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Pura Belpre Way Street Co-naming. by REFORMA Press release May 2, 2022
NYC Street Honors Pura Belpré, NYPL's First Puerto Rican Librarian. NYPL Staff. April 18, 2022
Libraries for all our children. by Valerie Garcia. Daily News. April 15, 2022
The American Library Association announces the 2022 Youth Media Awards https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/01/american-library-association-announces-2022-youth-media-award-winners
Libraries Serving Communities: Post Covid 19 Pandemic Recovery. March 29, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZM_BNjTBZg
The IFLA Section Library Services to Multicultural Populations is celebrating its 40th Anniversary. REFORMA Newsletter 12/2021
National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships, NYPL Center for Research in the Humanities,Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.
REFORMA Announces 2020 & 2021 Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award Winners REFORMA Press Release, June 9, 2021
REFORMA Announces 2020-2021 LOTY Awards REFORMA Press Release June 2021
REFORMA Leadership Institute: Champions' Showcase: Ideas We Should Steal!! February 5, 2021 https://youtu.be/jBb8w7IYRbs
ALA Announces the 2021 Youth Media Awards.https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/01/ala-announces-2021-youth-media-awards
Services to Spanish Speakers in COVID 19 times. REFORMA June 16, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtQmE50GlhU
16th Annual REFORMA Northeast Chapter Joint Mini Conference June 19th, 2020 https://youtu.be/3xYXAWlmu_E
REFORMA Northeast Chapter 16th Annual Joint Mini-Conference:Sí Se Pudo by Adriana Blancarte-Hayward. (REFORMA Newsletter 7/13/2020
RNE Leadership Institute: The Leader in the Digital Age. https://youtu.be/fnE-eE_sP0Y October 3, 2020
REFORMA National Announces 2020-2021 Scholarships Recipients. BLOG 6/24/2020
How to Start your Spanish-Language Collection. Alexandra Gomez Library Journal May 4, 2020
Recomendaciones de Mayo: En-celebracion-de-la-herencia-americana-asiatica-y-del Pacifico/ Book Recommendations in Celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage. Bilingual Blog by Alexandra Gomez 5/4/2020
Coronavirus: fiction & facts on your screen/Coronavirus: ficcion y no-ficcion a traves de tu pantalla by Alexandra Gomez 4/13/2020
Tribute to Teresa Mlawer: Exceptional Hispanic Translator and Author of Children's books. https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/03/25/tribute-teresa-mlawer-hispanic-translator - Alexandra Gomez, NYPL March 25, 2020
ALA Announces Youth Media Awards 2020 https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/01/american-library-association-announces-2020-youth-media-award-winners
Spanish on our Shelves Collection Development: Spanish Language Materials by Libbhy Romero (Library Journal, July 2014)
Reporting from Guadalajara's 2014 Book Fair by Adan Griego (SALALM, December 2014)
REFORMA- Promoting Hispanic Culture with Library Services by Mary Marques (IFLA- New Professionals Interest Group Blog, February 2015)
Reporting from the Bogota Book Fair by Adan Griego (SALALM, May 2015)
Multiculturalism: Best Practices and Reaching Out by Mary Marques (IFLA- New Professional Interest Group Blog, May 2015)
Spanish On-Screen | Spanish-Language Media: Collection Development by Alexandra Gomez (Library Journal, May 2015)
Las Comadres and Friends National Latino Book Club Launches First Annual 2015 Summer Reading List “Connecting Latinos all over the world through Literature” (Press Release, Las Comadres.com, June 2015)

REFORMA Announces 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) Winner (Source AmericaReadsSpanish.com, June 2015)
Librarians Without Borders: Libraries Transforming Communities by Mary Marques (IFLA- New Professional Interest Group Blog, July 2015)
The Multicultural Library – a gateway to a cultural diverse society in dialogue (IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto, August 2015). Available in several languages. Leer aquí la versión en español.

"LATINO AMERICANS is a landmark six-hour documentary featuring interviews with nearly 100 Latinos and more than 500 years of History."
Need Sources for Spanish Books for Kids? Look No Further | Libro por Libro by Alexandra Gomez (School Library Journal, September, 2015)
Serving the Spanish-Speaking (U.S. General Service Administration (GSA), June 2015)
Serving Spanish Speakers in the Library Workshop by Loida Garcia-Febo (ALA Store)
Best Multicultural Books for 2015 compiled by the Center for the Study of Multicultural of Children's Literature, December 2015.
Attending Book Fairs: Why it Matters by Adan Griego (SALALM, December 2015)
2016 Rhode Island Latino Books Month Award. For additional information please contact Marta V. Martinez.
CUNY Librarians in Cuba | Peer to Peer Review by William “Bill” Blick (Library Journal, March 2016)
"Connecting Latinos all over the world through Literature" Press Release by Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club, March 2016.
Sunset Park Library Wins Top Prize in NYC Neighborhood Library Awards by Rachel Silberstein, Sunset Park Voice, June 2016.
Top Shelf: 20 years of literature for Latino Kids by David Bowles, The Monitor, June 2016.
Belpré AUTHOR AWARD ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, ALSC, June 2016.
Celebrating 20 years of the Pura Belpré Book Award, Children Book Council, June 2016 (Video included).
Author credits family and librarians in speech by David Bowles, The Monitor, July 2016.
A Sneak Peek At What's New is Spanish-Language Publishing by Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal, January 2018.
ALSC selects Georgina Rivas-Martinez as 2019 Emerging Leader (ALA Press Release - ALSC November 2018)
Dia Mini-Grant Award Winners REFORMA, March 2019
REFORMA Institute 2019: The Power of Communication (ALA, June 20-21, 2019)7/9/2019
Cotto receives national recognition for her work with Latino community (The Valley Breeze, July 9, 2019)

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