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2024 Día Mini-Grants Winners
- By: REFORMA
- On: 02/29/2024 20:01:07
- In: News & Announcements
We're excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 Día Mini-Grants awards: Takoma Park Maryland Library, Aurora Public Library District, Healdsburg Elementary School, Goshen Public Library, Día del Libro Committee (Woodland Public Library, County of Yolo, California Association for Bilingual Education Chapter 76), and Los Angeles Public Library.
Congratulations! REFORMA 2024 Día Mini-Grants Winners
We're excited to announce the 2024 REFORMA Día Mini-Grants awards recipients. The winners were selected based on the creativity of the program, level of community involvement, and impact of the project as it best highlights Latino/x/é authors, performers, and culture. Each winner will receive $500 to support a Día program.Takoma Park Maryland Library / Verónica Rivera-Negrón
Takoma Park, Maryland
Yek Peyna Guxgatan (Good Morning, El Salvador / Buenos días, El Salvador)
Aurora Public Library District / Mariana Guerrero
Aurora, Illinois
The Story of Dance/ La historia de la danza
Healdsburg Elementary School Library Learning Commons / Greta Mesics
Healdsburg, California
Día del niño
Goshen Public Library / Adriana Martinez Diaz de Leon
Goshen, Indiana
Al niño y al libro, hay que celebrarlos
Día del Libro Committee (Woodland Public Library, County of Yolo, California Association for Bilingual Education Chapter 76) / Gloria Ulloa Rodríguez
Woodland, California
Día de los niños/Día del libro
*Los Angeles Public Library / Vania Arevalo and Tatiana Ortiz Cordonero
Los Angeles, California
Celebrate Children's Day Event at the Discovery Cube
*Mini-Grant sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter
REFORMA thanks CAYASC and the 2024 Día Mini-Grants Selection Committee:
- Abigail Morales, Implementation Project Manager, Innovative
- Adriana Lugo, Librarian, Cañada College
- Crystle Ardoin, Catalog & Collection Development Tech, Temple Public Library
- Eric Gomez, Community Library Manager, Broward County Library
- Jessica Agudelo, Youth Collections Coordinator, BookOps
- Nancy Macías, Library Technician, Mobile and Outreach Services, Alameda County Library
- Rita Pino Vargas, Librarian, Haak'u Community Academy
- Dr. Sujei Lugo Vázquez, Children's Librarian, Boston Public Library
- Beatriz Sarmiento, Chapter Vice-President/President-Elect; Retired Library Director
- Fiorella Casella, Chapter Secretary; Teen Services Librarian, Long Beach Public Library
- Dr. Michele A. L. Villagran, Chapter President; Assistant Professor, San Jose State University School of Information
- Sonia Bautista, Chapter Treasurer; Library Director, City of Commerce Public Library
We thank everyone who applied for our Día Mini-Grant Program. We received 26 eligible submissions.
El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day), commonly known as Día, is a celebration every day of children, families, and reading that culminates yearly on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. REFORMA is proud to be a founding partner of Día.
REFORMA is committed to supporting programming for Latino and Spanish-speaking communities through our Grants Programs. If you'd like to support future grants, consider making a donation to REFORMA at reforma.org/donate.
¡Felicidades a los ganadores!