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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Posted on behalf of the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Register your Día Program today!<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Día! Diversity in Action 2014 Celebration is fast approaching, have you registered your library’s program yet? Register your Día Celebration in the
<a href="http://cs.ala.org/websurvey/alsc/dia/index.cfm">2013 Día National Program Registry</a> to build a national database that showcases all types and sizes of Día programming and receive free bookmarks, stickers, and buttons!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Visit the Día website at <a href="http://dia.ala.org">http://dia.ala.org</a> to learn more about how you can celebrate diversity and connect children to a world of learning through books, stores and libraries. Explore and download the
free bi-lingual Día booklist, book club lesson plans, activity sheets, poster and resource guide to help make your program a success!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Día <span style="color:#222222">is a daily commitment to linking children and their families to diverse books, languages and cultures.
</span>The celebration is intended to be year-round, culminating on April 30<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Joanna Ison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Program Officer for Projects and Partnerships
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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