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July President’s Message

Hello REFORMA-Tucson:

As the new Chapter President, I wanted to thank Elizabeth Soltero in addition to all the very active members for the great work you all did this year! I look forward to a great new year of bolstering our presence in Tucson and Arizona, highlighting the needs of Latinos and the Spanish-speaking in our libraries and creating positive information change in our communities.

I would also like to congratulate the other new Chapter Officers:
Vice President: Diana Olivares
Treasurer: Donie Gignac
Secretary: Adriana McCleer

Although we are not having an official Chapter Meeting this month, we will be having a Scholarship Committee Meeting to discuss the details of the REFORMA-Tucson Scholarship this Thursday, July 8 at 5:30 pm at the Santa Rosa Branch Library (1075 S. 10th Ave. Google map).

Our next Chapter Meeting will be Thursday, August 12 at the SIRLS Multipurpose Room at the UA. I am also proposing an All-Arizona REFORMA and Knowledge River Mixer and Membership Drive for Saturday, August 21 in Tucson to discuss how to collaborate with like-minded library professionals throughout Arizona, welcome the new KR cohort and increase our membership in Tucson and in Arizona.

I wanted to highlight some of the important proposals we have been discussing:

- Guest speaker, Maya Castillo spoke about a Voter Registration Effort through “Mi Familia Vota.” If you are interested in voter registration drives, please contact her at Maya.Castillo@seiu5az.org

- The LiSLaS Conference was a success and the money raised has allowed us to start our Scholarship. The Scholarship will begin meeting to develop criteria for awarding/receiving the funds.

- We will begin greater collaboration not only with the Central AZ REFORMA Chapter and Arizona National Members through opening our meetings via virtual attendance and All-Arizona REFORMA projects but we are also looking to collaborate with other ethnic library groups, such as AILA and the Black Caucus. We will be discussing this further in our August meeting.

- REFORMA-Tucson will be setting up online membership and payment forms.

Have a great summer and I look forward to seeing you all in July and August!

Cheers,

Jeff Cruz
REFORMA-Tucson Chapter President, 2010-2011

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by jcruz
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Special Session added to the LiSLaS Conference (Fri June 4, 2010)

We have added the following session to our great line-up of workshops and panels dealing with the newest immigration and anti-ethnic studies in the State of Arizona. Representatives from the University of Arizona and Tucson Unified School District will speak about the laws and the impacts it will have on librarianship, education and equal access to information. We hope to have a great discussion on how these laws will affect our profession.

Workshop 6: SB 1070, HB 2281 and Librarianship in Arizona

Presenters: Roberto “Dr. Cintli” Rodriguez (UA Mexican American-Raza Studies Professor), Darlane Santa Cruz (UA Graduate Student), Sean Arce (Director of TUSD Mexican American Studies) & Kim Dominguez (Pima College Student/Social Justice Education Project Coordinator). Moderated by Elizabeth Soltero, REFORMA-Tucson President.

Description: UA and TUSD representatives will speak about current Arizona legislation SB1070 and HB2281. This discussion will focus on the impact of these laws on librarianship, education and equal access to information. Question and discussion will be moderated.

Posted on May 25th, 2010 by jcruz
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Register Now!

There is still time to register for:

The LiSLaS Conference: Entre bibliotecas y comunidades
A Conference focused on Library Services for Latinos and the Spanish-speaking

The goal of this workshopping conference is to present and highlight effective programs that attract, reach out to and work with Latino and Spanish-speaking patrons in our library communities.

Friday, June 4, 2010 | 8am-5pm
Regular Registration Fee: $25 | UA Student Registration + Dinner Fee: $15*
Dinner & Entertainment: 5:30pm-10pm | $15
University of Arizona Campus (Tucson, Arizona)

Keynote Speaker:
Mark A. Puente, Director of Diversity Programs, Association of Research Libraries
UA-SIRLS & Knowledge River Alumnus

Click here for more information!

We will continue to accept late registration. Please contact Jeff Cruz if you have any questions at jeffcruz@email.arizona.edu.

*We will waive the Registration Fee for any UA Student (with a valid CatCard) who registers for the Fundraising Dinner for $15.

Posted on May 11th, 2010 by jcruz
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REFORMA-Tucson Quilt Fundraiser

Hello REFORMA Tucson,

As a fundraiser, we are raffling off a beautiful 8ft x 8ft quilt! Valued at $1,000.00!

Proceeds from this quilt raffle will fund library student scholarships & literary events held within the local Tucson community such as our one day workshop conference, “Library Services for Latino and Spanish-speaking Patrons”.

The quilt drawing will take place on Wednesday, April 28th, 3:00pm at the Día de los niños/Día de los libros event held at the Valencia Library Branch. (Winner does not need to be present)

Tickets are $7 or 3 for $15

Please contact Elizabeth Soltero at elizsoltero@gmail.com to purchase tickets.Special thanks to the ongoing support and the donation of the quilt to Annette Meyer, Dorothy Lee & Karen Greaber! Machine quilted by: Legacy Machine Quilting, Thank you!

Thank you,

Elizabeth Soltero
REFORMA Tucson
Chapter President, 2008-2009

Posted on January 23rd, 2010 by jcruz
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January President’s Message

Hello REFORMA Tucson,

Attached are the December meeting minutes, along with a message about the One day Workshop Conference “Library Services for Latino and Spanish-speaking Patrons” from Jeffrey Cruz & Jessica Hernandez.

We need your ideas & help! Please share your thoughts on a title/theme, speakers, & presenters.

Are you interested in serving on the planning committee for the workshop conference? The REFORMA Tucson Scholarship Committee?

A survey monkey regarding the chapter funding criteria, funds for the quilt, PayPal, & the conference will be going out shortly.

Our next chapter meeting is Thursday, January 14th at 6pm at the Sam Lena-South Tucson Branch Library1607 S. Sixth Ave., 85713, 594-5265

Thank you,

Elizabeth Soltero
REFORMA Tucson
Chapter President, 2008-2009
http://www.reformatucson.org/news

Posted on January 3rd, 2010 by jcruz
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December President’s Message

Hello REFORMA Tucson,

We have two candidates running for Chapter Vice President: Jeffery Cruz & Jessica Hernandez! This is special election that will be conducted through SurveyMonkey, the deadline to vote is Thursday, December 10th by 5pm.

Here is the link to vote: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/72ZMNPJ

We are forming a Scholarship Committee for the Tucson Chapter. The committee will be responsible for scholarship applications, selecting recipients, and working with members from the fundraising committee to raise scholarship funds. If you are interested in participating on this committee, please email Elizabeth Soltero.

Please review the attached Funding Criteria for our chapter. Please send me your thoughts, questions, & edits and I will share them at next meeting. The funding criteria will be voted on in January.

Time to renew your membership! Download a Membership Form here!

Mail membership form and payment to:
REFORMA Tucson Chapter
c/o Adriana Rendon
P.O. Box 26591
Tucson, AZ 85726

At our next chapter meeting Thursday, December 10th at 6pm. at SIRLS – Multi-purpose room. Parking is free after 5pm. Enter through the East side door.

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Other Announcements:

Liberty Partnership’s Book Drive – LP is collecting new or gently used books for students and their families of the Southside community. They will distribute these books to families in an effort to raise awareness on the importance of READING! Bring your donated books to our next chapter meeting. LP’s book drive will end December 18th! Click here for more info!

Is anyone interested in attending ‘A Tucson Pastorela’ presented by Borderlands Theatre as a group? It will be presented during December 17-20, 2009, at the Leo Rich Theatre, 260 S Church.

Please come out to MOVIMIENTO –OLLIN- MOVEMENT: Elders Gathering & Floricanto - Symposium & Exhibit this week/weekend! Click here for more info!

Roberto “Dr. Cintli” Rodriguez, his Estudiantes, and the University of Arizona’s Mexican American & Raza Studies Department have worked diligently to bring our community together to affirm nuestra Cultura, listen to the precious stories of our Elders, and celebrate our humanity through various formas.

Posted on December 4th, 2009 by jcruz
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October/November President’s Message

Hello REFORMA Tucson Chapter,

On behalf of REFORMA Tucson I would like to congratulate Jessica, Adriana, & Jeff for being the recipient of leaderships awards! Thank you for all your contributions to our chapter and in the community.

*Congratulations to Jeff Cruz! He has been selected as an ARL 2009-2011 Diversity Scholar!

*Congratulations to Jessica Hernandez! She has been named a 2010 ALA Emerging Leader!

*Congratulations to Adriana Rendon! In December she will be awarded with the 2009 AzLA Emerging Leader Award from the Arizona Library Association!

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Our percentage night at El Charro to raise funds for library student scholarships was a success & lots of fun!!!

We raised $472 on raffle tickets and we will get 20% of funds from the dinner which is $150. Our combined efforts raised $622! Thank you all for your help, contributing raffle items, selling tickets, attending, & spreading the word! Congratulations!

Congratulations to the winners of the raffle!
Kassy Rodeheaver from the UA won the Great Waves certificate for a haircut
Alexandra Caster from KR/SIRLS won the $50 gift card to Target
Rita Olsen (Margie Farmer’s daughter) won the Nuestras Raices Basket
Sandy Littletree from KR/SIRLS won the ticket package for PCC Theatre - West Campus
Concha (Jeff’s grandmother) won the Spa & Wellness basket
Myself, Elizabeth won the certificate from Great Waves for a mani/pedi

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Attached is the 2010 membership form. Forms and checks can be mailed to REFORMA-Tucson P.O. Box 27473, Tucson, AZ 85726-7473

Our next chapter meeting will be Thursday, November 12th, 6:00pm at the Sam Lena-South Tucson Branch Library on 1607 S. Sixth Ave.

Please send your agenda items to me by Tuesday, November 10th. Some agenda items to be included:
*We now have a vacancy for our chapter vice president, if you are interested in this officer position please let Adrian, Donie, or myself know
*Nuestras Raíces & Reforma’s involvment
* Arizona Public Media received a First Book grant and would like to donate books to REFORMA.
*Future fundraising efforts

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Is anyone interested in attending ‘A Tucson Pastorela’ presented by Borderlands Theatre as a group? It will be presented during December 17-20, 2009, at the Leo Rich Theatre, 260 S Church.

Posted on November 4th, 2009 by jcruz
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September President’s Message

Hello REFORMA Tucson,

The KR Mixer held at Patti Overall’s home was a success. Everyone enjoyed getting to know & getting reacquainted with each other. The food & sangria were delicious! Thank you Patti for opening your home to us! Welcome Sandy & new KR & SIRLS Students!

The José Galvez presentation and reception was very nice, we had about 50 people attend! Mona, thank you for connecting REFORMA & José.

Announcements:

Please attend the Welcome of new SIRLS Director, Bryan Heidorn on Monday, October 5th. Monday, October 5th, 5-7pm, in the SIRLS courtyard. RSVP to to Molly Stother-Maurer at stothert@email.arizona.edu or by phone at 520.621.3565. Please pass this invitation along to your colleagues & library supporters!

REFORMA Tucson Fundraisers All Proceeds will go to Library Student Scholarships:

El Charro Percentage Night - Tuesday, November 3^rd at 6:00pm at El Charro Café Downtown, 311 N. Court Ave - please bring attached flyer and help spread the word.

Raffle Tickets are being sold for the following items: $2 per ticket or $5 for 3 tickets - We need help selling tickets & we are still looking for donations, please contact Jessica Hernandez at jnhernan@email.arizona.edu or send donations to REFORMA-Tucson P.O. Box 27473, Tucson, AZ 85726-7473 Thank you!

Spa/Wellness Basket – Silver basket of Vanilla Milk lotions and potions, five pair of handcrafted sterling silver earrings, & a Gift certificate to Metropolis Salon.

Nuestras Raíces Basket – El Juego de Scattergories (Scattergories en español), Capirotada: A Nogales Memoir (One Book AZ book), two mini decorated sugar skulls, two large decorated sugar skulls,a beautifully painted clay pot with matching mug, a Día de los Muertos calavera earrings, and a gift certificate to Borderlands Theatre Performances.

$50 gift card to Target or Metro Restaurants!
Gift certificate to Great Waves Salon
Ticket package from the PCC Theatre at PCC-West Campus.

Winners will be revealed at the El Charro percentage night!

One Day Conference: Members, Jeffery Cruz & Jessica Hernandez are the chairs for the REFORMA Tucson fundraising committee and they have been sharing and collecting ideas to raise funds for our chapter to support our chapter’s efforts to support library students with scholarships. They have begun to plan a one day conference tentatively named Library Services for Latino and Spanish-speaking Patrons. The vision is similar to OC REFORMA’s conference therefore some of the topics in the survey are included. As of now we have focused on Southern Arizona rural libraries but we will expand. This is a great opportunity for our chapter to provide professional development opportunities & engage in conversation on how to better serve our communities. Please share your thoughts (Possible speakers, SIRLS, UA, PCPL, etc) on this and fill out the following survey.

Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=TPqUFeBJUrqsdcHbPo0_2bcg_3d_3d

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, Oct. 8th at 6pm at the Martha Cooper Branch Library.

Congratulations to our Vice President, Cecilia Tovar, she has been hired by Yuma Public Library as a Branch Manager! Please join us at our next meeting to celebrate her exciting move. Cecy, thank you for all you have contributed to our chapter & community! We’ll miss you!

Thank you for your contributions & we’ll see you soon,

Elizabeth Soltero
REFORMA Tucson
Chapter President, 2008-2009
http://www.reformatucson.org/news/

Posted on September 30th, 2009 by jcruz
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September REFORMA-Tucson Meeting

Come join us for our next meeting on Thursday, September 10th at 6pm at SIRLS in the Multipurpose Room (please enter on the Eastside of the building–after 5pm, parking is free and there are no games scheduled for this meeting).

UPCOMING EVENTS:

SAVE THE DATE:
HablARTE Retablo Program and Workshop - Saturday, September 12th, between 1-4pm (tentative) at the The Mission Branch Library, Meeting Room.
HablARTE is a program where children and teens will create Mexican retablos (a folk art form that dates back hundreds of years that incorporates fine arts and creative writing) to be exhibited at different branches and venues across Tucson. For more information, email Jessica Hernandez at jnhernan@email.arizona.edu or view the flyer here.

REFORMA Mixer/Potluck - Friday, September 18th at 6:30 at Patti Overall’s home.

Jose Galvez Reading of Shine Boy & Reception - Monday, September 21st at 5:30 at the Joel Valdez Main Library, Lower Level Meeting Room.

Posted on August 26th, 2009 by jcruz
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August President’s Message

Join us for our next meeting on Thursday, August 13th at 6pm at SIRLS in the Multipurpose Room. We will have members from the Library Student Organization (LSO) and the Progressive Librarian’s Guild joining us.
*Our August & September meetings will be held at SIRLS, please enter on the Eastside of the building. After 5 parking is free & there are no games scheduled for these meetings.

Please send agenda items by Tuesday, August 11th.

Reminder to Vote: If you have not voted already please do so by tomorrow, Friday, August 7th by 5pm. Thank you!!

Please fill out the following survey monkey to vote on a possible partnership and funding requests - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=CcJDnGMrRjKAaxTkG3xBeQ_3d_3d

SAVE THE DATES:

REFORMA Mixer/Potluck - Friday, September 18th at 6:30 at Patti Overall’s home

Jose Galvez Reading of Shine Boy & Reception - Monday, September 21st at 5:30 at the Joel Valdez Main Library, Lower Level Meeting Room

Thank you,
Elizabeth Soltero
REFORMA Tucson
Chapter President, 2009-2010

Posted on August 7th, 2009 by Adriana
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Special Session added to the LiSLaS Conference (Fri June 4, 2010)

Workshop 6: SB 1070, HB 2281 and Librarianship in Arizona

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