Jersey City Public Libraries hours and services cut-Speak Out Now

THE BAD NEWS

Source: Jersey Journal

Author: Melissa Hayes

Date: September 9, 2010

SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A19

The Jersey City Free Public Library is scaling back hours and closing most of its branches on Saturdays due to budget cuts.
Library Director Priscilla Gardner says more service cuts could be in the offing pending possible further layoffs and furloughs, noting that a staff reduction plan submitted to the state Civil Service Commission awaits approval.
The city is expected to provide the library $6 million this year, down from $7.7 million last year.
The Main Library, at 472 Jersey Ave., which had been open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., is now closing at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The library will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Gardner said hours at other branches have been staggered to minimize the impact on library patrons. Those libraries will be closed on Saturdays with the exception of two Saturdays between now and the end of the year when each of the branches will be open.
The Glenn D. Cunningham Branch, at 275 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; with Saturday hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 9 and Nov. 20.
The Miller Branch at 489 Bergen Ave. will be open the same hours at the Cunningham branch, but with Saturday hours Sept. 25 and Dec. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Five Corners branch, at 678 Newark Ave., and Pavonia Branch, at 326 Eighth St., will be open Monday from noon to 8 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Five Corners will have Saturday hours Oct. 16 and Nov. 27 and Pavonia will have Saturday hours Oct. 2 and Nov. 13, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Heights Branch, at 14 Zabriskie St., will be open Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, noon to 8 p.m.; and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with Saturday hours Sept. 18 and Dec. 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Greenville Branch, at 1847 Kennedy Blvd., will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; Tuesday, noon to 8 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and will be open this Saturday and Dec. 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Lafayette, West Bergen and Marion neighborhood libraries will remain open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.



SPEAK OUT
Send the following letter or call :

Office of the Mayor
City Hall - 280 Grove StreetJersey City, New Jersey 07302Tel: (201) 547-5200Fax: (201) 547-4288/5442
Mayor Jerramiah Healymailto:HealyMayorHealy@jcnj.org

Council President Peter Brennan
City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 202Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5319Fax: (201) 547-4678email: BrennanP@jcnj.org

Councilwoman-at-Large Willie Flood
City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 202Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5134Fax: (201) 547-4678email: FloodW@jcnj.org

Ward A (Greenville) Councilman Michael Sottolano
City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 206Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5098Fax: (201) 547-4678email: SottolanoM@jcnj.org

Ward B (West Side)Councilman David Donnelly
City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 202Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5092Fax: (201) 547-4678email: DonnellyD@jcnj.org

Ward C (Journal Square) Councilwoman Nidia Lopez
City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 202Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5159Fax: (201) 547-4678email: NLopez@jcnj.org

Ward D (The Heights) Councilman William Gaughan
City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 202Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5485Fax: (201) 547-4678email: bgaughan@hcnj.us

Ward E (Downtown) Councilman Steven Fulop
City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 202Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5315Fax: (201) 547-4678 (fax)FulopS@jcnj.org

Ward F (Bergen/Lafayette) CouncilwomanViola Richardson
City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 207Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5338Fax: (201) 547-4678email: RichardsonV@jcnj.org

THE LETTER

Dear Mayor and Councilperson:

This video is funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AhSxoVmZQs

But the news about the reduction in hours and funding of our public libraries is not!

Please think of the services our public libraries provide and their importance to students, job-seekers and other residents of Jersey City, and please restore funding for library services. Each dollar in funding you provide lessens illiteracy, juvenile delinquency, unemployment and provides research resources and educational support for our students and citizens.


Sincerely yours,

Lesson Plans for 9/11

9/11 Lesson plan Sources

Elementary

Mr. Donn's Pages has lesson plans on major religions including Islam. (Scroll down on the page)
http://www.mrdonn.org/religions.html

Teaching 9/11 has elementary K-5 lesson plans as well as other grade levels
http://www.teaching9-11.org/categories.cfm?16

Middle/Secondary

Teaching Tolerance has lesson plans for Confronting Islamophobia
http://www.tolerance.org/blog/commemorate-911-confronting-islamophobia
(There is also an note on book burning, even through the scheduled book burning by a pastor in Florida has been cancelled, it may be a worthy classroom discussion. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/US-Church-Cancels-Quran-Burning-102571464.html)

Teachable Moment has a classroom discussion guide on theNew York City Community Center controversy.
http://www.teachablemoment.org/high/communitycenter.html

Please reply with other useful sites!
See http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2011/09/teaching-911-10-years-later.html  and http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2009/09/teaching-9ll.html
for more resources

Newark Public Library READ-IN-8/31/- 9/1/10 to save the library

HELP SAVE THE NEWARK PUBLIC LIBRARY

24-HOUR READ-IN

Noon-to-Noon (Tuesday, Aug. 31-Wednesday, Sept. 1)

City Hall Steps
920 Broad Street, Newark

• Bring a book to read aloud!
• Join the campaign to restore devastating budget cuts!
• Help re-open two closed branches!
• Reverse two-day-a-week Main Branch closing!
• Restore full-time hours for our hard-pressed employees!
• Demand immediate action from our elected “leaders!”
• Don’t let the mayor and council off the hook!
• When you vote, think about the consequences!
• Call and keep calling:
  
  Mayor’s Office: 973-733-6400
  Ronald C. Rice, West Ward 973-733-6427 ricero@ci.newark.nj.us
  Darrin Sharif, Central Ward 973-733-5870 sharifd@ci.newark.nj.us
  Anibal Ramos, North Ward 973-733-5136 ramosa@ci.newark.nj.us
  Ras Baraka, South Ward 973-733-6563 barakar@ci.newark.nj.us
  Augusto Amador, East Ward 973-733-6571 amadora@ci.newark.nj.us
  Donald Payne, Jr, At-Large 973-733-3753 payned@ci.newark.nj.us
  Mildred Crump, At-Large 973-733-8043 crumpm@ci.newark.nj.us
  Luis Quintana, At-Large 973-733-5882 quintanal@ci.newark.nj.us
  Carlos Gonzalez, At-Large 973-733-6425 gonzalezc@ci.newark.nj.us
  
  For more information about rallies and events: www.savenewarklibraries.org email: info@savenewarklibraries.org

DON'T LIVE IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY ?

CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY TO SEE IF THEY NEED HELP FIGHTING DRASTIC BUDGET CUTS NOW!

Authors Speak in New Jersey in September 2010

Mark your calendars:



Princeton Public Library Children's book festival- 9/11/2010-11am-4pm

Venue: Alfred E. Hinds Plaza adjacent to the Princeton Public Library.
Princeton Public Library 65 Witherspoon St.Princeton, NJ 08542
Tel: 609-924-9529


The 5th Annual Princeton Children’s Book Festival is Sept. 11 from 11 am- 4pm. Over 50 nationally acclaimed authors and illustrators of Children's and Young Adult books will be meeting their fans, discussing their work and signing books on the Alfred E. Hinds Plaza adjacent to the the Princeton Public Library.Books will be available for purchase through Barnes and Noble's satellite book store located in the library's Community Room. Live entertainment throughout the afternoon Alfred E. Hinds Plaza adjacent to the the Princeton Public Library.Books will be available for purchase through Barnes and Noble's satellite book store located in the library's Community Room.

Live entertainment throughout the afternoon.



Jersey City Public Library A Tale of Our City- 9/18/2010, 11am-4pm

Venue: Van Vorst Park adjacent to the Main Branch of the Jersey City Public Library,
Montgomery Street and Jersey Avenue, Jersey City
Tel (201) 547 - 4500



Jersey City’s annual book festival, will feature 18 established and up-an-coming authors in the bucolic Victorian setting of Van Vorst Park, on Saturday, September 18.

Some authors will be very familiar… Al Sullivan, Senior Staff Writer for the Hudson Reporter weekly newspaper chain… Bob Leach, Director of the Jersey City Historical Project, with his latest on Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague… NJ Room Manager Cynthia Harris of the Jersey City Free Public Library, with her photo and postcard book on Changing Jersey City… others will be known for their works, such as John B. Wefing, Seton Hall law professor whose book is on NJ Governor Richard J. Hughes… or Adeyinka Makinde, for his book on Jersey City boxer Frankie DePalma… and others, such as novelist Shobhan Bantwal, will be known within certain communities (for this author, India).




T. A. Barron-9/23/2010-4:30 PM -7:00PM at NJCU


Date and Time: 9/23/2010, 4:30-7:00 pm (including reception)
Venue: Hepburn Hall 202 (Gothic Lounge) on the campus of New Jersey City University (NJCU) , 2039 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305,
Note: The event includes professional development hours.

T.A. Barron , award-winning and bestselling young adult author the highly acclaimed epic -- and soon to be major motion picture -- The Lost Years of Merlin. Mr. Barron will speak on his books, writing process, and passion for conservation and children’s literature.



Mr. Barron will be awarded the 2010 M. Jerry Weiss Book Award by the New Jersey Reading Association for his book Merlin’s Dragon.This prestigious Award honors authors of outstanding children’s and young adult literature. Candidates for the Award are chosen by teachers and librarians and voted on by New Jersey children. Past recipients include Walter Dean Myers, Mo Williams, Doreen Cronin, and Betsy Lewin.

Books will be available for purchase and signing. Professional Development Credits are available for educators.

Please contact Victoria Thompson at (201)200-2472 or vthompson@njcu.edu
for more information. This event is sponsored by the M. Jerry Weiss Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature.

Pre-K Teachers, Braille Books and Summer Reading Contests

FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS:

Zero to Three Project
(Courtesy Saroj Ghoting who posted to the ALSC listserv)

What has a more powerful influence on how parents raise their young children: the way they were raised or their faith? What roles do professionals and friends play in shaping parents’ views on childrearing? What impact is the economic downturn having on child care arrangements for young families?

These questions and more are some of the issues addressed in a new national parent survey of 1,615 parents of children from birth to 3 years conducted for ZERO TO THREE by Peter Hart Research. The survey was designed to explore the issues and challenges that parents of young children confront today, gaps in knowledge about early development, sources of information and support to which parents turn, and factors that influence their approaches to parenting.

The survey was conducted between June 4th and 11th 2009 and was funded by MetLife Foundation. The research includes an oversample of 200 African American and 200 Hispanic parents.

See http://www.zerotothree.org/about-us/funded-projects/parenting-resources/parenting-survey.html for the full report, webinar and other resources.



BRAILLE BOOK RESOURCES
(courtesy Shonda Brisco, Oklahoma State University)

Seedlings
http://www.seedlings.org/
(twin vision books)

National Braille Press
http://www.nbp.org/
great resources, as well as hand-outs for instructional courses with teachers on the use of Braille with K-12 students

WonderBaby
http://www.wonderbaby.org/articles/braille-resources.html

American Printing House for the Blind
http://www.aph.org/

New Jersey State Library for the Blind
http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/Disabilities/dsresrcs.php

New Jersey State Library Talking Books
http://njsltbbc.org/

AND ATTENTION NJ YOUTH READERS!

A SUMMER READING CONTEST! (you can win concert tickets and a signed jersey)

The Statewide Summer Reading Program is partnering with the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority (owner and operator of the IZOD Center at the Meadowlands Sports Complex) to encourage reading and readers

Join the Statewide Summer Reading Program at your local public library and you can win
4 tickets to select family events at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

Just enter the name of a book read at the njlibrarychampions.org website (http://www.njlibrarychampions.org/) under the link to “contest and events.”

Then enter the contest by filling out the entry form using Survey Monkey!

PRIZES:
Wiggles Concert
Sesame Street Live
A signed jersey from NJ Devils player Zach Parise

Harlem Book Fair 2010

The 2010 Harlem Book Fair took place this past weekend at the NYPL Schomburg Branch

If you missed it, some of the events are archived on C-SPAN's Book TV.

The most important message from the panel discussions for librarians, teachers and parents was that if we want to see an increase in quality youth materials, representative of peoples of African descent and their history and culture, then we must SEEK OUT these materials at book fairs, libraries, and book stores; PURCHASE these materials and DEMAND that our SCHOOL LIBRARIES and CLASSROOMS contain these materials. These materials are not just for African American youth but contain universal themes for all readers. To prepare our youth for a diverse world, we have to provide them with materials that reflect that diversity.

The Program included some very stimulating and revealing panel discussions of interest to librarians and teachers. I have included both the descriptions and links to the archived videos.:

2010 HARLEM BOOK FAIR PROGRAM & SCHEDULE

SCHOMBURG C-SPAN PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Complete Saturday program
http://cspan.org/Watch/Media/2010/07/17/HP/A/35566/Harlem+Book+Fair.aspx


Of particular interest

White and Whatever: Diversity in Children’s & Young Adult Book Publishing
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294543-5


The United States is an extremely diverse nation. But books for children and young adults hardly reflect that diversity. Only a small percentage of the books published every year are written and or illustrated by people of color. Many of these don’t make it to the market place. Why, in 2010, when the nation has elected its first African American president, is the book publishing industry still not meeting the need and demand for books that explore the width and breathe of our country’s multicultural experiences? This panel will explore the complex issues and suggest solutions to a problem that is garnering a lot of attention.

MODERATOR: Wade Hudson, Publisher, Just Us Books

PANELISTS: Jerry Craft, Mamma's Boyz; Zetta Elliott, Bird; Cheryl Willis Hudson, My Friend Maya Loves to Dance; Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati, Publicist; Director, African American Children's Book Project


From Digital Divide to Digital Inequality: Bridging the Market-driven Literacy Gap
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294543-7

The advent of digital technology has redefined the very scope of literacy. While African American literacy rates are statistically on par with national averages, the advent of the market-driven digital age threatens timely access to information to the most economically disparaged...less a 'digital divide' than a 'information access' divide. Inequality of bandwidth; autonomy of use; skills level; quality of support; and purpose (whether the Internet is used for increase of economic productivity and improvement of social capital or for consumption and entertainment) are the current pressing concerns. These authors believe that visual representation is the one critical element that will balance the impact of these emerging issues and drive a new generation of readers successfully into this brave, new world.

MODERATOR: John Jennings, Black Comix: African American Independent Comics, Art and Culture (Mark Batty Publisher/Random)

PANELISTS: Damian Duffy, Out of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics (Krannert Art Museum), Dawud Anyabwile, Brotherman; Alex Simmons, DarkJACK; Gregory Walker, ZM1

Test Preparation help for NJCU students

New Jersey City University Students

PRAXIS/GRE ANXIETY???
Have no fear
LEARNING EXPRESS IS HERE!

Follow these steps:


Just go the Guarini Library Home Page http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/
2 Click on Databases by Title http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/databases/Alpha.htm
3 Click on Learning Express
4 SET UP AN INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT (6 character min. for username and password)



(Click on Admissions and Placement Preparation for CLEP, GRE, TOEFL)
(Click on Skills Improvement for Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary, Spelling, etc)
5. Click on Jobs & Careers. Scroll down for Teaching.
6. Click on Teaching for Praxis /
or Nursing and Allied Health for NCLEX-RN practice tests
7. Scroll down to choose the test that you need.

8. Click Add to My Center box on the right.

Problems ?

Currently enrolled NJCU students only

Call the Guarini Library Reference Desk for assistance.

http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/ASKA.htm

NYC Multicultural Film Festival-6/23-6/27 2010

RACE, PRIVILEGE AND SOCIETY

Film Series and Panel Discussion -

NYC

JUNE 23 - 27, 2010
As part of its ongoing ADFF Spring and Summer Film Series at Teachers College, Columbia University, ADFF and the Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs are presenting the "RACE AND PRIVILEGE IN SOCIETY" film series on June 23 to 27, a selection of documentary and fiction films that explore issues around race and privilege.

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010 FREE PROGRAM
4 PM TIM WISE: ON WHITE PRIVILEGE (USA)

THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010 FREE PROGRAM
6 PM WHAT'S RACE GOT TO DO WITH IT? (USA)
7 PM PANEL "RACE, PRIVILEGE AND SOCIETY"

FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2010 FREE PROGRAM
6 PM THE GLASS CEILING (France)

SATURDAY, JUNE 26 , 2010

3 PM WHITE LIKE THE MOON & DENYING BRAZIL (USA & Brazil)

5 PM BURN: THE EVOLUTION OF AN AMERICAN CITY (USA)

SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2010

2 PM CONGO: WHITE KING, RED RUBBER, BLACK DEATH (Congo/Belgium)

4 PM PLACIDO (Cuba)

TICKETS:

Wednesday through Friday are Free of Charge and Open to the public.

Saturday and Sunday only: Weekend pass $15; Day pass $10; $6 per show;

PLEASE NOTE: CASH ONLY AT THE DOOR.

WHERE:

Teachers College, Columbia University

525 West 120th Street -

Room 263 Macy

Take train 1 to 116th street and walk uptown four blocks.

Entrance between Broadway and Amsterdam.

Picture ID requested to enter building.

DVDs of films from Africa and the African Diaspora will be on sale at the venue.

$20 per DVD; $35 for 2 DVD; $45 for three DVD and $15 for each additional DVD.
PLEASE CASH ONLY ON SITE.
See http://www.nyadff.org/June_10.html for more information

Splash into Reading at NJ libraries

New Jersey public libraries have water-related summer reading programs for each age group!

The themes are:

Children: "Make a Splash",

Young Adults:"Make Waves"

Adults :"Water Your Mind"

Parent/Educator Alert

Check out the summer reading website at http://www.njsummerreading.org/

for prograns, reading lists, film and movie lists, and web resources for each age group.

Don't forget to become a New jersey library supporter at http://www.savemynjlibrary.org/!

JUNETEENTH-June 19th- Celebrations

Juneteenth

The celebration of the belated news of the abolition of slavery in Texas in 1865 has been transformed into celebrations throughout the United states and the world. It is now a state holiday in 36 states.

Celebrations in New Jersey

WOODBURY
June 19, 2010 - Greater Woodbury Arts Council -
Wing Dickerson Park, Allens Lane and Carpenter Street,
from 11 am to 4 pm.
Activities will include Park Dedication, live music, food, vendors, children's activities and more.


ELIZABETH
June 19, 2010 - Juneteenth Planning Committee of Elizabeth, New Jersey - Mt. Teman AME Church160 Madison AvenueElizabeth, NJ
June 19, 2010 12 Noon - 4 P.M.
Program, Speakers, Storytelling, Black History Trivia,Praise Dancers, Games and More

Also on June 26, Games such as softball, kick ball, horseshoes, double dutch, basketball gameLocation:
Bayway Community Center, 513-515 Richmond Street, Elizabeth, NJ

June 26, 2010 - City of Elizabeth Juneteenth Committee -
Fred Erxleben Recreation Center 513-515 Richmond St. Elizabeth,
NJ Softball Tournament, Bingo, Checkers, Juneteenth All Stars Basketball Game, Free Food and MORE!


BEVERLY
June 19, 2010 -
Silver Set with Rubies Chapter, Red Hat Society -
BEVERLY CITY JUNETEENTH 2010:
A Celebration of History through Music, Poetry and Prose.
June 19th from 12-4 PM.
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church,
158 Warren Street, Beverly, NJ.
Call 609-387-1259 for info about tickets.

Keynote address by Burlington County Historian, Joseph Laufer -

Burlington County: Cradle of Emancipation - The Vision, the Determination, the Legacy. Historical reenactment of Harriet Tubman by actress, writer, griot Alma Day.

Presentations of poetry, music and prose;

Black History photographic exhibit;

Riverfront Historical Society display.

Vendors, door prizes, soul food luncheon.

Presented by the Silver Set with Rubies Chapter,

Red Hat Society as a benefit for the Beverly Free Library.

To find events in other locations:

http://www.juneteenth.com/worldwide.htm

Curriculum and Lesson plans

Links: http://www.lessonplanet.com/curriculum_connections/social_studies_lesson_plans/17_June_2009/59/juneteenth_lesson_plans?utm_source=article&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=0900618

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSLACIEndOfYearJuneteenthEndOfSlaveryResearchCelebrationPresentationIdeaMO.htm

http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/juneteenth-proclamation-jubilation-lesson-plan/

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/celebrate-juneteenth-20547.html

Juneteenth Books

Branch, Muriel Miller.

Title: Juneteenth : freedom day

Juv. 394.263 .B816J

Jordan, Denise.

Title: Juneteenth

Juv.394.26 .J82j

Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux.

Title: Juneteenth

Juv.394.26 .N424j

Weatherford, Carole Boston,

Title: Juneteenth jamboree

Juv. W3625j

See http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2011/06/juneeteenth-in-new-jersey.html for 2011 New Jersey events

Save NJ Libraries and Services-ACT NOW!

New Jersey Library Association -- Legislative Action Center:
"Last Push to Restore Library Funding
Thank you all for your support over the last 3 months. Your letters and phone calls have demonstrated to our elected officials how valuable library services are to the people of New Jersey. Now, as the final budget is being negotiated, we ask that you reach out one more time. These last days before the budget is approved are very important and we need to ask all elected officials to restore funding to the NJ Library Network, the NJ Virtual Library, public library state aid and the NJ Knowledge Initiative. Please send your message today."

Click here to act!

http://capwiz.com/ala/nj/home/

Holocaust Seminar-5/21/10-Queensborough Community College

Seminar –
Teaching the Holocaust, Genocide and War: Resources and Services

The Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives of Queensborough Community College,
City University of New York
Friday, May 21 – 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon – Breakfast

Speakers will include:
Dr. Arthur Flug, Executive Director, QCC, Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives
Dr. Susan Jacobowitz, Associate Professor, QCC, City University of New York, English Dept.
Ms. Sylvia Karges, Curatorial Assistant, American Numismatic Society
Dr. Anne Kirschner, University Dean, Macaulay Honors College, City University of New York

Sponsored by --
ACRL/NY - New York City Section
and
Friends of the Kurt R. Schmeller Library
"Providing Knowledge, Promoting Understanding"
QCC, City University of New York
RSVP Dr. Barbara Bonous-Smit
bbonoussmit@qcc.cuny.edu

Budget Cuts-NJ/NY

The New York Public Library used an innovative method to garner library support with the use of "Ghostbusters" and its "Don't Close the Book on Libraries" Campaign


Read more about it here
http://news.suite101.com/article.cfm/new-york-public-library-calls-in-ghostbusters-for-resurrection-a238868?sms_ss=email

http://improveverywhere.com/2010/05/18/who-you-gonna-call/

On May 22, 2010, New Jersey residents and supporters can march to protest budget cuts

Massive May 22nd Rally in Trenton to Protest Budget Cuts

A massive rally in Trenton is planned for Saturday, May 22, 2010, starting at noon at The State House (125 W. State St, Trenton NJ 08625).

This is a community rally to protest NJ’s proposed cuts in the state budget. Over 100 community groups are participating in this event which could draw up to 50,000 people. Workers, family, and friends are invited to attend this rally and the speakers will be coming from community groups. The sponsors of the rally include the major unions of public service employees although union officials will not be speaking. Participants are urged to wear red, white, or blue clothing.

Free buses are available to attend the rally and you can sign up for these at various union web sites including AFT: see http://www.aftnj.org/ You can also take NJ Transit trains to Trenton.

Update:

Articles, photos, and video are available at:
http://njculibrary.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/coverage-of-may-22-trenton-rally/

Free Comic Book Day is May 1st, 2010

May 1st is Free Comic Book Day!

What is Free Comic Book Day? Free Comic Book Day is a single day - the first Saturday in May each year - when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely FREE* to anyone who comes into their stores. *Check with your local shop for their participation and rules *

Official Site and Store Locator
See http://www.freecomicbookday.com/ for more information
See http://www.freecomicbookday.com/comics.asp for comic previews

Study Abroad in Madrid for Bilingual University Students

CHLI AND PROMOMADRID SEEK BILINGUAL UNIVERSITY APPLICANTS FOR THE CHLI-MADRID PROGRAM: GATEWAY TO MADRID

Summer Madrid Program Aims to Provide Global Leadership Experience for American Students from Diverse Backgrounds

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:

Monday, May 3, 2010.

The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) and PromoMadrid invite qualified students who are currently in their last year of their undergraduate or studying a Post Graduate Program in an accredited four year University, from throughout the United States and Puerto Rico , to apply for the 2010 CHLI-Madrid Program: Gateway to Madrid Summer Internship Program.

Seven to ten students from diverse backgrounds will be selected to become part of this intensive six-week summer internship program in Madrid , Spain . Successful interns will first participate in a one week immersion course that will focus on Spanish culture, economy, and politics which will then be followed by a five week placement with a sponsoring Madrid-based company. The CHLI-Madrid Program aims to provide a unique and enriching practical work experience for bilingual American student leaders in one of Europe 's main economic hubs, the Regional Community of Madrid.

This initiative is financially backed by PromoMadrid and managed by CHLI, who will be responsible for all aspects related to the students' internship, training, housing & travel while living in Madrid .

The application deadline is Monday, May 3, 2010.

The program begins June 14 and ends July 30, 2010.

Applications can be downloaded from the CHLI website at http://www.chli.org/.

To apply, applicants must:

• Be U.S. citizens, bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Have a valid U.S. Passport.
• Be enrolled in an accredited four year college/university.
• Submit a completed application form, personal statement in English and Spanish, curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation and official transcripts.
  

Compensation:

• Airfare and housing accommodations in Madrid , Spain .
• Stipend for living expenses
• Health insurance

For more information please contact Yisel Cabrera, Director of Programs and Operations, Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute at ycabrera@chli.org or at 202-347-8280 Ext. 303.

About CHLI:
The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI, pronounced "chili”) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization, based in Washington , D.C. , that advances the diversity of thought in U.S. Hispanic community in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, as well as in the international community. For more information, please visit www.chli.org. You may also connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

About PromoMadrid:
PromoMadrid, Desarrollo Internacional de Madrid, S.A. is a regional government-owned company, incorporated in 2004 with the purpose of promoting and developing the Region of Madrid internationally from an economic perspective. PromoMadrid acts under the authority of the Madrid Regional Ministry of Economy and Finance Affairs. Visit http://promomadrid.com/

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Mel Glenn at NJCU today!

MEL GLENN, AUTHOR/POET

Thursday, April 22
4:30–6:00 p.m.
New Jersey City University
Hepburn Hall, Room 202
(2039 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ 07305)

Mel Glenn, acclaimed author of 12 young adult books and retired high school teacher, has been writing since 1980. His first book, Class Dismissed! High School Poems, which was published in 1982, was named a Society of Children’s Book Writers Golden Kite Honor Book and an American Library Association (ALA) Best Book for Young Adults, and was included in the ALA’s Best of the Best Books 1970-1982.

Mr. Glenn’s characters are urban teens who reveal their fears, joys, conflicting feelings, concerns, and hopes through poetry. Using multiple narrators, his poems provide readers with broad and thought-provoking perspectives about school life, basketball, poverty, violence, love, friendships, and family relationships.

Mr. Glenn will speak about his writing process, books, and experiences as an author and educator.

Professional Development Credits are available for educators.

Please contact Victoria Thompson at (201)200-2472 or vthompson@njcu.edu for more information.

The Cartel-Documentary about NJ education premieres

The Cartel Movie - A Film by Bob Bowdon - Screenings: "April 2010 Friday, April 16 - The Cartel will premiere in New York at the Quad Cinema, Each theater will be showing the film for a week (Friday, April 16 through Thursday, April 22). The documentary is about New Jersey schools and education.

New York premiere: Showtimes are at 1:10pm, 3:10pm, 5:10pm, 7:10pm, and 9:30pm. At the 7:10 showing on April 16 there will be an Education Reform Panel Discussion and Q&A with Director Bob Bowdon; Derrell Bradford, Executive Director of Excellent Education for Everyone; Carlos Lejnieks, President of the NJ Charter Schools Association; and Marcus Winters, Education Scholar at the Manhattan Institute.

See the movie website, http://www.thecartelmovie.com/ for more information.

NJCU celebrates National Day of Silence- 4/15/10

On the National Day of Silence hundreds of thousands of students nationwide take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in their schools.

New Jersey City University will prepare its students for the National Day of Silence with a series of workshops on Thursday, April 15, 2010.

THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 WORKSHOPS

Why Choose to be Gay?

Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm

Location: GSUB 129

Do LGB people choose to be gay or is it predetermined at birth? It is an age old topic of debate that no one seems to have a definitive answer to. Is there an answer? Come find out!

Speaker: Dr. Hoch, Biology Department


What’s the deal with Gender Roles?

Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm

Location: GSUB 129

Is an effeminate man gay? Is a masculine girl a lesbian? Where do these gender roles come from and how do they tie into sexuality? In a world where we tend to assume so much about people based on their physical appearance and actions, how can we tell who's gay from someone who's somewhat effeminate or masculine?

Speaker: Tracy Riley, English Department/Women and Gender Studies Program


LG...BT?

Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm

Location: GSUB 129

What exactly are the B and T and how do they fit into the LGBT equation? What is their interaction within the community and why are they excluded from many constituencies? Where do these prejudices start and where are they seated? More importantly, how do we dispel them?

Speaker: Liza Fiol-Matta, Women’s & Gender Studies Program


“Shut yo’ mouth!”

Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm

Location: GSUB 129

We hear them every day: "faggot," "dyke," "tranny"-- “oh, that’s so gay.” How do the words we say and use affect our every day lives, our self-esteem and self-worth? Do they box people into various stereotypes?

Speaker: Dr. Silvia Pastor, Psychology Department & Peers Educating Peers, Counseling Center“



Breaking the Silence”

MIXER – 7:00 – 10:00 P.M.

Come Break the Silence at Hepburn Hall’s Gothic Lounge (H202). Guest DJs, refreshments and snacks will be served. Come out to show your support in the fight against discrimination.

For more information, please contact Ms. Moreira, LGBTF Alliance Advisor, at (201) 200-2269 or email njculgbtfa@gmail.com


See http://www.dayofsilence.org/ to register and for materials.

School Board Elections in New Jersey

On April 20th, New Jersey voters will have an opportunity to vote for members of their school boards and the school budget in their districts.

You can vote by mail! Fill out the application. It has to be received by the Board of elections by tomorrow! http://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elections/default.htm


Locally, Jersey City voters will elect three new Board of Education members.

All Jersey City residents and taxpayers, parents and caregivers are welcome to learn about the issues and meet the candidates at two free Board of Education forums.

The candidates will present their platforms after which audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions directly to the candidates.

First Forum
Date: Tuesday April 13th, 2010
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: PS16 Auditorium – 96 Sussex Street
Hosted by: The HPHA

Second Forum
Date: Thursday April 15th, 2010
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: PS11 Auditorium – 886 Bergen Avenue
Hosted by: JCFBS and JC PTO Coalition


and you can check:
http://www.talkingpolitics.net/
for streaming videos of some of the Jersey City candidates

Results can be found here
http://njculibrary.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/2010-new-jersey-school-boardbudget-elections-results/

Curious George and the Holocaust

Today, April 11, 2010 is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Currently until August 1, the Jewish Museum at 1108 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, NY is hosting an exhibit, Curious George Saves the Day, the Art of Margaret and H.A. Rey.

The Reys were German-born Jews who escaped from Paris just before the Nazi Occupation. They carried their manuscripts which were later published as the Curious George books with them during the escape. The story has been told in the imaginative picture book, The Journey that Saved Curious George: the True Wartime Adventures of Margaret and H.A. Rey by Louise Borden ( Juv. 928.1 H249b). The exhibit follows the lives and work of the Reys from their childhoods, their lives in Europe and Brazil and the United States.

There are several educator and family workshops offered by the museum and a curriculum guide will soon be available on the museum site, http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/.

NLW: National Library Week 2010- 4/11- 4/17-Save Libraries

What is the best way to celebrate National Library Week?
Work to save our local libraries!

In New Jersey
go to http://www.savemynjlibrary.org/
There you can find out about proposed state legislation that endangers library funding.

You can also click on Contact Legislators with 1 click
and
Scroll to the bottom of the page
to immediately contact the Governor and your state legislators!

and then tell others to take Action

ALSO

Honorary Chair of National Library Week,Neil Gaiman, the 2009 Newbery Medal winner for “The Graveyard Book,” will speak to his lifelong love of libraries and the role they play in a democratic society by supporting intellectual freedom and privacy.

Library lovers and Gaiman readers across the country who are interested in watching are encouraged to join in the event live via UStream.tv and will need a 1 Mbps Internet connection and Flash player. Internet2 will also multicast the event on its national network enabling any of its connected research and education members that are multicast-enabled to broadcast the event to their campuses. Multicast information can be found at http://www.internet2.edu/k20/gaiman.html.

NJGE 10th Annual Conference

NJGE 10th Annual Conference

“Thinking Globally: New Jersey and Beyond”

https://sites.google.com/site/njglobaleducators/

April 16, 2010,
8:00am-1:00pm
at
KEAN UNIVERSITY
Kean Hall

1000 Morris Avenue

Union, NJ 07083
Phone: (908) 737-7140
Fax: (908) 737-7145
http://www.kean.edu/

PROGRAM

8:00 to 8:45

BREAKFAST

9:00 to 10:00

WELCOME & KEYNOTE SPEAKER
JANIS JENSEN
(Director, Office of Academic Standards, NJDOE)

10:15 to 10:45

MELDA YILDIZ,
(Faculty, Fulbright Scholar, Turkmenistan)
“Different Country Similar Difficulties: Integrating ICTs in Teacher Education in Turkmenistan”

CHARLENE E. WILLIAMS
(Associate Professor, Ocean County College)
“A Technological Approach to Student Service Regarding Global Issues”

MARIANNE MARTENS and NICOLE COOKE
(Doctoral Students, Rutgers University)
"From the Rutgers Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL): The School Library: A 21st Century Classroom"


11:00 to 12:00

TIMOTHY TORRE
(Director, CIS, Kean University;
MARIA SOARES
(Director, Multicultural Program, Seton Hall University)
“The Road (not) Taken”


ANNE S. DRILLICK
(Art Teacher/Adjunct Professor, Leonia School District)

ELIZABETH HALL

(Green Meadow Waldorf School, Chestnut Ridge, NY)
“Multicultural Creative Arts & Play from Early Childhood through Adult Learners”


JOEL REYNOSO
(Director, US Dept. of Commerce)
“Preparing Your Website For An International Audience”


12:00 to 1:00

LUNCH

For information on NJGE, please visit our web site: https://sites.google.com/site/njglobaleducators/

“The New Jersey Global Educators promote and enhance global and multicultural education in curriculum, professional development, research, and student program development in two and four year institutions of higher learning in the state of New Jersey”


Registration Fees

NJGE Member--$60.00

Non-Member--$85.00

(Includes One Year Complimentary NJGE Membership)

Student--$25.00

Registration fee includes meals and a certificate of completion of four professional development hours (4 PDH)

Registration the day of conference includes a $10.00 late fee
Conference Registration Fees DUE by April 1, 2010.
REGISTER at http://tiny.cc/global318

Angela Burt Murray comes to NJCU-3/23/10

You are invited to the
A Conversation with Angela Burt-Murray,
Editor-in-Chief Essence/ CNN Collaborator Special
“Black in America”
Tuesday, March 23rd
1:00 pm-2:30 pm
Gilligan Student Union Building, Multipurpose Room A

AND
Discussion & Analysis of the movie “Precious”
2:30 pm-4:00 pm

As steward of ESSENCE's editorial content, Burt-Murray aims to celebrate, inspire, entertain and empower the brand's audience - which encompasses 8.5 million readers of the monthly magazine. In addition, essence.com is the largest and fastest growing African-American magazine website; providing fresh daily content and breaking celebrity news, which has resulted in explosive growth to over 10 million page views each month.

Since taking the helm in 2005, Burt-Murray has updated the magazine's look to a vibrant and modern design, and created new sections to reach a younger, more affluent audience. At the same time, ESSENCE has been recognized for its compelling editorial content - including extensive coverage of the effects of Katrina in the Gulf Coast, a poignant photo essay on AIDS in the African-American community, as well as comprehensive coverage of politics including exclusive interviews with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Burt-Murray is the co-author of the critically acclaimed humor book, The Angry Black Woman's Guide to Life (Dutton), and the novel, The Vow (HarperCollins/Amistad). Burt-Murray was featured as one of the "40 Under 40" by Crain's New York Business. She has also appeared on Access Hollywood, BET, CNBC, CNN, Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and The Today Show, to name a few. A graduate of Hampton University, Burt-Murray holds a B.S. in finance.

2010 NYC Teen Author Festival

From: http://readergirlz.blogspot.com/2010/03/2010-nyc-teen-author-festival.html

The 2010 NYC Teen Author Festival!

First Draft to Final Draft – Talking About the Writing Process

Monday, 3/15

(NYPL, Tompkins Square Branch, 331 East 10th Street, 6pm):

featuring:

Gayle Forman, Daphne Grab, Carolyn Mackler, Sarah Mlynowski, Blake Nelson, Marie Rutkoski, Eliot Schrefer, Natalie Standiford

Getting Inside the Mind of a Teen Boy

Tuesday, 3/16

(Barnes & Noble Tribeca, 97 Warren Street, 7pm):

featuring:

Nick Burd, Matt de la Pena, Gordon Korman, David Levithan, Barry Lyga, Michael Northrup, Jon Skovron, Jake Wizner

The Treasure Map to Going Bovine with Will Grayson(s) (or, an evening of readers’ theater) Wednesday, 3/17

(Mulberry Street Branch, NYPL, 10 Jersey St, 6pm)

featuring:

Libba Bray, John Green, David Levithan, E. LockhartThursday,

3/18

(Five Borough Read, 10am):

Authors read to high school students and the public in libraries across the city.

Manhattan:

Countee Cullen Branch, NYPL, 104 W 136th

StDonna Freitas, Eliot Schrefer, Rachel Vail, Lynn Weingarten, Ebony Wilkins

Jefferson Market Branch, NYPL, 425 6th Ave

Gabe Guarente, Carla Jablonksi, Kristen Kemp, Barry Lyga, Samantha Schutz

Muhlenburg Branch, NYPL, 209 W 23rd St

Emma McLaughlin, Lauren McLaughlin, Courtney Sheinmel, Jennifer Smith

Mulberry Street Branch, NYPL, 10 Jersey Street

Angie Frazier, Aimee Friedman, Alice Hoffman, Robin MacCready, Sarah Maclean, Amanda Marrone

Seward Park Branch, NYPL,

192 East Broadway

Cathleen Bell, Susane Colasanti, Matt De La Pena, Gayle Forman, Daphne Grab

Yorkville Branch, NYPL,

222 East 79th St

Micol Ostow, Robin Palmer, Shani Petroff, Robyn Schneider, Abby Sher, Jake Wizner, Michelle Zink

Brooklyn:

Central Branch, Brooklyn Public Library, Dweck Auditorim, 10 Grand Army Plaza

Emily Horner, Melissa Kantor, O.Rhuday-Perkovich, Matthue Roth, Siobhan Vivian, Adrienne Maria Vrettos, Melissa Walker, Robin Wasserman

Bronx: Bronx Library Center, NYPL, 310 East Kingsbridge Road

Coe Booth, Sarah Darer Littman, Neesha Meminger, Maryrose Wood

Queens: Broadway Branch, QPL, 40-20 Broadway, Long Island City

Jessica Blank, Sarah Burningham, Heather Duffy-Stone, Marianne Mancusi, Elizabeth Scott

Staten Island: West New Brighton Branch, NYPL, 976 Castleon Avenue

Elizabeth Eulberg, David Levithan, Michael Northrup, Kieran Scott

Thursday Evening,

3/18 (Books of Wonder, 18 W 18th St, 6-8pm):

Sourcebooks Fire Launch Party

featuring authors

Lisa Brown, Anne Eliot Crompton, Helen Ellis, Adele Griffin

and music of Tiger Beat!with Libba Bray, Dan Ehrenhaft, Barnabas Miller, and Natalie Standiford

Friday, 3/19

(South Court, 42nd Street, 2-5 and 6-8:30)

NYC Teen Author Festival Symposium Afternoon

2:00 Introduction

2:10 – 3:00: Using Genre to Tell the True Story of Adolescence

featuring: Judy Blundell, Sarah Beth Durst, Lauren McLaughlin, Diana Peterfreund,Sara Shepard, Maggie Stiefvater, Robin Wasserman

3:00 – 3:30: Making a First Impression – 2010 Debut Authors

featuring: Angie Frazier, Emily Horner, Alyssa Sheinmel, Ebony Wilkins

3:30 - 4:15: Grief, Loss, and the YA Novel

featuring: Alexandra Bullen, Heather Duffy-Stone, Donna Freitas, Alice Hoffman, Sarah Darer Littman, Lisa Ann Sandell, Samantha Schutz

4:15 – 5: The Boy You Can’t Have f

featuring: Susane Colasanti, Elizabeth Eulberg, Robin Palmer, Elizabeth Scott, Melissa Walker, Maryrose Wood5-6:

BreakEvening6:00 – A Tribute to Regina Hayes

featuring: Sarah Dessen, Joy Peskin, Jacqueline Woodson

6:45 – 8:30: What it Feels Like for a Girl – Writing in a Teen Girl’s Voice

featuring: Jessica Blank, Eireann Corrigan, Sarah Dessen, Jenny Han, Terra Elan McVoy, Siobhan Vivian, Adrienne Maria Vrettos, Jacqueline Woodson

Saturday, 3/20 (Bartos Forum, 42nd Street, 1pm):

Stuff for the Teen Age Event

The New York Public Library’s list of the hottest books, movies, music, and video games from 2009.

Keynote speaker, Libba Bray, the author of Going Bovine.

Sunday afternoon: Books of Wonder Signing

(18 W 18th St, 2-6)

NOTE: Because of the number of authors, signings will be in shifts.

Weiss Center presents Our Children Can Soar-3/11/10-3/31/10

M. Jerry Weiss Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
presents
OUR CHILDREN CAN SOAR: A CELEBRATION* ART EXHIBIT
MARCH 11-APRIL 7
AT NJCU
Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery,
Hepburn Hall Rm. 323
2039 Kennedy Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07302

The original art work for the book, Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change, (Bloomsbury USA) (Juv. 920 .C771o) by Michelle Cook, will be on display. Featured artists are : James Ransome, AG Ford, Bryan Collier, Charlotte Riley-Webb, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Leo and Diane Dillon, E. B. Lewis, Eric Velasquez, Frank Morrison, Pat Cummings, R. Gregory Christie, and Shadra Strickland. The book was inspired by the 2008 presidential campaign slogan, “Rosa sat so Martin could march. Martin marched so Barack could run Barack ran so our children can soar.” It pays homage to the African-Americans, who paved the way for the civil rights movement,

Gallery hours:
11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
Admission is free

Scheduled Events
All events take place in the Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery, Hepburn Hall Rm. 323
2039 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Opening Reception featuring James Ransome
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. on
Thursday, March 11,
Features an address by James Ransome, one of the book’s 13 illustrators. (Copies of the books autographed by all the book’s 13 artists will be available for silent auction at the opening reception on March 11.)

Eric Velasquez
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Pat Cummings
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Additional Author /Illustrator Event
Ted and Betsy Lewin
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010


For further information about the NJCU exhibit call Dr. Allan De Fina, interim dean of NJCU’s Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College of Education, at (201)200-2101.

*Winner NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature For Children http://www.naacpimageawards.net/41/winners/

Children's Literature Art Events at NJCU

Mach 1-April 1, 2010
Make Believe Group Exhibit: Fairy Tale Archetypes in Contemporary Culture
Place:Visual Arts Gallery, 100 Culver Avenue in Jersey City.
Gallery hours are 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Curated by Debra Jenks, “Make Believe” will feature works by artists who appropriate or reference folk or fairy tales. The exhibit presents numerous takes on the subject, from the imaginary and fantastic to personal narratives and social commentary. Exhibiting artists include Aliza Augustine, Susan Breitsch, Jason Covert, Michelle Handelman, Wendy Hirschberg, Sarah Julig, Yuliya Lanina, Jadina Lilien, Ken Madore, Norma Markley, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Don Porcella, Roxanne Wolanczyk, and Jeanne Wilkinson.The exhibit is one in a series of campus events held in commemoration of “Women’s History Month.”

An opening reception will be held 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Monday, March 1. Admission is free and open to the community. For further information call Dr. Midori Yoshimoto, NJCU director of campus galleries, at (201)200-3246.


March 11-30, 2010,
M. Jerry Weiss Center Illustrators’ Gallery Event
Place: Gilligan Student's Union Art Gallery (GSUB -Room 111)

Bloomsbury Publishers has graciously offered to “loan” NJCU the art work for its newly published book, Our Children Can Soar. The book features the work of twelve internationally-acclaimed African-American and minority illustrators and traces the struggle for civil rights in the US.

Some events include:
March 23, 2010: Lecture featuring Ted and Betsy Lewin
April 15, 2010: Lecture featuring Mel Glenn, poet for young adults

The “kick-off”event will be an evening reception (tickets will be available for purchase) during the week of Spring Break (March 8-14) and the art show will continue for two weeks thereafter.

During that period, NJCU will host several illustrators and a historian to discuss the struggle for civil rights from the earliest days of the nation to President Obama’s victory. The show will be housed in the Gilligan Student Union Art Gallery and will be open to the public, to students, faculty, and local public schools.

2010 Garden State Book Awards

2010 AWARDS ANNOUNCED

The Children's Services Section of the New Jersey Library Association announces the following recipients of the 2010 Garden State Children's Book Award:

EASY-TO-READ BOOK
Today I Will Fly
by Mo Willems

EASY-TO-READ SERIES BOOK
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy
by Tedd Arnold

FICTION, GRADES 2 - 5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney
(Juv. K557d)

NON-FICTION, GRADES 2 - 5
Owen and Mzee: The Language of Friendship
By Craig Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumba
Photographs by Peter Greste

(Juv. 599.63 .H364ot)

The Garden State Children's Book Awards were established in 1977 in order to give recognition to books for elementary grade readers. The nominees are selected by a committee of the Children's Services Section of the New Jersey Library Association on the basis of literary merit; the winners are chosen by popularity with readers.

A three-year lapse from the original publication date is allowed in order to determine popularity. The awards are given in three categories, with the option of one additional series category: a work specifically designated as "easy-to-read" by the publisher; a work of fiction for grades 2 - 5; a work of non-fiction for grades 2 - 5.

Awards, presented annually at the NJLA spring conference, are given to both the author and the illustrator. This year's conference will be held at the Ocean Place Conference Center in Long Branch, from April 26 - 28 with the awards presentation on Wednesday, April 28, 2010.

For further information, visit the NJLA website at http://www.njla.org/, or contact Melissa Okerblom, Chair, Garden State Children's Book Awards Committee, by phone at 973-887-5150 ext. 231 or email at Melissa.okerblom@parsippanylibrary.org

Make a Movie Date in February

The African Diaspora Film festival will have showings at the BAM in Brooklyn, NY, February 19-24th, 2010.

Location and Tickets
BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 636-4100

TICKETS:
General Admission:
$12
Seniors, Children, & Students: $9*
BAM Cinema Club Members: $8*
Discounts available at BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office only for Seniors 65 & over; Children 12 & under and
Students: 25 & under with valid ID.

Titles are listed below.
Some to take note of are:

Glorious Exit: a perceptive and moving study of intercultural communication and multicultural understanding as a Swiss-German-Nigerian man prepares for the funeral of his Nigerian father.

Pro-Black Sheep: a contemporary acerbic black comedy that examines, intellectualism, politics, black male mentorship and the role of black males in the Black community. It could be used very effectively in the secondary classroom as a discussion starter with mature students.

BEST OF ADFF 2010 @ BAM
February 19th to February 24th 2010

AMILCAR CABRAL Tue, Feb 23 @ 9PM
Shown with Frantz Fanon as part of the African Leaders Program


ANOMALYSun, Feb. 21 @ 2:00PMQ&A after screening
Shown with Visibly Invisible and Making History as part of the Identity Stories Program


ARUGBA Fri, Feb. 19 @ 4:30PM Sun, Feb. 21 @ 5:00PM


BLACK NATION Tue, Feb. 23 @ 7:15PMWed, Feb. 23 @ 4:30PM


BLUES MARCH: SOLDIER JON HENDRICKS Mon, Feb. 22 @ 4:30PM


FRANTZ FANON: HIS LIFE, HIS STRUGGLE, HIS WORK Tue, Feb 23 @ 9PM
Shown with Amilcar Cabral as part of the African Leaders Program


GLORIOUS EXIT Mon, Feb. 22 @ 6:20PMWed, Feb. 24 @ 6:15PM


THE JOURNEY OF THE LIONMon, Feb. 22 @ 9:00PM


MADE IN JAMAICAFri, Feb 19 @ 9:30PM


MAKING HISTORY Sun, Feb. 21 @ 2:00PM Q&A after screenings
Shown with Visibly Invisible and Anomaly as part of the Identity Program


NOTHING BUT THE TRUTHFri, Feb 19 @ 6:50PMSat, Feb 21 @ 5:20PM


PRO-BLACK SHEEPSat, Feb. 20 @ 6:00PMWed, Feb. 24 @ 8:30PM
Reception after saturday screeningQ&A with director after both screenings



SOLIDARITY IN SAYA: AN AFRO-BOLIVIAN MUSIC MOVEMENTSun, Feb. 21 @ 7:10PMQ&A after screenings
Shown with With a Stroke of the Chaveta as part of the Cultures of Resistance Program


STOLEN KISSESTue, Feb. 23 @ 4:30PM


UP FROM THE BOTTOMSSat, Feb. 20 @ 2:00PM


VISIBLY INVISIBLE Sun, Feb 21 @ 2:00PMQ&A after screenings
Shown with Making History and Anomaly as part of the Identity Stories Program


WHEN THE CITY BITES Sat, Feb 20 @ 3:40PM


WITH A STROKE OF THE CHAVETA Sun, Feb. 21 @ 7:10PMQ&A after screenings
Shown with Solidarity in Saya as part of the Cultures of Resistance Program


YOUSSOU N'DOUR: RETURN TO GOREESun, Feb 21 @ 9:50PM

For more information on the films see
http://www.nyadff.org/
and
http://bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1878