News & Press Releases
BCALA Receives IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. [email protected] https://www.bcala.org BCALA Receives IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program Award [NEW YORK, JULY 28, 2020 ]-- The...
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Statement in Response to Senator Kelly Loeffler’s Storytime at the Fulton...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. [email protected] https://www.bcala.org In July 2013, what would become the Black Lives Matter Global Network (BLM) began to organize. It started...
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The New York Public Library and BCALA Partner on Meditative Programming...
The new program series called Patience and Fortitude, named after the Library Lions, will offer a safe space for BIPOC employees to process and reflect on race in America and their role in it. July 27, 2020—The New York Public Library is...
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2023 BCALA LITERARY AWARDS COMMITTEE
Gladys Smiley Bell, Chair 433 Dare Avenue Hampton, VA 23661 757-286-8661 [email protected] Tiffany Duck 640 Briarfield Rd Newport News, VA 23605 757-358-3690 [email protected] ...
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Statement Condemning Increased Violence and Racism Towards Black Americans and People...
Media Contact: Richard E. Ashby, Jr. [email protected] https://www.bcala.org Statement Condemning Increased Violence and Racism Towards Black Americans and People of Color [NEW YORK, NY, May 28, 2020]--The Black Caucus of The American...
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2020 DEMCO Award winner, Dr. Shaundra Walker, PhD
BCALA announces our 2020 DEMCO Award winner, Dr. Shaundra Walker, PhD, for the 2020 DEMCO/ALA Black Caucus Award for Excellence in Librarianship. Walker has made remarkable contributions to promoting the African Americans and other people of...
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