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The Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature, a joint partnership between the College of Education and the College of Communication and Information Sciences, is pleased to partner with the Commission for Blacks, the Black Educators of Tomorrow, the Office of Multicultural Student Life, and the English Department in the College of Arts and Sciences to host the first annual African-American Read-In to be held on the UTK campus in Hodges Library on Friday, Feb. 27th from 1-5pm. Please circulate this information and the attached flyer with colleagues and students. The African-American Read-In strives to make literacy and the literary works of African-American authors a central part of Black History month. During the 1-5pm time frame, UTK students, faculty and staff, college deans and administrators, and other interested campus parties are invited to go to Hodges Library auditorium and read an excerpt from a self-selected African-American authored text. Readings should be between 5-10 minutes in length. T he Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature will make contemporary, award-winning children’s books, and books for middle grades/high school readers written by African-American authors available for browsing in the Center (3rd floor, Hodges) prior to the event, and during the day of the event. Hodges librarians are also working to make books from the general collection available. Any African-American-authored text is okay. Readers are encouraged to find texts to read prior to the event. A bibliography of recommended books is also available at the NCTE African-American Read-In website: http://www.ncte.org/aari. If you want to participate as a reader, email Dr. Susan Groenke, CCYAL Director, directly at [log in to unmask] to reserve a 10-minute time slot between 1-5pm. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To view the GRADNEWS archives or Join/Leave the list: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/gradnews.html