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Announcements and News – Summer 2023

Come hang out with APALA @ ALA Annual!  Check out some or all of our amazing events including the 2023 Literature Awards Banquet on Saturday, June 24 and so much more!


Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen, Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been selected to serve on the National Book Award Jury in the Category of Young People’s Literature. Dahlen is serving alongside Dr. Claudette McLinn (chair), justin a. reynolds, Kyle Lukoff, and 2022 NBA winner Sabaa Tahir.


You are invited to attend the Smithsonian APAC’s Asian American Literature Festival in Washington, D.C. on August 4-6, 2023.


Professional development regarding the TEAACH Act in Illinois is now available!  The College of Education at the University of Illiois at Urbana-Champaign has created professional development modules for K12 educators seeking to learn about and learn how to teach Asian American history. The TEAACH modules are free, flexible, and asynchronous.


Congratulations to the 2023 Talk Story Grant recipients!  Read more here.


Congratulations to Erika Fitzpatrick, APALA 2023 Travel Grant award recipient!  Read more here.