Thursday, March 31, 2022 | 12:00-12:30 MST (ZOOM)
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REFORMA Tucson Event Planning Meeting
Thursday, March 24, 2022 | 12:00-1:00 MST (ZOOM)
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Library announces 2022 lineup at Tucson Festival of Books
February 16, 2022
(Tucson, AZ) It’s almost time for the 2022 Tucson Festival Books and the Library has some great panels lined up at its Nuestras Raíces tent. Presenting authors include Jaime Cortez, author of the debut story collection Gordo, which Sandra Cisneros calls “Luminescent with love,” and Yuyi Morales, the first Latina to receive the Caldecott Medal.
Saturday, March 12, 2022
- 10 to 11 am
Latinx Writers on the Border of Hope and Happenstance
Featured authors: Jaime Cortez, Reyna Grande, Luis Alberto Urrea - 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Reporting from the Homelands
Featured authors: Lydia R. Otero, Alva B. Torres - 1 to 2 pm
Diné Bizaad is Poetry
Featured authors: Luci Tapahonso, Manny Loley, Bojan Louis - 2:30 to 3:30 pm
Origins that Shaped our Identity
Featured authors: Henry Barajas, María Amparo Escandón, Oscar Mancinas - 4 to 5 pm
Giving the Diné Flute a Voice
Performer: Vince Redhouse
Sunday, March 13, 2022
- 10 to 11 am
Dreaming Out Loud
Featured author: Yuyi Morales - 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Latinx Stories Across Genres
Featured authors: Henry Barajas, Jaime Cortez, Zoraida Córdova - 12:30 to 1:30 pm
Hopi Voices
Featured authors: Lyle Balenquah, Steward Koyiyumptewa, Mowana Lomaomvaya, Joel Nicholas (Becoming Hopi contributors) - 2:30 to 3:30 pm
To Live and Die en La Ciudad: Chicanx Short Fictions in the Urban Southwest
Featured authors: Estella Gonzalez, Oscar Mancinas, Daniel Olivas - 4 to 5 pm
Tell Me a Song
Performer: Miguel Reyes
Jessica Redhouse, Library Program Collaborator in Residence, has been working to increase diversity at the Festival. She says, “I am very excited about the authors we have coming this year. With Many Nations teaming up with Nuestras Raíces, we were able to get Indigenous authors, performers, and artists, in addition to well-known and loved Latinx authors, performers, and artists.
Learn more about the Library’s Program Collaborators in Residence: Jessica Redhouse, Selina Barajas.
Renaming Ceremony: Frank De La Cruz-El Pueblo Library
Friday, March 4, 2022, 3:00-5:00 PM | 101 W. Irvington Rd., Tucson AZ 85714
Staff from the Frank De La Cruz-El Pueblo Library and around the library system invite you to join us in a renaming celebration to honor the late Frank De La Cruz.

https://pima.bibliocommons.com/events/62168503db5f1636000bd9cc
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REFORMA Tucson Membership Meeting
Friday, January 28, 2022 | 12:00-1:00 pm MST
(ZOOM)
*PLEASE EMAIL BOB DIAZ IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN EMAIL WITH A ZOOM LINK
REFORMA Tucson Membership Meeting
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 | 12:00-1:00 pm MST (ZOOM)
*Please email bob diaz if you have not received an email with a zoom link
REFORMA Tucson Membership Meeting
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 | 12:00-1:00 pm MST (ZOOM)
*PLEASE EMAIL BOB DIAZ IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN EMAIL WITH A ZOOM LINK.
Global Arts Showcase: Mes de la Cultura
Join Arizona Public Media and the Pima County Public Library in celebration of the rich Mexican-American and Latinx cultural heritage of Southern Arizona during Mes de la Cultura! Enjoy a virtual celebration of Mexican-American and LatinX art, music, and dance with performances by Mariachi Estrellas de Tucson, Mariachi Los Changuitos Feos, and Ballet Folklórico Tapatío.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 | 6:30PM – 7:30PM | Online event
Register here: https://pima.bibliocommons.com/events/612669abcf94553600285736
Congratulations to Reformista, Kristina Santiago! 👏
Kristina Santiago, UA iSchool MA LIS student and Knowledge River Scholar, cohort 19, has been selected as a 2021-2022 ALA Spectrum Scholar! 🎉
Congratulations to National Reformista, Shelly Black! 👏🎉
Shelly Black, Knowledge River Scholar (cohort 17) and UA iSchool alum (MA LIS ’20), is the recipient of the 2021 Brenda S. Banks Travel Award awarded by the Society of American Archivists (SAA). The award “…recognizes and acknowledges individuals of color, such as those of African, Asian, Latinx, Middle Eastern/North African, Native American, Alaska Native, or Pacific Islander descent, and who have demonstrated professional archival experience and manifest an interest in becoming active members of the Society of American Archivists.”