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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b>This program is sponsored by The Society of Children’s
Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)</b></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b>Date: March 4^th 1 P.M. <span> </span>Zoom<br>
$15 for SCBWI members <span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b>$25 for non-members<span></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b>Presentation: </b>The Evolution of LGBTQIA+
Representation in Picture Books<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From the past queer coding of Lobel’s <i>Frog and Toad</i>
to current books about trans children, representation of LGBTQIA+ characters in
picture books have grown over the years. <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Join representatives of the Long Island Library Pride
Alliance (LILPA), a bi-county, Long Island Library Association Committee, as they
explore and share past and present portrayals of the LGBTQIA+ community in
picture books.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a name="_Hlk126475718"><b>Presenters:<span></span></b></a></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Derek Ivie
(he/him)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Youth Services
Coordinator of the Suffolk Cooperative Library System<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%">Jody Ruggiero
(she/her)<br>
<span class="gmail-im">Head of Teen Services Syosset Public Library <span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Nola Thacker
(She/her/they/them)<br>
Program Coordinator at Westhampton Free Library <span></span></span></p>





<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Stephen Ingram (he/him)<br><br>Digital Librarian<br>Northport-East Northport Public Library<br>631-261-6930 ext 333.<br><a href="mailto:stepheningramlibrary@gmail.com" target="_blank">stepheningramlibrary@gmail.com</a><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>