🌸 Latiné Heritage Month Spotlight 🌸 Sandra Cisneros is a celebrated Mexican American writer, best known for her groundbreaking novel "The House on Mango Street." Her work explores identity, gender, and cultural heritage.🌟 #LatineHeritageMonth #SandraCisneros #TheHouseOnMangoStreet

✨The CLC was proud to sponsor the #NWA Book Fest this past weekend! Festival-goers spun the prize wheel for a chance to win new books, copies of The Sandbox, & exclusive CLC swag. A lucky winner received the first 3 books in "The Legendborn Cycle" by Tracy Deonn⭐

🌺✨ #LatinéHeritageMonth Spotlight ✨🌺 We’re celebrating the legendary #CeliaCruz, the “Queen of Salsa”! 🎶 With her powerful voice and vibrant style, Cruz broke barriers and brought Afro-Cuban rhythms to the global stage. She became an icon whose legacy continues to inspire generations. 💃🏽🔥

Stop by our booth this Saturday at the NWA Book Fest! Sign up for our newsletter and spin the wheel for a chance to win the first three books in "The Legendborn Cycle" by Tracy Deonn! Other fun prizes will be given away as well. Don't miss out!💫 📍 The Ledger, Bentonville, AR ⏰ Sat. 27th 10AM

✨ Celebrate #Latiné and #Hispanic Heritage Month with stories that uplift joy, culture, and tradition! 📚🌺 These children’s book recommendations, curated with the Children’s Book Council, highlight family, food, music, and heritage. Perfect for classrooms, libraries, or storytime at home.

Publishers Weekly’s #FreedomToRead issue spotlights the rise of book bans in U.S. schools & libraries—often targeting diverse voices. The good news? Librarians, publishers & activists are actively pushing back. ✨ Literacy is power. Access matters. Read full article at tinyurl.com/FreedomToRea...

📚✨ CLC #BookRec | Hispanic Heritage Month ✨📚 This week’s pick: "Sana, Sana: Latinx Pain and Radical Visions for Healing and Justice," edited by David Luis Glisch-Sánchez & Nic Rodriguez-Villafañe. It's a multigenre collection of stories, poems & essays that honor the diversity of Latinx experiences🌿

⭐ Latiné & Hispanic Heritage Month begins Sept 15! ⭐ A time to honor the histories, cultures & contributions of Latin America & the Caribbean. This month & beyond, uplift Latiné voices: 📚 Read Latiné authors 🗣️ Learn Spanish or an Indigenous language 🎨 Support Latiné creators #LatinéHeritageMonth

🌍✨ Multilingual board books help little learners grow! The Children's Book Council just shared a roundup of sturdy, baby-friendly books in Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Cree & more. Perfect for early literacy + celebrating culture. 📚💡 #BilingualBooks #EarlyLiteracy #GlobalKids

🌎 💫 📚 Celebrate #InternationalLiteracyDay with joy, imagination, and purpose! The International Literacy Association invites families, caregivers, and educators to dive into the free Literacy Month Toolkit - Join the movement and champion the Children’s Rights to Read. Every page has a purpose~

✨ September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! ✨ With just one card, you unlock endless possibilities: books, digital resources, learning opportunities, and more. 📚💻 Visit your library today and discover where your card can take you! #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #EndlessPossibilities #Libraries

✨ Cozy up with us for our virtual Friday Night Reads Event: A Silent Book Club! ✨ Bring a cozy book of your choice, your favorite drink, and join us for a quiet evening of community reading as we kick off the new semester. 📚☕ 🗓 Friday, September 5th ⏰ Drop in anytime between 6–8 PM CST 📍 Virtual

In Shelbyville, Kentucky, pastors at the Reformation Church told members to check out #LGBTQ+ books from the local library and never return them, framing it as “civil disobedience.” The library director calls it theft while advocates condemn it as censorship amid rising book challenges statewide.

‼️ATTENTION FOLKS‼️ Today is the LAST day to register for the Crafting the Irresistible symposium! Scan the QR code/click the link in our bio to register💥 Don’t forget to check out our roundtable presenters!

🔥 Check out the panelists that will be joining us at our upcoming symposium! 📅 October 20–21, 2025 ✨ Panels feature inspiring educators, advocates, & authors exploring prisons & reentry, imaginative pedagogies, and storytelling for change. ❗ Registration closes Aug. 29th❗

📢 Don’t miss out! The Community Literacies Collaboratory’s 2025 Symposium, Crafting the Irresistible: Creative–Critical Literacies & Communities, is virtual, free, and open to the public. Registration closes August 29! Secure your spot today at craftingtheirresistible.com or by scanning the QR code!

Don't miss ALA's next free public webinar on library advocacy! Learn how to bring Congress to your library - and showcase how central the library is to your community. Tune in Sept 9 @ 5pm ET / 4pm CT. Register: elearning.ala.org/local/catalo... #ForOurLibraries

🎧📚 Don’t miss Dr. Todd Craig at the Crafting the Irresistible Symposium! Join his free virtual workshop, “These 1200s in My Office AIN’T for Show: When the DJ Pushes Our Pedagogy” on Oct. 20, 2025. Registration closes August 29th❗ #virtualsymposium #hiphop #pedagogy

✨ "Crafting the Irresistible" Symposium: Day 2 Poetry Reading ✨ Join us for a special reading with poet Danez Smith, moderated by poet Brody Parrish Craig. 📅 October 21, 2025 ⏰ 5:00–5:45 PM CST 📍 Virtual | Free & Open to the Public 🔗 Register by August 29: Tinyurl.com/IrresistibleRegistration

🌟 CLC Recommends! 🌟 For our newest team member Julia's first book recommendation, she’s chosen "Chain-Gang All-Stars" by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, a bold and powerful novel that challenges readers to think deeply about justice, freedom, and humanity. (Please look up content warnings before reading)

📣 Don’t miss the Poetry Reading at our 2025 symposium! ✨ George Abraham - Palestinian American poet & author of Birthright 🎤 Moderated by Stephanie D. Keene - educator & abolitionist organizer Oct 20, 2025 | 5 pm CST | Free & virtual Register before Aug. 29th: Tinyurl.com/IrresistibleRegistration

📚 Big win for the #FreedomToRead! A federal judge struck down parts of FL’s HB 1069, used to ban classic & contemporary books classified as "obscene." The court ruled the law violated the First Amendment, a major victory for students’ right to learn + access diverse stories. From PublishersWeekly

Welcome Julia Jensen, our new Associate Director of the Community Literacies Collaboratory & Asst. to the Brown Chair at U of A! 🎉 A former theater kid, youth dance instructor, & longtime literacy advocate, Julia will be supporting programs, grants, workshops, The Sandbox, & comm. partnerships.🌟

🌟 Day 2 of “Crafting the Irresistible” virtual symposium Keynote Conversation is “Creative–Critical Practices for Trans and Queer Liberation: Then, Now, and Always.” Speakers: Tourmaline & Dr. Kaila Story, moderated by Dr. Erin Green. @doctressstory.bsky.social @erin101green.bsky.social

💜 The Purple Collar Project is a nonprofit helping women scholars (including non-binary & gender non-conformers) from working-class backgrounds thrive in work and life. The project offers storytelling spaces, mentorship, and funding for wellness or career projects. 🌐 thepurplecollarproject.org

We are excited to present the Keynote Conversation for Day One of our virtual symposium! Speakers are Dr. Gwendolyn D. Pough and Dr. Regina N. Bradley, moderated by Christ Atkins, Ph.D. Candidate. Scan QR code or click the link in bio to register~ ⭐️ virtual, free, & open to the public⭐️

The National Association of Black Bookstores (NAB2) has launched to uplift Black booksellers, promote literacy, and preserve Black culture. Founded by Kevin Johnson, NAB2 plans to partner with the ABA. Memberships start at $100.📖 📚 Read more at publishersweekly.com #nab2 #blackbookstores #literacy

📣The schedule for our 2025 symposium is out! Click the link in our bio or scan the QR code to register for “Crafting the Irresistible: Creative-Critical Literacies & Communities.” ⭐️The first 100 registrants get FREE SWAG! ⭐️ 🗓️ October 20th & 21st -virtual, free, and open to the public-

We love this inspiring quote from the Combahee River Collective. At the CLC, we see literacy not just as reading & writing, but as love, labor, and liberation. Whether it’s through community storytelling, multimodal composition, or affirming multilingual voices, we continue the work together. 💛

🌟 Zainab Karim reviews "See Me Naked" by Tara T. Green in The Sandbox Vol. 2, Issue 1, centering Black women’s joy, desire, and selfhood in the interwar era. 📰 Read now via QR or link in bio. 📚 Want to review for us? Email [email protected] #BookReview #TheSandbox #BlackHistory

Dr. Erin M. Green, 2025 Lit. Research Grant recipient, created the True Harm Podcast, subverting true crime by uplifting voices harmed by carceral violence. Ep. 1 spotlights #StopCopCity & honors Tortuguita. @erin101green.bsky.social Check it out on Spotify or Apple!

Resharing my abolitionist podcast with working links! My previous post had dead links. Listen to learn about #StopCopCity. This podcast was a project for my dissertation to subvert the #truecrime genre by amplifying victims of police violence.

🎬✨The Medium is looking for 15 Content Creators for their 2025–2026 Creative Exchange Fund (CXF) events! If selected, you’ll attend and document two CXF events & share videos and photos on Instagram and TikTok. Applications close July 22 @5PM CST! 🌟Apply now at tinyurl.com/TheMediumApp...

📝 Dr. Sharieka Shontae Botex of Duke Univ. reflects on Black life, legacy & literacy in her essay “Reading Everyday Life,” featured in our latest Sandbox Issue. Scan the QR or read here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/BotexScholar... #scholarly essay #criticalessay #literacy #publication #thesandbox

Grantee Spotlight🌟 Dr. Crisitina Sánchez-Martín of Uni. of Washington's "Translationships" Project: An initiative that centers multilingual storytelling, relationship-building, & lang. justice in collab with migrant & multilingual adult English learners. 🎧 Podcast: www.translationships.net

Rebekah Taussig’s “Sitting Pretty” is a lyrical, honest reflection on disability, identity, and what it means to live in a body that doesn’t fit the mold. Through intimate essays, she challenges ableism and calls for more inclusive, complex narratives. A must-read! 💛 #disabilitypridemonth

🌟 July is #DisabilityPrideMonth🌟 -a time to honor the history and contributions of the disability community and advocate for accessibility. 📬 Contact your elected officials to support disability rights/advocate for policies that center access, equity, & inclusion. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

The Springdale Public Library is holding FREE computer classes in Marshallese! 🖥️ 🗓️ Mondays (July 14 - Aug 4) ⏰ 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Participants will learn how to type, use the internet, and find info online, download files, & more! To register, call or stop by the library: 479-750-8180

Ozark Hollow Press, a publishing company based in Joplin, MO, has collaborated with Tom Tracy books to produce "Catalog of Diverse Kids Books: A Parent & Teacher Resource to Diverse & Inclusive Children's Books by Indie Authors." Scan QR code on the 3rd slide to download a FREE pdf version!🍀

Registration is open until August 29th! Click the link in our bio to register for the 2025 symposium “Crafting the Irresistible: Creative-Critical Literacies & Communities.” ⭐️It’s virtual, free, and open to the public⭐️ #virtual #symposium #literacies #gwendolynpough

Looking for Queer, Black love stories? 🌈 This piece from Publishers Weekly highlights a wave of new YA and children’s books centering joyful Black queer romance, showcasing protagonists who are doubly marginalized but get to experience love beyond familial or societal expectations. #pridemonth

#CLCRecommends “Water I Won't Touch” by Kayleb Rae Candrilli 🌊 A tender, urgent collection about trans survival, healing, and joy. Candrilli explores loss, love, & the dream of a vibrant queer future, flamboyant citrus and all. 🍊 Check out our 2025 #PrideMonth recs flyer for more~ -Rec by Jami

Friday is coming up fast, folks! Let's celebrate #PrideMonth together - Join us for a silent night of reading your book of choice by/about the LGBTQIA+ community! Don't miss our #FridayNightReads 🌙 📖 ⏰ Friday, June 27th, 6 - 8 PM CST (drop in/out anytime) 📍 Virtual (link in bio/ scan QR)

Stop by the Springdale Public Library today for a summer concert! Carolina Mendoza🎤 will be singing folk music - a blend of traditional Mexican folk with country, bluegrass, and Nordic melodies. You won’t want to miss out! #concert #carolinamendoza #folkmusic

🔥 Registration is now OPEN for our Fall 2025 Symposium: Crafting the Irresistible: Creative - Critical Literacies & Communities! 💻 Virtual | Free | Open to the Public 🗓 Registration closes August 29 - tap the link in our bio to save your spot, or go to Tinyurl.com/IrresistibleRegistration

🌈 Looking for your next great read this Pride Month? Check out the CLC’s 2025 Book Recommendations, featuring powerful titles by and about LGBTQIA+ voices across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s/YA! There's something here for everyone.📖 🖤🤍♥️ 💜 Happy Pride and happy reading! #PrideMonth

“I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living.” Harvey Milk gave the “Hope Speech” in 1978, one of the first openly gay officials elected in the U.S., to inspire LGBTQ+ people to believe in a better future and to encourage them to live openly and proudly.🌟

📚✨ Friday Night Reads is back on June 27, 6–8 PM CST! This time for Pride Month! Bring a book by an LGBTQIA+ author or about queer characters, find a cozy spot, and read with us. 💜 To Register via Zoom: click link in bio, scan QR code, or use the link below tinyurl.com/FridayNightR...

🌟 Rori Fararo-Brooks (she/her), a School Social Worker in Brooklyn, NY, explores how integrating hip-hop into elementary classrooms can foster literacy, creativity, and engagement through culturally relevant learning. Scan QR code/click the link in our bio to read - & learn how to submit your own!

📚🏳️‍🌈 Celebrate #PrideMonth with stories that uplift, empower, and reflect queer experiences! Publishers Weekly highlights incredible children’s and YA authors who are honoring queer culture and history through powerful books and perspectives. 🌈✨ Full article here - www.publishersweekly.com