\nCarole has been a voracious reade r and library geek ever since she was growing up in Nebraska. On weekends you could usually \;find her at the library lost in the book stacks or holed up in her bedroom with a good book. \;It wasn't until she had h er son\, that she discovered her love of writing for children and began to work seriously on her writing.
\nJASON REYNOLDS
\nJason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of many awa rd-winning books\, including Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks\, A ll American Boys (with Brendan Kiely)\, Long Way Down\, Stamped: Racism\, Antiracism\, and You (with Ibram X. Kendi)\, Stuntboy\, in the Meantime (i llustrated by Raú\;l the Third)\, and Ain&rsquo\;t Burned All the Br ight (with artwork by Jason Griffin). The recipient of a Newbery Honor\, a Printz Honor\, an NAACP Image Award\, and multiple Coretta Scott King hon ors\, Reynolds is also the 2020-2022 National Ambassador for Young People& rsquo\;s Literature. He has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert \, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\, Late Night with Seth Meyers\, CBS Sun day Morning\, Good Morning America\, and various media outlets. He is on f aculty at Lesley University\, for the Writing for Young People MFA Program and lives in Washington\, DC.
\n\nK.C. BOYD
\nK.C. Boyd is currently a library media specialist with the Washin gton D.C. Public School System. \; She has previously worked as the Le ad Librarian for the East St. Louis School District #189 in East St. Louis \, IL.\, a Area Library Coordinator for Chicago Public Schools and a Distr ict \; Coordinator for the Mayor Daley Book Club for Middle School Stu dents. \; She is a second generation educator and holds Master&rsquo\; s degrees in Library Information Science\, Media Communications\, and Educ ation Leadership. Her favorite quotes\, &ldquo\;Reading is the gateway ski ll that makes all learning possible\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Service to other s is the rent you pay for your room here on earth\,&rdquo\; drives her com mitment to serving marginalized African-American children\, young adults\, and school communities.
\nDuring the summer of 2015\, Boyd began wo rking for the East St. Louis School District #189 in downstate Illinois.&n bsp\; Boyd led a team of librarians in re-starting a dormant district scho ol library program for eight schools. \; This was a herculean project that included weeding books out of the dated library collections and organ izing all collections by the Dewey Decimal System. \; In addition to t his work\, performing a ten month retrospective conversion project that in cluded training new librarians on the subjects of cataloging\, importing/e xporting books and overall functions of the school library program. \; Boyd also led this team of librarians in the challenging tasks of develop ing a library culture\, love of reading and respect for the library progra m at their schools. \; During the 2016-2017 school year marked the fir st time East St. Louis School Libraries used a web based circulation syste m and checked out books for its K-12 grade students. \; Over 15\,000 b ooks were checked out in school libraries by students during that school y ear\, a first for this school district.
\nIn 2014\, Boyd was inducte d into the CPS &lsquo\;Librarian Hall of Fame\,&rsquo\; specifically for h er work at Wendell Phillips Academy High School where she was the recipien t of the Department of Libraries and Information Services 2012 and 2014 VI TAL Technology Grants. \; Through these grants\, Boyd helped successfu lly help transform the educational landscape for at that time\, the \; Level 1 ranked Phillips high school through integrating technology into t he curriculum. \; As the creator/producer of the award-winning &lsquo\ ;Behind the Paws&rsquo\; students news YouTube program\, she helped change and heighten the image of Phillips Academy within the city of Chicago. Th is work did not go unnoticed as CPS sought her advice and used her work pr omoting and &lsquo\;branding\,&rsquo\; Phillips Academy as a model for oth er schools within the school district to follow. \; In the spring of 2 015\, Boyd was featured on the CPS &lsquo\;Social Media Toolkit Page\,&rsq uo\; named a CPS &lsquo\;Social Media Trailblazer\,&rsquo\; and was awarde d the coveted CPS &lsquo\;Ones to Watch Award.&rsquo\; \;
\nBoyd is currently serving the greater library community through her leadership in a number of organizations. \; Boyd currently serves on the executi ve boards for the District of Columbia Library Association and the Black C aucus of the American Library Association. \; She is an active committ ee member for the American Library Association Chapter Council representin g Washington D.C.\, American Association of School Librarians Digital Tool s\, American Library Association&rsquo\;s Center for the Future of Librari es Advisory Group\, EveryLibrary Institute and Advisory Board\, and the Wa shington Teachers&rsquo\; Union Equity Collaborative. \; \;In add ition\, Boyd is a National Ambassador representing the Washington D.C. are a for the Checkology Virtual Classroom and The News Literacy Project. \; \;
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