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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"ITC Officina Serif Book"">The 30<sup>th</sup> Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"ITC Officina Serif Book"">“Pearls of Wisdom:
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"ITC Officina Serif Book"">Celebrating 30 Years of the Virginia Hamilton Conference”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The 30<sup>th</sup> Annual
<b>Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth </b>will be held on
<b>Thursday, April 3, and Friday, April 4, 2014,</b> at the Kent State University Student Center. The conference provides a forum for discussion of multicultural themes and issues in literature for children and young adults.
<b>“<i>Pearls of Wisdom: Celebrating 30 Years of the Virginia Hamilton Conference”</i></b><i>
</i>is the theme for this year’s conference, which will feature the remarkable <b>
<i>Christopher Paul Curtis, </i></b>the talented <b><i>Andrea Davis Pinkney </i></b>and the amazing illustrator<b><i>, David Diaz.
</i></b> The Virginia Hamilton Conference is pleased to be a forum that brings together renowned national and local writers, illustrators, librarians, teachers, students and scholars and showcases some of the country’s top talents in multicultural literature
for youth. The <b>April 3</b> evening program includes a pasta dinner, a keynote address by the
<i>16<sup>th</sup> Annual Virginia Hamilton Literary Award winner</i> <b><i>Christopher Paul Curtis,
</i></b>followed by a performance. Friday, <b>April 4</b>, features a full complement of workshops and keynote addresses by the authors.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Contact the Office of Continuing and Distance Education at (330) 672-3100 or register on-line at
<span style="color:#1F4E79"><a href="http://www.yourtrainingresource.com"><span style="color:#1F4E79">http://www.yourtrainingresource.com</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> (Click Programs, Conference).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information visit the conference Web site at
<span style="color:#1F4E79"><a href="http://www.kent.edu/virginiahamiltonconference/index.cfm"><span style="color:#1F4E79">http://www.kent.edu/virginiahamiltonconference/index.cfm</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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