Colleagues,
I trust you’re well and in good spirits. Elizabeth Brumfield, Prairie View A&M University (TX), forwards the message below.
Respectfully,
Sandra
From: Brumfield, Elizabeth ejbrumfield@pvamu.edu
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 11:22 AM
Subject: ALA President, Lessa Pelayo Lozada, presentation during National Library Week
Prairie View A&M University, John B. Coleman Library hosts American Library Assocation 2022-2023 President, Lessa Pelayo Lozada on April 25, 2023 at 2:00 Central Time.
Zoom link:
https://pvpanther.zoom.us/j/96726158073?pwd=YUMvbmM4QVJoQjlHZld4UjIwRDA1QT09
Lessa Kananiʻopua Pelayo-Lozada is the 2022-23 President of the American Library Association and Adult Services Assistant Manager at the Palos Verdes Library District in Southern California.
She was the 2019-2022 Executive Director and 2016-2017 President of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA). She is a current board member of the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature. In 2022 she received the American Library Association Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award and was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in the advocacy category. Much of her work focuses on advocating for equity, diversity, and inclusion in libraries and librarianship.
The ALA President will discuss censorship, critical race theory and other challenges currently facing libraries and librarians.
The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with over 50,000 members. ALA president is the association's chief spokesperson and works closely with the Executive Director in identifying and promoting library issues nationwide and internationally.
This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail with all information from your system.
Colleagues,
I trust you’re well and in good spirits. Elizabeth Brumfield, Prairie View A&M University (TX), forwards the message below.
Respectfully,
Sandra
From: Brumfield, Elizabeth <ejbrumfield@pvamu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 11:22 AM
Subject: ALA President, Lessa Pelayo Lozada, presentation during National Library Week
Prairie View A&M University, John B. Coleman Library hosts American Library Assocation 2022-2023 President, Lessa Pelayo Lozada on April 25, 2023 at 2:00 Central Time.
Zoom link:
https://pvpanther.zoom.us/j/96726158073?pwd=YUMvbmM4QVJoQjlHZld4UjIwRDA1QT09
Lessa Kananiʻopua Pelayo-Lozada is the 2022-23 President of the American Library Association and Adult Services Assistant Manager at the Palos Verdes Library District in Southern California.
She was the 2019-2022 Executive Director and 2016-2017 President of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA). She is a current board member of the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature. In 2022 she received the American Library Association Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award and was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in the advocacy category. Much of her work focuses on advocating for equity, diversity, and inclusion in libraries and librarianship.
The ALA President will discuss censorship, critical race theory and other challenges currently facing libraries and librarians.
The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with over 50,000 members. ALA president is the association's chief spokesperson and works closely with the Executive Director in identifying and promoting library issues nationwide and internationally.
This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail with all information from your system.
