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Get Lit-BMER Black History Month Author Celebration

5th Annual BLACK HISTORY MONTH Virginia Authors Celebration sponsored by Get Lit - BMER - Lit Chicks Read featuring story sharing led by Coming to the Table-RVA Co-Founder Danita Rountree Green who will speak on "What We Carry: Stories of Racial Reconciliation" and BOOK SWAP for ALL ages. 

  • 2 pm Share Stories and Meet Local Authors
  • 3 pm Book Swap - Bring Children's Books, YA Books, and adult Books to SWAP. Don't have a book? That's okay; We have a book for You!

Refreshments. 

Free & Open to the Public.

**REGISTRATION REQUIRED**

 

Date:
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Time:
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Categories:
Author Visit   Book Discussion  
Registration has closed.

Event Organizer

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Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Meldon Jenkins-Jones is the Richmond Public Library / Community Services Manager at Hull Street Branch Library. 

Meldon also chairs the Get Lit Advisory Committee which supports the Richmond Public Library Get Lit Reading Initiatives including the Black Male Emergent Readers (BMER) program and the Lit Chicks Read book clubs.

Meldon is a graduate of the Leadership Metro Richmond Class of 2022. She was the first recipient of the Virginia Library Association (VLA) Librarians of Color Forum Award in 2021 and is an active member of VLA. She presented “Libraries Bringing Community Together” at the 2023 VLA Annual Conference.

In 2011, Meldon received her Master of Library and Information Studies from Florida State University. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law—Newark and practiced law in New Jersey until her retirement in 2003. Meldon received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she studied African American Studies and Russian Civilization.

A Metro Richmond resident, Meldon is the mother of two adult children and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.

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