Dear Colleagues,We're gearing up for JCLC 2022! The 4th National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color will be held October 5-9, 2022, at the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida. The conference is organized by https://www.jclcinc.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="text-decoration-line: none" target="_blank">JCLC, Inc., a nonprofit organization that advocates for and addresses the common needs of the five ethnic affiliate associations of ALA: the https://ailanet.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="text-decoration-line: none" target="_blank">American Indian Library Association (AILA), the https://www.apalaweb.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="text-decoration-line: none" target="_blank">Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), the https://www.bcala.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="text-decoration-line: none" target="_blank">Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), the https://www.cala-web.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="text-decoration-line: none" target="_blank">Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), and https://www.reforma.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="text-decoration-line: none" target="_blank">REFORMA. We hope you'll make plans to join us!To make this event as successful as previous years, we're launching a series of online events to fundraise for the conference. We are calling for performers and performances for the JCLC Virtual Talent Shows! (tentatively scheduled Aug 4th Weds at 12 pm PT/2 pm CT/3 pm ET - more announcements will be shared about registration + events later). We are looking for live and recorded performances -- whether it is dancing, singing, playing a musical instrument, pet tricks of all kinds, cooking, poetry recital, magic tricks, etc, we welcome all performances! These performances can range from 10 seconds to 2 mins.If you are interested in sharing your talents with us, please fill out this form by June 18th. https://forms.gle/S2CYhpMUkGd7CwUG7All best,Ray Pun on behalf of the JCLC Fundraising Committee
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