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COGNOTES

MIDWINTER MEETING & EXHIBITS

February 9-13, 2018

DECEMBER PREVIEW | DENVER
DENVER, CO

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Activists Patrisse Cullors, Marley Dias to Open
the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits

M
Dave Eggers

Award-winning
Author Dave
Eggers to Speak
at Midwinter

ave Eggers is an award-winning and acclaimed author of
many books, including What
Is the What, winner of France's Prix
Medici and finalist for the National
Book Critics Circle Award; and more
recently The Circle and Heroes of the
Frontier, long listed for the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award.
The session will take place on Saturday,
February 10 from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
during the 2018 ALA Midwinter
Meeting & Exhibits.
Eggers will discuss his soon to
be released picture book, Her Right
Foot, a fascinating, non-fiction tale,
uniquely American in its frank tone.
Eggers and debut illustrator Shawn
Harris investigate a seemingly small
trait of America's most emblematic
statue, her raised right foot. What
they find is the powerful message of
acceptance essential to the story of

arley Dias, the girl-wonder who started the #1000blackgirlbooks Campaign, interviews Patrisse Cullors,
co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, to
learn what determining factors and mindset led each of these
activists and motivated them to take
action. Discover Patrisse Cullors and Marley Dias
Friday 2/9, 4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
these answers and
CCC Mile High Ballroom 2&3
more when two generations tackle issues
of inequality and strive for grassroots level solutions. The Opening
Session will take place on Friday, February 9 from 4:00 - 5:15
p.m. at the ALA Midwinter Meeting.
Cofounder of Black Lives Matter, Cullors is an artist,
freedom fighter and performance artist. In 2013, Cullors cofounded a global movement with a hashtag. #BlackLivesMatter
has since become an international organization with dozens of
chapters and thousands of determined activists fighting antiBlack racism worldwide.
Given the opportunity to publish her memoirs, Cullors cowrote When They Call You A Terrorist with journalist asha bandele. The book, with a foreword by activist Angela Davis, is a
poetic biography and reflection on humanity. Cullors has been
named an NAACP History Maker - and she's been invited to
the White House. Her appearance is sponsored by Macmillan.
Dias made headlines as a sixth grader, when she started the
#1000blackbirlbooks Campaign to collect and donate 1,000
books that featured black girls as the main characters. She real-

Marley Dias

Patrisse Cullors

(Photo by Andrea Cipriani Mecchi)

(Photo by Curtis Moore)

ized that she saw no characters like herself in the books she was reading and
wanted to make a difference. And a difference she has made with a campaign
that has, to date generated more than 10,000 books. She has been featured
in the New York Times and was recognized as a "21 under 21" Ambassador
for Teen Vogue. In her new book, Marley Dias Gets It Done - and So Can
You, which features an introduction by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Dias shows kids how they can galvanize their strengths
to make positive changes in their communities.
Her appearance is sponsored by Scholastic. Get details and add to your
schedule now.

2017 MIDWINTER EXHIBITS HIGHLIGHTS

Exhibits
Friday, February 9
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday,
February 10-11
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday, February 12
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Registration
OPEN NOW!
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TO REGISTER

see page 5

Auditorium
Speaker Series
Saturday & Sunday
February 10-11

Dave Eggers
Saturday 2/10, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
CCC Mile High Ballroom 2&3

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