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YOUNG READER'S PAVILION
& PANEL SCHEDULE
| The HBF Young Reader's Pavilion is located on West 135th Street between Malcolm X (Lenox) and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. (7th Avenue). Panels and workshops are held in the YMCA on West 135th Street, adjacent to the Pavilion. All readings, performances, panels, and workshops are free. Schedule is subject to adjustment. |
11:00 Just Us Books publishers Wade & Cheryl Hudson open the Pavilion.
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion - YMCA
Family Literacy: Family Time Around the Love of Books
Moderator: Traci Lester, Director, Read & Learn
Panelists: Dr. Loretta Long (Courtney's Birthday Party); Roscoe Orman (Sesame Street Dad); Sonia Hayes (The ATL Girlz); Dr. Sabrina Martin, Chief of Pediatrics, North General Hospital; Alex Simmons (Buffalo Bill Wanted!); Tia Williams (It Chicks)
With today's society we don't have enough hours in the day to work and spend time with our family. Too many times TV is left to entertain our children. Let's get back to family time and look to books you can read and discuss as a family.
11:40 Gregory Walker, Shades of Memnon
12:00 Tammy Hall, Storytelling
12:25 Author Reading: Zaccai Free, Mbutu's Mangos
12:45 African Folk Heritage Circle, Storytelling
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion - YMCA
Encouraging Our Sons to Read: Reading is Empowering
Moderator: Patrick Oliver, Founder, Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series
Panelists: Sheron "Umi" Smith, Andrew Sekou Jackson, Executive Director, Langston Hughes Library and Cultural Centers; David Miller, CEO, Urban Leadership Institute; Professor Griff (Public Enemy).
Our young people need guidance; they learn by example. How can we encourage them that reading is exciting, not boring? Many of their hip hop icons, such as Russell Simmons and 50 cent, read and have published books.
1:10 Author Reading: Roscoe Orman, Sesame Street Dad
1:35 Author Reading: Tia Williams, It Chicks
2:05 Author Reading: La Shell Wooten, The Sharing Secret
2:30 African Folk Heritage Circle, Storytelling
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Children's Writing Workshop: Writing Picture Books
Facilitator: Cheryl Willis Hudson (AFRO-BETS ABC and 123 Books)
You will learn the key elements you need to write an exceptional picture book for kids in kindergarden to grade 8. Cheryl Willis Hudson is Editorial Director of Just Us Books, Inc., an independent publishing company that focuses on Black interest books for children and young adults. Ms. Hudson has authored many books for young children including Hands Can, Good Morning, Baby, Glo Goes Shopping, Many Colors of Mother Goose and Bright Eyes, Brown Skin (co-authored with Bernette Ford).
2:55 Nyasha Franklin, young poet
3:20 Dimitri McDowell, young gospel poet
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Rap Session - YMCA
Engaging Our Sons to Read: Reading Creates Possibilities
Facilitators: Patrick Oliver, Founder, Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series; David Miller, CEO, Urban Leadership Institute
Hip-hop is prevalent within our community. Our young people strive toward music, sports, and some even focus on spoken word poetry. But how can we encourage them to read and notice that reading is empowering? You enter a new world; you are exposed to new wonders. Instead of playing the sport, own the team. Instead of writing spoken word, write & publish your book of poems.
3:45 Grandma Buddy, Grandma Buddy's House
4:10 Jackie Cauthen, Nana Jackie - Sage Garden Poems
4:35 African Folk Heritage Circle, Storytelling
5:05 OPEN
5:30 African Folk Heritage Circle, Storytelling
5:40 OPEN
6:00 CLOSE PAVILION |
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