[OPLINLIST] VA Hamilton Reminder: 1 Month to the Conference!

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The 26th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth April 8 and 9, 2010

"The New Horizon - the Next 25 Years"
The 26th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth will be held on Thursday, April 8 & Friday, April 9, 2010 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. "New Horizons - the Next 25 Years!" is the theme of the conference, featuring the illuminating talents of two great wordsmiths, Pam Muñoz Ryan and Laurie Halse Anderson and a brilliant illustrator, R. Gregory Christie.  Virginia Hamilton Conference is pleased to be a forum that showcases some of the country's wonderful talents in multicultural literature for youth.  The conference brings together renowned and local writers, illustrators, librarians, teachers, students, and scholars who share in the importance of multicultural literature.  The conference, April 8th , Thursday evening program will feature a keynote address by the 12th  Annual Virginia Hamilton Literary Award winner, Pam Muñoz Ryan and a performance by The HeartBEAT Afrika.   On April 9th, Friday, a variety of local and national speakers will present workshop sessions on multicultural picture books, notable books for a global society, young adult novels for girls, cultural graphic novels and puppet books.  Friday's conference agenda will again include a "conversation" session with the three featured presenters.

Register early, the conference reaches capacity quickly.  Contact the Office of Continuing and Distance Education at (330) 672-3100 or (800) 672-KSU2. Or register on-line at http://www.yourtrainingresource.com<http://www.yourtrainingresource.com/>    (Click Program, Conference.  For more information visit the conference Web site at http://dept.kent.edu/virginiahamiltonconf.

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THE VIRGINIA HAMILTON AND ARNOLD ADOFF
CREATIVE OUTREACH GRANT
FOR TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS

The 6th Annual Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff Creative Outreach Grants for Teachers and Librarians call for proposals is on its way.  Two grants up to $1,000 each will be given. One grant will be given to a teacher and another to a librarian for proposals to develop new classroom or library programs that raise awareness of multicultural literature among young people, particularly but not exclusively, through the works of Virginia Hamilton. The application deadline is February 28, 2010.  For complete instructions and proposal guidelines see the attached application.  The application is also available on the conference Web site: http://www.kent.edu/virginiahamiltonconf.

Please complete and submit the application form along with your proposal. Librarians and teachers should send their application form and proposal to Dr. Carolyn S. Brodie (cbrodie at kent.edu<mailto:cbrodie at kent.edu> ), Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff Creative Outreach Grant, School of Library and Information Science, 300 Library, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242.  Grant recipients will be announced at the Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth to be held on Friday, April 9, 2010 at the Kent State Student Center.





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