Joint Conference Program 2007

CULTURAL COMPETENCE: Bridging the Gap Between What We Say and What
We Do

Co-Sponsored by: EMIERT, PLA, BCALA, APALA, CALA, AILA

Time: 1:30-3:30 pm
Location: Washington Convention Center, Room 103A

Program Information

• 1:30 pm: Roxana Benavides (REFORMA National President)
  
  
• 1:35pm: Sandra Ríos Balderrama (Principal, RíosBalderrama Consulting)
  
  
• 1:40 pm: José Aponte (Library Director, San Diego County Library)
  "Doña Adela, Tía Talma, Nana Hortensia and the Leadership Paradigm"
  
  
• 2:05 pm: Paula Smith (Asst. Librarian, Penn State Abington)
  “Culturally Conscious Organizations: A Conceptual Framework”
  
  
• 2:30 pm: Ghada K. Elturk (Outreach Librarian at the City of Boulder
  Public Library )
  “How to Avoid Cultural Collisions”
  
  
• 2:55 pm: Camila Alire (Dean Emerita, Univ. of New Mexico and
  Colorado State University )
  “The Color of Leadership”
  
  
• 3:15 pm: Sandra Ríos Balderrama
  Discussion and Exchange!