The Road Ahead -
2024 to The Present

• CLBC Hosts "Meet A Black Librarian"
  A community meet and greet program at Octavia’s Bookshelf, a Black Woman owned bookstore offering books and other literature by BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color) writers in Pasadena, California.

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SJSU iSchool’s Celebration of Juneteenth -- Standing Up for Freedom, June 6, 2024

• Welcome, featuring Dr. Anthony Chow, PhD, Professor and Director, SJSU iSchool, and Carolyn F. Norman, California Librarians Black Caucus, President and Library Consultant

• Moderator: Nichole Brown, Librarian II, Oakland Public Library and Treasurer, California Library Association 

• Featured Speaker: Binnie Tate Wilkin, Writer, Poet, Consultant and Professional Storyteller, STANDING TALL FOR FREEDOM, Spotlighting African American Librarians

• Panel Discussion: Jené D. Brown, Director of Emerging Technologies and Collections, Los Angeles Public Library; Richard Ashby Jr.