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<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:#FCFCFC"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Please excuse multiple postings.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:#FCFCFC"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The 2014 Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth has announced a call for proposals that address the theme
"Pearls of Wisdom: Celebrating 30 Years of the Virginia Hamilton Conference." The conference is scheduled for Thursday, April 3, and Friday, April 4, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Presentation proposals should be submitted<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>on the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.kent.edu/CCI/slis/upload/VHam-Workshop-Proposal-form-2.pdf" id="CP___PAGEID=3607357|"><span style="color:#333333">official
Workshop Proposal form</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#333333;text-decoration:none"> </span></span></a>via email to Meghan Harper, Ph.D., conference co-director, at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:sharper1@kent.edu" id="mailto:sharper1@kent.edu|"><span style="color:#333333">sharper1@kent.edu</span></a>.
The deadline for proposals is <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oct. 28, 2013.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:#FCFCFC"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Featured speakers for 2014 will be the remarkable<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Christopher
Paul Curtis</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">, the talented<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Andrea
Davis Pinkney</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> and the amazing illustrator<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">David
Diaz</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Virginia Hamilton Conference is the longest-running event in the United States to focus exclusively on multicultural literature for children and young adults. Honoring author Virginia
Hamilton, the conference reflects a commitment to promoting cultural awareness and affirming cultural pride while addressing the array of issues that surround the concept of culture, such as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Exploring various cultures in books and media;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FCFCFC">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Using new media/digital literacies to extend and enhance appreciation of children’s multicultural literature;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FCFCFC">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Programming and storytelling with multicultural children’s literature;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FCFCFC">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Integrating children’s multicultural literature across the curriculum;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FCFCFC">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Raising awareness and addressing issues surrounding cultural representation;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FCFCFC">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Connecting multicultural literature and the Common Core.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Virginia Hamilton Conference is sponsored by the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.kent.edu/CCI/slis/index.cfm" id="CP___PAGEID=2418243,index.cfm,3915|"><span style="color:#333333">School
of Library and Information Science</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.kent.edu/ehhs/index.cfm" id="CP___PAGEID=3216901,index.cfm,1260|"><span style="color:#333333">College
of Education, Health and Human Services</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and through the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.kent.edu/cde/index.cfm" id="http://www.kent.edu/cde/index.cfm|"><span style="color:#333333">Office
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">More information about the conference will be posted when available at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://virginia-hamilton.slis.kent.edu/" id="http://virginia-hamilton.slis.kent.edu/|"><span style="color:#333333">the
conference website</span></a><a href="http://virginia-hamilton.slis.kent.edu/index.html" id="http://virginia-hamilton.slis.kent.edu/index.html|"><span style="color:#333333">.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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