March 24, 2021 Dear Jones Community, Political Solidarity Is A Solution to Attacks Against Asian Americans I acknowledge and lament the terrible violence and stand in solidarity with Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans. Click to read this Harper’s Bazaar article Political Solidarity Is A Solution to Attacks Against Asian Americans by Julie Ae Kim, a writer and organizer in Queens, NY. This March 4, 2021, New York Times opinion piece by Jorge Ramos asks Why Has There Been a Spike of Anti-Asian Hate? This PBS NewsHour article by Vignesh Ramachandran recommends concrete actions to fight violence and racism against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The organization Stop AAPI Hate recently released this report detailing sharp increases in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the past year. The free, virtual bystander intervention training offered by Hollaback! is recommended by the Chicago chapter of Asian Americans Advancing Justice. Explore this padlet featuring picture books by Asian creators (assembled by librarian colleague Elisa Gall). Click to explore the Asian American Interest print titles in the JCP Library collection, many of which are available in eBook and/or eBook formats through JCP, CPS, and/or Chicago Public Library. Lincoln Award Winners Announced! And SPRING BREAK READING!! The winners of the annual Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (hosted by the AISLE - the Association of Illinois School Library Educators) were announced on March 19: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (1st place), Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman (2nd place), and Devils Within by S.F. Henson (3rd place). Click here for the online slideshow of the nominated titles with links to the works in various formats available through Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Public Library. Click here for the 20 nominated titles of the 2022 Illinois Lincoln Award Master List. Check out great eBooks and eAudiobooks during SPRING BREAK! Click HERE for lots of eBook/eAudiobook guidance and HERE to access a list of highly recommended titles with easy links. Download the SORA app (for Overdrive titles) and the Mackin app (for Mackin titles) to access eBooks and eAudiobooks on your mobile devices. President Obama Meets with CPS Students Former President Obama generously provided all CPS high school students and educators free access to his memoir, A Promised Land, in late 2020. On March 11, President Obama met with CPS community members including students and CPS CEO Janice Jackson for a lively discussion. Click here to watch a 6-minute cut of the discussion or click here for the full-hour discussion. IT ONLY TAKES TWO MINUTES TO HELP BUILD AMERICA’S LIBRARIES! While libraries are among our nation’s important institutions, many are woefully underfunded. The Build America's Libraries Act would help fix that, providing $5 billion to underserved libraries to repair and modernize their facilities. Click here to contact your legislators. Do it now! Teens on Coping With a Pandemic Year - The New York Times COMING OF AGE: Teens on a Year That Changed Everything: In words, images and video, teens across the United States show us how they have met life's challenges in the midst of a pandemic. March 7, 2021 Last fall The New York Times Learning Network invited students to respond in words, images, audio, or video to the question, “What has it been like to be a teenager during the first year of a historic pandemic?” The result was 5,500 entries, 245 finalists, and 24 published works by students with edited and condensed excerpts from their artists’ statements. Students and teachers, consider exploring the student work and engaging in discussion in your social circles and classrooms. Coming of Age: complete digital copy Teaching guide List of 245 finalists Submit this form to get a free subscription to The New York Times for free through September 1, 2021. Media Literacy / Women’s History Month Get Smart About News: Sexism in Journalism Women working as journalists increasingly face gender-based violence outside of their newsrooms, including a barrage of threats and hate online. But they also endure it inside their workplaces, from discrimination to sexual assaults and harassment, according to a new Reporters Without Borders report detailing the toll sexism has taken on journalism. Click here to subscribe to Get Smart About News published by The News Literacy Project. Click here for current and past editions. Tomorrow! National Museum of Mexican Art NMMA invites you to attend the Storytellers 4 Unity (S4U) Film Forum featuring the Davey Silver Award winning animated short film Color of Tomorrow (4 min 33s). The film is the collaboration between Chicago artist Sam Kirk and the Film Director and Storyline Author Michelle M. Collins. Join youth leaders and community influencers in a screening and a Q&A with the makers. Help craft the future of storytelling without words. Youth and young adults are strongly encouraged to participate! Register here for the screening at 5:00 pm CST. More info about the film here. The 37th Chicago Latino Film Festival - produced every April by the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (ILCC) - is considered the largest, most comprehensive and best Latino film festival in the United States, and presents over 100 films of cultural and social significance from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the U.S. The virtual screenings can be purchased for viewing within specific date ranges throughout the festival. Explore the festival and the featured films. Bisa Butler: Portraits Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago through September 6, 2021 Bisa Butler (b. 1973) is an American artist who creates arresting and psychologically nuanced portraits composed entirely of vibrantly colored and patterned fabrics that she cuts, layers, and stitches together. Her work often depicts scenes from African American life and history. Learn more about the artist, her background, her techniques, and her vision in this brief video. In response to the exhibition, celebrated poet and author Marilyn Nelson joined visual artist and author Krista Franklin to reflect on historical and contemporary narratives of Black life. Watch the conversation here. Full exhibition information is here. Entry does not require a separate exhibition ticket, but be aware that there is a virtual line. Free Theater!
PRIVATE REELS: From the Lincoln Center Theatre Archives allows audiences the opportunity to experience past award-winning LCT productions in full at home via no-cost streaming (one offering at a time over a few months). 1. Click here to learn more, to register for the current offering (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang through April 11), and to subscribe to the Private Reels email list to receive notices of upcoming streams. 2. Create a Broadway on Demand account. When LCT Private Reels come out you will receive a code by email that gives you access to watch the play for free. You can also purchase lots of other performances from Broadway on Demand but there is no obligation to do that. I am eager to get back into the physical library and start slinging books again. And don’t worry, the eBooks and eAudiobooks are here to stay! Seize the spring break to step back, reflect, breathe deeply, soak up some sun, read what you want to read, and take care of yourselves. I wish all the best for you, your families, and your communities. I am so looking forward to seeing you. Mr. Feeley School Librarian [email protected] jcplibrary.weebly.com My recent reads Comments are closed.
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