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The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), in collaboration with the Children’s Book Council (CBC), hosted a Day of Diversity: Dialogue and Action in Children’s Literature and Library Program on Jan. 30, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. This invitation-only event brought together leaders in children’s literature and literacy to discuss strategies for ensuring that all children have access Day of Diversity - welcome screen to diverse literature and library programming. Recognizing the conversations at the event was of interest to a much larger audience than we were able to accommodate at the Day of Diversity, ALSC and the CBC Diversity Committee sponsored a follow up program at 91��ý Midwinter.

For more information about the Day of Diversity please see the 91��ý Press Release:

After the Day of Diversity, the ALSC Board of Directors reflected on the Day of Diversity and put together a list of commitments by the Association for the next three months and the next six months. Information about these next steps can be found on the .

Materials and Resources from the Day of Diversity, as well as links to ALSC’s follow up activities can be found on this page.

Organizers

The Day of Diversity: Dialogue and Action in Children’s Literature and Library Programming is presented by the (ALSC) in collaboration with the (CBC). Members who make up the planning task force for the day include: Allie Jane Bruce (co-chair), Jamie Campbell Naidoo (co-chair), Antonio Gonzalez (CBC rep), Zareen Jaffery (CBC rep), Claudette McLinn, Ana-Elba Pavon (REFORMA rep), Nancy Snyder, Gretchen Wronka, Ayanna Coleman (CBC task force administrator), and Joanna Ison (ALSC task force administrator).

Day of Diversity schedule, handouts, and presentations

Please note that we were unable to capture the entirety of the event through audio and video recordings, below are links to the portions of the day that were captured.