<div dir="ltr">Hola Reformistas! I hope you are staying cool out there in this hot weather. :D<div><br></div><div>I have a request from a dear librarian friend of mine who is working on a project around culturally-specific storytimes. Please read on and see if you can help her out. </div><div><br></div><div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>

<div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b id="gmail-m_-2078706382591321329gmail-m_6995335485308165721m_2063559418910478692gmail-docs-internal-guid-85502782-802c-191d-55e3-87d3cd174e42" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-weight:normal"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello Reforma Friends,  </span></p></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span id="gmail-m_-2078706382591321329gmail-m_6995335485308165721m_2063559418910478692gmail-docs-internal-guid-85502782-802c-191d-55e3-87d3cd174e42" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">    My name is Tanya Belmont, I’m developing a culturally specific training curriculum for new Spanish Storytime Providers in Multnomah County.  Would you be willing to share with me what specific resources and support your library system offers your new Spanish Storytime providers?  How does your library system prepare new Spanish storytime providers to present culturally specific storytimes and meet the community's needs? Whether you have a formal written training plan or you have some informal processes, I would love to learn from what you are doin</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">g. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In return, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I would make sure to reference your contributions in the curriculum and </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">send you a report of our findings. I </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">wou</span><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ld be most grateful.  Please send your thoughts and feedback to </span><a href="mailto:belmont@email.arizona.edu" target="_blank" style="font-weight:normal;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">belmont@email.arizona.edu</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p></span></div><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div><b id="gmail-m_-2078706382591321329gmail-m_6995335485308165721m_2063559418910478692gmail-docs-internal-guid-85502782-802c-191d-55e3-87d3cd174e42" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-weight:normal"><br></b></div><div><b id="gmail-m_-2078706382591321329gmail-m_6995335485308165721m_2063559418910478692gmail-docs-internal-guid-85502782-802c-191d-55e3-87d3cd174e42" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-weight:normal"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gracias de corazón por considerar esta petición. </span></p></b></div></span>

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<span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Also, please share with other staff you know who aren't necessarily Reforma members.</span>

¡Gracias y nos vemos!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Violeta<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-size:small">Violeta Garza</b><div style="font-size:small"><b>Bilingual Youth Librarian</b></div><div style="font-size:small"><b>Troutdale Library</b></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px">she/her/hers</span></div><div style="font-size:small">2451 SW Cherry Park Rd<br></div><div style="font-size:small">Troutdale, OR 97060</div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px">voicemail: 503.988.4182</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px">My schedule: Tues-Sat</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://multcolib.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">multcolib.org</a></span></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:small"><img src="https://multcolib.org/sites/default/files/MultCoLib_2LineLogo_RGBemail_sig2.png" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><span></span><span></span><img src="https://multco.us/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/InclusiveSign_poster_SMDraft2.jpg?itok=MvQmk8qa" width="200" height="129"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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