Start Date: 4/9/2024 1:00 PM PDT
End Date: 4/9/2024 2:00 PM PDT
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REFORMA National
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REFORMA National, in partnership with Candlewick, will be hosting Pura Belpré Award-winning author and current National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Meg Medina, who is also the Honorary Chair of National Library Week this year. This event is a celebration of National Library Week, where Meg will share her new book No More Señora Mimí and engage in a conversation with New York Public Library children's librarian, Angelina Anzalone, about the importance of storytelling and the vital role that libraries play in communities. Additionally, we will have a brief presentation from Children in Crisis, where they will speak on the support they have been providing to children detained at the border.
Meg Medina is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling author who writes picture books, as well as middle grade and young adult fiction. Visit her website at
megmedina.com.
All donations for this event will go to REFORMA National's Children in Crisis Task Force. You can learn more about the work that the Children in Crisis Task Force does here and if you would like to donate to their efforts please click here.
