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Saturday, Jun 28th
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Unity Goals! Empowering Young Readers With High Interest Sports Stories That Inspire Social Change
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 105
Moderator: Nikki N. Shaw (she/her/hers) – Harris County Public Library
Presenter: Erin Becker (she/her/hers) – Penguin
Presenter: Emily Deibert (she/her/hers) – Random House Books for Young Readers
Presenter: Amar H. Shah (he/him/his) – Scholastic
Presenter: Ali Terese (she/her/hers) – Simon & Schuster / Aladdin and Scholastic
Books and Authors
Saturday, Jun 28th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
In Real Life: Must-Read Memoirs
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 120 A
Moderator: Annie Bostrom – ALA Booklist
Presenter: Sasha Bonét
Presenter: Keira D’Amato
Presenter: Kate Swenson
Presenter: Michael Thomas
Books and Authors
Saturday, Jun 28th
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Changing The Status Quo: Picture Books That Differentiate
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 109
Presenter: Molli Ehlert (she/her/hers) – MacMillan
Presenter: Katie Mazeika – Simon & Schuster
Presenter: Lyn Miller-Lachmann – Levine Querido
Presenter: Bethany Walker (she/her/hers) – Rebecca Dykes Writers
Books and Authors
Sunday, Jun 29th
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
GAYSSS IN COMICSSSSS: A Spotlight on LGBTQ+ Empowerment in Comics
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 113 B C
Moderator: Derek J. Ivie – Suffolk Cooperative Library System
Presenter: Jack Phoenix, MLIS, MA – Cuyahoga Falls Library
Presenter: Greg Lockard (he/him/his) – Tiny Onion
Presenter: Barbara Perez Marquez (she/her/hers) – Author
Presenter: Rex Ogle (he/him/his) – Norton Young Readers
Books and Authors
Sunday, Jun 29th
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Defend The Right to Read: Working Together
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 113 B C
Moderator: Skip Dye (he/him/his) – Penguin Random House
Presenter: Becky Calzada (she/her/hers) – Leander ISD
Presenter: Dan Novak – Penguin Random House
Presenter: Emily Kirkpatrick – National Council of Teachers of English
Presenter: David Levithan
Books and Authors
Sunday, Jun 29th
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Black Authors Speak: A Conversation about Children's Books Centering Black Joy
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 114 (Nutter Theater)
Moderator: Julia Torres – Denver Public Library
Presenter: Breanna J. McDaniel (she/her/hers) – Penguin
Presenter: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (she/her/hers) – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Presenter: Kelly Starling Lyons (she/her/hers) – Penguin
Books and Authors
Sunday, Jun 29th
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Claim the Center: Libraries, AI, and the Future of Learning and Work
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 108
Presenter: Michael Hanegan – Intersections
Presenter: Chris M. Rosser (he/him/his) – Oklahoma State University
Books and Authors
Sunday, Jun 29th
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Sharing Our Stories: A Collaboration with the Writers Guild Initiative and ALA
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 113 B C
Moderator: Sarah Lamdan (she/her/hers) – ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom
Presenter: Amanda Jones, MEd (she/her/hers) – Louisiana Library Association
Presenter: Peter Parnell (he/him/his) – ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
Books and Authors
Monday, Jun 30th
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Dark Reads, Bright Minds: Empowering Youth Through YA Horror Fiction
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 113 B C
Presenter: Sami Ellis (she/her/hers) – Harry N. Abrams
Presenter: Vincent Tirado – Sourcebooks Fire, William Morrow
Presenter: Nicole M. Wolverton (she/her/hers) – CamCat Books
Presenter: Adam Cesare (he/him/his) – Clown in a Cornfield, Influencer
Presenter: Diana Rodriguez Wallach (she/her/hers) – Random House Delacorte
Books and Authors
Monday, Jun 30th
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
GNCRT and REFORMA’s Core List: The Best Latinx Graphic Novels and Using Them for Programs
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 118 A B
Presenter: Maria D. Vega (she/her/hers) – Broward County Library
Presenter: Christina Vortia – Howard University
Presenter: Shira Pilarski (they/them/theirs) – University of North Carolina Wilmington
Books and Authors
Monday, Jun 30th
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Navigating Difficult Situations in Public Libraries: Trauma-Informed Strategies for De-Escalation
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 105
Presenter: Margaret A. Paauw – Eastern Michigan University
Books and Authors
Monday, Jun 30th
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Safe-Scary: How Middle Grade Horror Provides Kids with a Safe Environment to Face Their Fears
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 107
Moderator: Meg Eden Kuyatt (she/her/hers) – Scholastic / Anne Arundel Community College
Presenter: Damara S. Allen (she/her/hers) – Aladdin Books
Presenter: Meg Eden Kuyatt (she/her/hers) – Scholastic / Anne Arundel Community College
Presenter: Rachel M. Marsh (she/her/hers) – Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins
Presenter: Wendy Parris (she/her/hers) – Delacorte Press/Random House Children's Books
Presenter: Christine Virnig (she/her/hers) – Aladdin / Simon & Schuster
Books and Authors