Love it or hate it, you can’t escape it — ENCANTO fever is everywhere!
With that in mind, most libraries are going to be presenting some kind of ENCANTO programming, which presents us with an excellent opportunity to teach about Colombian culture.
Download Rosie’s Slides!
Rosie Camargo
Storytime Solidarity is thrilled to have our very own, award-winning, Colombian librarian extraordinaire — Rosie Camargo — on the Solidarity Team as our Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Pre-ambling
We’re thrilled to provide this Storytime Solidarity Allyship Event.
Previous events include our event on Jewish Allyship with the Association of Jewish Libraries and our April Asking Autistics Event.
DEI Basics
You may recognize Rosie Camargo’s name from one of the SS team’s most widely shared posts about Cinco De Mayo. While Rosie’s background is Colombian — not Mexican — she offered some helpful tips to make sure that diverse programming is culturally informed and sensitive.
Check out the Downloadable PDF
Rosie Camargo (she/her)
“Miss Rosie,” as she’s known to her storytime audiences, works as a Youth Spanish Language Specialist and Spanish Program Coordinator for the Niles Maine District Library in Niles, Illinois.
Rosie’s a first-generation immigrant from a large Colombian family. She is a native Spanish speaker and brings an encyclopedic knowledge of Spanish-language children’s literature from decades as a book reviewer. She’s also a board member for RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System), an EDI (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) committee member, and a member of SPARK (Spanish Programming and Resources for Kids).
Rosie brings a wealth of knowledge and experience and we’re so lucky to have her on our team. We are excited about all the ways we will learn from her about how to provide culturally informed programming.
Take Your Spanish-Language Programming to the Next Level: Resources Ms. Rosie Recommends!
National Hispanic Heritage Month
- Image gallery from the Library of Congress
Canticos (publisher website)
- Videos and print-out activities to support
Lil’ Libros (publisher website)
- Videos and print-out activities
- Music, print-out, games, etc.
- Information, print-outs, activities, etc.
Shake Up Your Shelves by Harper Collins (publisher website)
- “SHAKE UP YOUR SHELVES by retiring books that are offensive or outdated, and by adding titles that reflect the experiences of more underrepresented groups.” (From the website)
Caramba Kids by José-Luis Orozco
- Free .pdf printable lesson plans
Kate Reynolds
The “Lavender Librarian” Kate Reynolds is a children’s librarian, writer, and singer; she’s also the founder and Executive Director of Storytime Solidarity: the website and the Facebook Group. Kate created Storytime Solidarity in July 2021 — when her beloved Facebook Group Storytime Underground was archived. Storytime Solidarity is a global organization devoted to supporting and connecting children’s library and education workers to help welcome every family. Kate is looking forward to this opportunity for allyship and learning.
Ingrid Christina Lombardo McCoy (she/they)
“Ms. Christina,” as she’s known to most of her audiences is an experienced library worker, writer, teacher, and growing YouTuber with nearly 2k subscribers and over 300k views! She works hard to provide early educators with new, original songs they can use in their children’s rooms and classrooms that are free from harmful origins and associations.
You can find her online via her brand new website — or even sign up for her many Outschool classes!
