Circle of Literacy

Task Force
Team Leader: Sandra Ríos Balderrama Task Force Members: Gladys Smiley Bell Maria Casado Irma Flores-Manges Narda Tafuri Sha Li Zhang		Student Action Circle Volunteers: Sophie Bruno Kit Pilgrim Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik Becca Taylor Ashlynn Wicke ALA Liaisons: Dale Lipschultz JoAnne Kempf

Task Force Blog:  http://literacy-circle.blogspot.com/     (about)

Projects

• Gathering and posting information on excellence in Library Services to Immigrants. 
  
• Designing and implementing a Gathering of Readers event celebrating indigenous reading and culture around the world. See the website at http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~gathread
• Collaborating with WGBH-Boston to support library programming associated with We Shall Remain
• Advocating for inclusion of indigenous writers and publishers in conference events
• Collaborating on a monograph on literacy efforts

Many members of the Task Force gathered in Austin in April 2007.
They are pictured here at Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill.