Rhode Island Fall 2013 Conference

More than Slavery: African Americans in Rhode Island from 1650 – Present

Cornucopia of Rhode Island Annual Fall Mini Conference

Please join us for an insightful and exciting discussion on Blacks in Rhode Island.  The morning program will provide a wealth of information from the past to the present century of an examination of the triumph of a culture overcoming unspeakable odds to persevere and the organizations that helped them to achieve this. 

Friday, October 25, 2013 - 8:45 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

Registration & Continental Breakfast - 8:00 A.M. – Networking Opportunities

Community College of Rhode Island, Knight Campus, Room 4090, 400 E. Avenue, Warwick, RI

Directions: http://ccri.edu/about/campuses.html#KnightCampus

Moderator

Community Police Officer James Winters, Newport Police Department, 2011 NPD Officer of the Year

Founder of the Newport Housing Hotline and an Accomplished Vocalist

Featured Speakers

Kathy Blessing, Professor/Librarian, Community College of Rhode Island, Lincoln Campus

The Rhode Island Black Regiment

Bruce Wayne Gaines, Educator, Newport, Rhode Island

Newport’s Role in the Civil Rights Movement; 2013 March on Washington

Veronica Hobbs, Director, Domestic Violence Training & Monitoring Unit, RI Supreme Court

The School to Prison Pipeline

Victoria Johnson, NAACP, Newport Women’s League & Former Principal, Rogers High School

The Newport Women's League

Earl N. Smith III, Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, University of Rhode Island

The Early Black Church

Keith Stokes, President of Strategic Economic Planning & Development for the Mayforth Group

The Triangle Slave Trade; Preserving the Common Burial Ground in Newport

Registration is free and open to the public. 

 So that we have enough coffee please RSVP by 10/16/13.

                                     RSVP: Ida D. McGhee, MLS  imcghee2003@yahoo.com

SAVE-THE-DATE! 2013 Annual Fall Mini-Conference

Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color 2013 Annual Fall Mini-Conference

More Than Slavery: African Americans in Rhode Island from 1650 - Present

When: Friday, October 25, 2013

Where:Community College of Rhode Island, Knight Campus Warwick, Rhode Island

Time:8:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast

Annual Fall Gathering 2013

Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color

Annual Fall Gathering

Saturday, September 14, 2013, 10:00 AM-Noon

Redwood Library & Athenaeum

50 Bellevue Avenue

Newport, RI 02840-3292

Telephone: 401-847-0292

http://www.redwoodlibrary.org/

Followed by lunch at The Atlantic Beach Club

55 Purgatory Road

Middletown, RI 02842

Telephone: 401-847-2750

http://www.atlanticbeachclub.com/

Please RSVP to any of the events at : melizabeth7428@gmail.com, imcghee2003@yahoo.com or kathy747@verizon.net

CORI members are reminded that your 2014 membership dues are also due at the September meeting.  Contact the treasurer Kathy Hannuksela to renew your membership.  Remember, new members are also welcome to join CORI by emailing at kathy747@verizon.net.

CORI at the 2013 RILA Conference

Check out CORI at the 2013 RILA Conference in Newport, RI ....

Monday, June 3rd

9:00-10:00 Education Transformation: It’s a Process Connect with Deborah A. Gist, Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (RIDE) Commiss...ioner, for a conversation on filling students’ education gap and enriching them as lifelong learners. Gain strategies to enhance the mutually-beneficial partnerships that libraries and librarians can foster with RIDE. Deborah A. Gist, Commissioner, Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Sponsored by Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color

12:15-1:30 Lunch & President’s Speaker Andrew P. Jackson—Through the Eyes of an Activist Librarian Andrew P. Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako) will speak about his unique blend of librarianship and activism as the Executive Director of the Langston Hughes Community Library in Queens, NY (Out-of-State CORI Member)

Tuesday, June 4th

1:30-2:15 p.m. Maria Cotto (Poster Session promoting CORI)

See more at http://rilibraries.org/annual-conference

2013 CORI May General Meeting update

Our general meeting for Thursday, May 23rd at CCRI is cancelled. We hope that we will see everyone on Monday, June 3rd at the RILA Conference. Commisioner Gist will be presenting on behalf of CORI at 9:00 a.m. and out-of-state CORI member Andrew Jackson will be the luncheon speaker. On Tuesday, June 4th Maria Cotto will have her poster session to promote CORI.

2013 RILA Conference

Monday, June 3rd

9:00-10:00 Education Transformation: It’s a Process Connect with Deborah A. Gist, Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (RIDE) Commissioner, for a conversation on filling students’ education gap and enriching them as lifelong learners. Gain strategies to enhance the mutually-beneficial partnerships that libraries and librarians can foster with RIDE. Deborah A. Gist, Commissioner, Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Sponsored by Cornucopia of Rhode Island: A Library Community of Color

12:15-1:30 Lunch & President’s Speaker Andrew P. Jackson—Through the Eyes of an Activist Librarian Andrew P. Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako) will speak about his unique blend of librarianship and activism as the Executive Director of the Langston Hughes Community Library in Queens, NY (Out-of-State CORI Member)

Tuesday, June 4th

1:30-2:15 p.m. Maria Cotto (Poster Session promoting CORI)

We do hope that we can get together this summer before everyone goes away on vacation. We will keep everyone posted.

May 2013 CORI General Meeting‏ (CANCELLED)

Just a reminder that the next CORI meeting will be held on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at CCRI in Warwick at 6:00 PM in the library’s conference room.  Agenda items includes: RILA Conference and Fall mini conference.

 

Knight Campus directions:   http://ccri.edu/about/campuses.html

Circulation: 401-825-2214

Reference:  401-825-2215

 

 

Next Meeting on Thursday, January 17th

Just a reminder that the next meeting of Cornucopia of Rhode Island will be held on Thursday, January 17, 2013, 6:00 P.M. at Hibachi & Grille Supreme Buffet, 1245 Bald Hill Road, Warwick, RI. The meeting is open to all and we will have a Yankee Swap. For those of you not familiar with a Yankee Swap, simply bring a small, inexpensive wrapped gift to the dinner. It can be a serious gift, or a silly one! All the gifts are placed in one pile and one by one each person chooses something and if they don't want it, they get to "swap" with someone else for whatever it is they received. The dinner will be separate checks, so if you wish, you can bring a guest with you.

Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet (Click on link for information about this restaurant and directions)

http://www.yellowbook.com/profile/hibachi-grill-and-supreme-buffet_1867358539.html

Maria Cotto CORI Secretary/blogmaster