[Publib] Judith Krug, Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), REFORMA to discuss English-only censorship and its impact on chil

[Don Wood]

Contacts:
Patricia Montiel Overall
REFORMA Publicity Chair
520 621-3565
overall at u.arizona.edu 

Macey Morales
ALA Media Relations
312-280-4393
mmorales at ala.org 
For Immediate Release
June 12, 2007
 

Judith Krug, Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), REFORMA to discuss English-only
censorship and its impact on children, young adults 
http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2007/june2007/jkeo.htm 

(CHICAGO) Censorship is alive and well in our school and public
libraries disguised within initiatives, policies and management
procedures. Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Judith Krug, American
Library Association (ALA) director of the Office for Intellectual
Freedom, will speak about the impact that English-only initiatives have
on children and young adult library services. The program will be held
on June 24, in room 208 A/B, at the Washington Convention Center, and
will take place during the ALA Annual Conference held June 21 to 27, in
Washington, D.C. 

The program will address the critical need for library workers to learn
how to confront English-only initiatives, and its impact on first
language acquisition, literacy, and collection development.

A round table discussion will take place shortly after the speaker
portion of the program with the following discussion leaders:

Peter Zamora
Washington, D.C. Regional Counsel
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Topic: Legal issues

Isabel Espinal
Outreach Specialist
W.E.B. DuBois Library
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Ma.
Topic: Immigration

Patricia Montiel Overall
Assistant Professor
The University of Arizona-School of Information Resources and Library
Science
Tucson, Ariz.
Topics: School libraries and second language acquisition

Robin Osborne
outreach services consultant
New York's Westchester Library System
Westchester, N.Y.
Topic: literacy and outreach

Rose Treviño
Youth Services Coordinator
Houston Public Library
500 McKinney
Houston

Topic: Public library issues

As an affiliate of the ALA, the National Association to Promote Library
and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA),
has actively sought to promote the development of library collections to
include Spanish-language and Latino oriented materials. The organization
works to recruit bilingual and bicultural library professionals and
support staff, and the development of library services and programs that
meet the needs of the Latino community. REFORMA supports efforts to
educate the U.S. Latino population in regards to the availability and
types of library services, as well as efforts to preserve existing
library resource centers serving the interests of Latinos.

For more information on REFORMA, or the English-only program, please
contact REFORMA Publicity Chair Patricia Montiel Overall at 520-621-3565
or overall at u.arizona.edu.