REFORMA National Dia Grant

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Scholarship and Dia Grant from National REFORMA

REFORMA will award up to 5 mini-grants of $500 to support a Día program that celebrates Latino/x/é culture. Our 2024 Scholarship Applications are now open! You could win up to $1,500 from either the REFORMA Scholarship or the Rose Treviño Memorial Scholarship. Don't miss this incredible opportunity, apply today!

REFORMA scholarship and link to the application for Rose Treviño Memorial Scholarship

Children in Crisis (New Mexico)

With help from NM Queen Latinas, REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico will distribute baskets of Easter goodies and a bilingual book in April. Visiting Columbus and Palomas NM. Special thanks to CHILDREN IN CRISIS "Books for Unaccompanied Refugee Children" A project by REFORMA. Help us bring joy to every child one Book at a Time. This is in conjunction with ARTNM Dia de Los Ninos/Children's Day, Children's Book Day celebration started by NM Author Pat Mora and recognized with Book Joy. For more information visit http://refugeechildren.wix.com/regugee-children Gracias!

Dia! Children's Day, Book Day

 

Children in Crisis Project

REFORMA Children in Crisis Project
Books & Backpacks for Unaccompanied Refugee Children

New Mexico Summer Refugee Quarterly Coordination Meeting (QCM), to be held Wednesday, July 13, from 9:30 a.m. through noon. Tentatively, the meeting will be held at the Albuquerque Museum Auditorium at 2000 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 (Meeting location should be finalized before the end of the week).

     Quarterly Coordination Meetings are convened with: 1) representatives of local resettlement agencies; 2) state agencies; 3) local government agencies, and 4) local service agencies. The purpose of these meetings is to plan and coordinate the placement of refugees in advance of their arrival. Secondary objectives include: 1) enhance communication among agencies serving refugees; 2) identify gaps and overlaps in services provided to refugees to more effectively use resources; and 3) identify additional funding sources to enhance services provided to refugees.

     The planned agenda is:

0930 – 0950             Introductions and Welcome

0950 – 1000             State Refugee Office: Tashi Gyalkhar

1000 – 1015             Refugee Health Program: Karen Gonzales

1015 – 1035             Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs: Frank Mirabal

1035 – 1045             Break

1045 – 1100             Lutheran Family Services: Kiri Mathsen

1115 – 1130             Catholic Charities: Bea Villegas

1130 – 1140             Highland High School: Rachel White

1140 – 1150             Refugee Mentoring Project: Suha Amer

1150 – 1200             Neighbors United Albuquerque: Larry Buelow

Artesia, NM  February 4, 2015

20th Dia and Storytelling in Dona Ana County

"Día" 20th Anniversary Celebration STORYTELLING IN DONA ANA COUNTY

REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico is sponsoring two storytelling events in June in Las Cruces, NM with Storytellers of New Mexico and a presentation on Todos Ninos Listos Para Leer STEM for summer learning and early childhood education:

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 @ 10:00am

Boys & Girls Club of Las Cruces

Family Event - an invitation for families and club members!
Participants will receive "First Book" and STEM "Klutz" books in a book bag along with summer reading registration information. "Día" 20th Anniversary Celebration and Every Child Ready to Read" presented by REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico and sponsored by the Stocker Foundation.

Tuesday, 21, 2016

Hatch Public Library @ 3:30pm

Family Event with a focus on early childhood and STEM and summer learning.
Participants can select from one of many "First Book" and  STEM "Klutz" books to set up a makerspace at the Hatch Public Library.  REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico will share Todos Niños Listos Para Leer/Every Child Ready to Read information.  All participants will receive their own First Book in a book bag for the 20th Dia Anniversary Celebration.  In additional all participants will be encouraged to register for "Get in the Game summer reading" and 3rd grader will be invited to also sign up for the Governor's Summer Challenge reading program.

20th Anniversary of Dia Celebrations in NM

Register your Día event happening in April
Use our interactive map to search for events throughout New Mexico.

Showcase your organization and share what you are doing in April for youth, register an event, today!

REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico members know that the 3 DIA PSAs are being shown all month on KRQE/KASA tv station.

 Sponsored by NM Department of Cultural Affairs, State LIbrary, and Library Commission. Sky City Productions, my friends Christine Vasquez and Thom Eberhart produced them. 

The PSAs were also adapted for Texas, California, and are on Pat's website and the ALA ALSC website.

 Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

Downloadable Broadcast Quality Audio PSAs featuring Dia founder and author Pat Mora
                 
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     Audio PSAs also available   en Español

PRESS RELEASE "Dia is turning 20!

Children’s Day/Book Day
El Dia de Los Ninos/ El Dia de Los Libros
Dia is turning 20!

Children’s Day, Book Day, in Spanish, El día de los niños, el día de los libros, often known as Día, (day in Spanish) is a year-long commitment to linking children and families to books. A collaboration of national library and literacy organizations, educators, presses and readers, Día creatively celebrates all our children, the importance of bookjoy in their daily lives, and promotes culminating April Children’s Day, Book Day celebrations that unite communities. April book fiestas are held in libraries, schools, homes, parks, etc., often near April 30th.   Dia founder, New Mexico Author, Pat Mora learned about the Mexican tradition of celebrating April 30th as El día del niño, the day of the child. the day of the child.  Pat Mora thought, "We have Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. We need kids’ day too, but I want to connect all children with bookjoy, the pleasure of reading."  Visit the website for more information and books by NM Author, Pat Mora at www.patmora.com.

Register an event for New Mexico
dia.ala.org

The celebration is not only for school and public libraries, but for every youth program, including afterschool in New Mexico.  Anyone can attend a program by finding an event on the find an searchable national Dia map open to the public. Visit REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico http://reformanm.blogspot.com/ and sign up to receive updates.  REFORMA, THE National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking has a chapter in New Mexico and assisted author Pat Mora with this family literacy initiative.

The common goals of all Día literacy programs are to:

• Celebrate children and connect them to the world of learning through books, stories and libraries.
• Recognize and respect culture, heritage and language as powerful tools for strengthening families and communities.
• Nurture cognitive and literacy development in ways that honor and embrace a child’s home language and culture.
• Introduce families to community resources that provide opportunities for learning through multiple literacies.
• Share Dia Videos located on Bookjoy
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2016 Pura Belpré awards

2016 Pura Belpré awards

2016 Author Award Winner  

 Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir brings us a memoir in free verse that conveys the story of growing up in two cultures during an era of great tension between the United States and Cuba. Poet Margarita Engle takes her young audience on a journey of longing. It is a story that touches on issues affecting numerous immigrant children today.

2016 Illustrator Award Winner

Drum Dream Girl is a tale about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl in 1930s Cuba, who became a world-renowned drummer. Rafael López’s flawless and detailed illustrations in acrylic paint on wood are warm and vibrant; dynamic, double spread renderings bring to life Millo’s story.

Children in Crisis - REFORMA

REFORMA's Children in Crisis Task Force added 4 new photos.

A wonderful, informative, emotional day at UCLA yesterday for REFORMA's Children in Crisis effort!

"Central American Refugees in Detention: Rethinking U.S. Detention" was a one day workshop organized by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. It included presentations on Legal Advocacy, Politics & Policy, The Human Dimension of Refugee's Needs and the Unfolding Litigation Landscape for Refugees currently detained.
One of the refugee mothers who participated in the hunger strikes at the detention center in Texas told her emotional story as did many other experts in this area - Academics, Community Organizers, Students, peacemakers such as Homies Unidos and many others. Below are a few photos of our presence at the event. Thanks to Charlene Villaseñor Black (photo below) and UCLA for providing us the opportunity to share our project with the attendees. Thanks also to Bredny Rodriguez (photo below) for helping staff the booth and Lettycia Terrones, President of REFORMA LA Chapter for coordinating everything. -Patrick

CHILDREN IN CRISIS Resolution support from ALA

Great news! https://www.facebook.com/REFORMAChildreninCrisis?fref=nf
ALA Council unanimously approved the Children in Crisis resolution!
Many thanks to all who endorsed. I might forget to include all of the names, but I'll try anyways. If I forgot to include an org, please share it with everyone.

Endorsers:
ALSC
YALSA
RUSA
SRRT
APALA
CALA
Thanks to all who gave feedback, especially Oralia y Ricardo. And for Denise Adkins, Mario Gonzalez, and Mike Marlin who signed on as councilors. And Denise for meeting with the ALA Committee on Legislation for feedback. And Mike for getting feedback from the ALA Committee on Diversity. And Isabel for reaching out to JCLC folks.
This was a community project. If it wasn't for Oralia, Lucia, and Patrick, CiC wouldn't be where it's at right now. Gracias a todos!
Here is the final text of the resolution followed by the link:
Resolution on Improving Access to Spanish, Bilingual, and Books in Various Languages for Children in Detention Centers
Whereas the mission of the American Library Association is to provide leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all (ALA Policy 1.2);
Whereas the American Library Association encourages public libraries and systems to extend their services to residents of jails and other detention facilities within their taxing areas (ALA Policy B.8.2);
Whereas the American Library Association strongly supports the protection of each person's civil liberties, regardless of that individual's nationality, residency, or status (ALA Policy B.8.5.5);
Whereas the American Library Association strongly supports unfettered information access for individuals of any age who are held in prisons and immigration facilities (ALA Policy B.2.1.23);
Whereas the Reference & User Services Division of the American Library Association encourages libraries to make legal information available to library users;
Whereas the United States Customs and Border Protection Placement Centers has processed over 58,000 unaccompanied refugee children in 2014, with 46,858 apprehensions on the Southwestern border in Fiscal Year 2014;
Whereas The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA) implements the Children in Crisis project to get books into the hands of these children, ensure that they have access to storytime materials, and to make all the recent arrivals aware of the wealth of library resources that are available to them in the United States; and
Whereas Library Journal bestowed Oralia Garza de Cortés, Lucía Gonzalez, and Patrick Sullivan with the 2015 Movers & Shakers Advocates Award for coordinating the REFORMA Children in Crisis project, and has received an international grant of $10,000 from the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY); now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the American Library Association (ALA), on behalf of its members:
1. urges ALA members and units to support the REFORMA Children in Crisis project for the continued delivery of books to refugee children and teens;
2. encourages the director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop a partnership with the United States Customs and Border Protection agency to ensure that unaccompanied refugee children have access to books and programming in those children’s native languages, whether they speak Spanish, indigenous languages, or other tongues, and bilingual books;
3. urges libraries in affected areas to provide services and programs for and with detained minors while under they are in the care of government-designated service providers; and
4. encourages ALA members and other relevant ALA units and affiliates to develop materials that meet the information and recreation needs of refugee children, teens, and their guardians, and to share that information with librarians in other affected communities.
Mover: Denice Adkins, Councilor-At-Large
Seconders: Mike Marlin, Councilor-At-Large Mario Gonzalez, ALA Treasurer
Tuesday, June 29, 2015
https://www.facebook.com/REFORMAChildreninCrisis?fref=nf

REFORMA 2015 Pura Belpré Award Winners

"Viva Frida," illustrated by Yuyi Morales, is the Belpré Illustrator Award winner. The book was written by Yuyi Morales and published by Roaring Brook Press, a Neal Porter Book.
Morales, born in Mexico, also received the Caldecott Honor for 2015 for Viva Frida. In this work, she paints her landscape beautifully with her stunning multi-media art.

 "I Lived on Butterfly Hill" is the 2015 Pura Belpré (Author) Award winner. The book is written by Marjorie Agosín, illustrated by Lee White and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.


REFORMA anuncia los ganadores del Premio Pura Belpré 2015
"Viva Frida" ilustrado por Yuyi Morales, es ganador del Premio Belpré en la categoría de ilustración. El libro fue escrito por Yuyi Morales y publicado por Roaring Brook Press, a Neal Porter Book. Morales, nacida en México, también ha recibido el honor Caldecott de 2015 por Viva Frida. En esta obra, ella bellamente pinta el paisaje con su arte multimedia.

"I Lived on Butterfly Hill" es ganador del Premio Belpré para Autores. El libro fue escrito por Marjorie Agosín, ilustrado por Lee White y publicado por Atheneum Books for Young Readers, una impresión de Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. Agosín es Chilena- Americana, escritora, y profesora de español y literatura en el colegio Wellesley. Ella cuenta la historia de una joven en Valparaíso, Chile durante la dictadura militar.
For more information on the Pura Belpré award:

REFORMA National Conference V

REFORMA National Conference V in San Diego, California
April 1- 4, 2015http://www.reformanationalconference.org/

Libraries without borders: Creating our Future.Sunny San Diego, CA is the place to be in April 2015! Join us for the fifth Reforma National Conference from April 1- 4, 2015.

The theme for the upcoming RNC V is “Bibliotecas sin fronteras: creando nuestro futuro / Libraries without Borders: Creating Our Future.” RNC V will offer timely and informative pre-conference seminars, author readings, continuing education workshops, enlightening panel discussions, vendor exhibits and fun in the sun!