NEWS FROM ALA MID-WINTER in
Seattle!
NEW MEXICO CHAPTER IS RE-ACTIVATED!
Unanimous vote!
Join REFORMA http://www.reforma.org/assoc_subscribe.asp
Your funds will go to support multicultural program in New Mexico.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
www.patmora.com
Purchase a copy of The Beautiful Lady, Our Lady of Guadalupe for everyone in your family for Christmas!
Thank you Pat Mora, for the beautiful book available in bookstores and in time for the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe!
Available at the Farmington Public Library for checkout.
Purchase a copy of The Beautiful Lady, Our Lady of Guadalupe for everyone in your family for Christmas!
Thank you Pat Mora, for the beautiful book available in bookstores and in time for the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe!
Available at the Farmington Public Library for checkout.
12.12.12
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
2012 Estela & Raúl Mora Award
Congratulations to the winner of the 2012 Estela & Raúl Mora Award:
Lynden Public
Library, Whatcom County Library System, Lynden WA!
For the first time, we are also awarding three Mora Honor Awards:
DC Public Library/Mount Pleasant, DC., King County Library, WA; and Sacramento Public Library, CA. Congratulations to these libraries and to all who submitted award applications. It’s exciting to see how these awards are growing and how the Día work is deepening to involve community members as literacy leaders.
For the first time, we are also awarding three Mora Honor Awards:
DC Public Library/Mount Pleasant, DC., King County Library, WA; and Sacramento Public Library, CA. Congratulations to these libraries and to all who submitted award applications. It’s exciting to see how these awards are growing and how the Día work is deepening to involve community members as literacy leaders.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Estela and Raul Mora Award 2012
Estela and Raul Mora Award 2012
REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-speaking, invites applications for the 2012 Mora Award. The Award is presented annually to the most exemplary culminating celebrations of El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), or El día de los jovenes/ El día de los libros (Youth Day/Book Day), also known as Día. Annual, culminating celebrations are held across the country on or near April 30. Libraries, schools and other educational institutions that plan and implement Día programs in 2012 are eligible to submit an application by August 15, 2012.The Estela and Raúl Mora Award was established by author and poet Pat Mora and her siblings in honor of their parents and to promote El día de los niños/El día de los libros. The Mora Award consists of a $1,000 stipend and a plaque to be displayed in a public area by the winning institution(s).
REFORMA is Día’s founding partner and its members serve as judges for the Award. Pat Mora and REFORMA believe Día is a daily commitment to link all children to books, languages and cultures. Annual, culminating celebrations are held across the country on or near April 30. Día is now housed at the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Bloguitos
http://www.losbloguitos.com/
Los Bloguitos es un blog para niños y niñas que hablan y leen español. Encontrarás cuentos, poesías, adivinanzas, dibujos y mucho más. Conoce a los creadores de los bloguitos:
Los Bloguitos es un blog para niños y niñas que hablan y leen español. Encontrarás cuentos, poesías, adivinanzas, dibujos y mucho más. Conoce a los creadores de los bloguitos:
Saturday, July 21, 2012
NM LULAC mourns the loss of one of its prominent leaders, civil rights and veteran advocates
NM LULAC mourns the loss of one of its prominent leaders, civil rights and veteran advocates
Albuquerque, NM- the League of United Latin American Citizens of New Mexico (NM LULAC) is saddened by the loss of Mr. Lee J. Leyba on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Mr. Leyba was the NM LULAC State Director (1979-81) and National LULAC Vice President of the Southwest from (1981-82).
Mr. Leyba was a veteran with the United States Coast Guard. He was a retired federal investigator with U.S. Labor Department. Mr. Leyba devoted his life advocating for veteran’s rights and promoting social and economic parity for Hispanics at all level within our American society. He was also a Veteran Services Representative with the NM Department of Veterans Services. “Mr. Leyba was a tremendous leaders and beloved by many. His shoes in LULAC are hard to fill. He was certainly one of the best, if not the best State Director in NM LULAC History”, stated, Paul “Pablo” A. Martinez, Immediate Past State Director. Martinez further alluded, “He was one of my mentors and dedicated his life to help improve the lives of so many New Mexicans. He was tenacious and unequivocal in his passion to help our veterans…it is certainly a sad day for New Mexico LULAC and particularly the Hispanic community to loose a great friend and dynamic leader like Mr. Lee J. Leyba”.
*LULAC is this nation’s oldest and largest Latino organization. Since 1929, LULAC has served as a vanguard in fight for civil rights and social economic party for Latinos at all levels and facets in our American society. *
Albuquerque, NM- the League of United Latin American Citizens of New Mexico (NM LULAC) is saddened by the loss of Mr. Lee J. Leyba on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Mr. Leyba was the NM LULAC State Director (1979-81) and National LULAC Vice President of the Southwest from (1981-82).
Mr. Leyba was a veteran with the United States Coast Guard. He was a retired federal investigator with U.S. Labor Department. Mr. Leyba devoted his life advocating for veteran’s rights and promoting social and economic parity for Hispanics at all level within our American society. He was also a Veteran Services Representative with the NM Department of Veterans Services. “Mr. Leyba was a tremendous leaders and beloved by many. His shoes in LULAC are hard to fill. He was certainly one of the best, if not the best State Director in NM LULAC History”, stated, Paul “Pablo” A. Martinez, Immediate Past State Director. Martinez further alluded, “He was one of my mentors and dedicated his life to help improve the lives of so many New Mexicans. He was tenacious and unequivocal in his passion to help our veterans…it is certainly a sad day for New Mexico LULAC and particularly the Hispanic community to loose a great friend and dynamic leader like Mr. Lee J. Leyba”.
*LULAC is this nation’s oldest and largest Latino organization. Since 1929, LULAC has served as a vanguard in fight for civil rights and social economic party for Latinos at all levels and facets in our American society. *
THE SUNLAND PARK COMMUNITY LIBRARY NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW!
BORDER REGIONAL LIBRARIANS
AND LIBRARY ADVOCATES:
Due to the City of Sunland Park's fiscal crisis, the Sunland Park Community Library is at risk of closing!
If you are interested in helping to ensure the short- and long-term sustainability of the Sunland Park Library, PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION BROADLY AND QUICKLY! If you have any questions, or would like to caravan from Las Cruces to Sunland Park--please email Norice Lee, Librarian at noricelee@hotmail.com.
REFORMA friend and mentor, John Sandstrom needs our support in Sunland Park!
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_21101985/future-uncertain-sunland-parks-miracle-library
Due to the City of Sunland Park's fiscal crisis, the Sunland Park Community Library is at risk of closing!
If you are interested in helping to ensure the short- and long-term sustainability of the Sunland Park Library, PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION BROADLY AND QUICKLY! If you have any questions, or would like to caravan from Las Cruces to Sunland Park--please email Norice Lee, Librarian at noricelee@hotmail.com.
REFORMA friend and mentor, John Sandstrom needs our support in Sunland Park!
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_21101985/future-uncertain-sunland-parks-miracle-library
Monday, July 2, 2012
2012 Mini-Conference in Carlsbad
2012 Mini-Conference
Welcome to the 2012 Mini-Conference Web Page!
NMLA Mini-Conference
Riverwalk Recreation Center, Carlsbad
October 25-26, 2012
Going to Bat for Libraries
Program proposals will be accepted for this conference until July 31. Program Proposal Form (doc)
The New Mexico Library Association does not pay honorarium, fees or expenses for presenters.
Conference Hotel: Coming Soon
NMLA would like to thank our sponsors for helping us keep costs low for attendees:Sharon Vandamme Hollis, Davidson Titles
http://nmla.org/mini-conference/
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