<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br>Reminder today beginning at 10:00 am in the Champlain Valley Hall — James Augustus Wilson Commons…<br></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Read-In in Honor of Black History Month </b></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society, is hosting a "Read-In" in Celebration of Black History Month. And we will also be celebrating the birthday of the writer, Toni Morrison.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">What is a Read-In?</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,26,26)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The National African American Read-In (AARI) is a groundbreaking effort to encourage communities to read together, centering on African American books and authors. It was established in 1990 by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English to make literacy a significant part of Black History Month. This initiative has reached more than 6 million participants around the world.</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,26,26)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,26,26)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Participating in the Read-In is our way to "address the centuries of silence imposed upon African-American writers and artists" by sharing their stories with one another.</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,26,26)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font color="#1d1a1a" face="arial, sans-serif">How do we participate?</font></div><div><font color="#1d1a1a" face="arial, sans-serif">We will be meeting in the <b><u>CVH James Augustus Wilson Commons beginning at 10:00 am</u></b> and reading until we are too tired to go on...</font></div><div><font color="#1d1a1a" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#1d1a1a" face="arial, sans-serif">Here are the rules...</font></div><div><ul style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(29,26,26);font-family:"Gotham SSm A","Gotham SSm B",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:2">Texts written by African American authors are shared (and read aloud)</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:2">Participants either listen to or provide the readings.</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:2">A count is taken of who attends, and that count is documented in the “report card” as a measure of the global reach of this program each year.</li></ul></div><div><font color="#1d1a1a" face="arial, sans-serif">We will also take an hour starting at 3:00 to read and discuss the work of our Visiting Writer Randall Horton. (Who will be coming to campus on Thursday, Feb. 25).</font></div><div><font color="#1d1a1a" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#1d1a1a" face="arial, sans-serif">Please drop by and read and/or listen. Bring your favorite title or writer *(we will also have some titles on hand). And join us for the discussion at 3:00 -- afterwards, we will continue reading. We are hoping to make this an annual event -- and would love your support!</font></div><div><font color="#1d1a1a" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#1d1a1a" face="arial, sans-serif">Masks are still required at this on-campus event.</font></div><div><font color="#1d1a1a" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#1d1a1a" face="arial, sans-serif">If you have questions about participating in this event, please contact Dr. Tracie Guzzio, advisor of Sigma Tau Delta.</font></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dr. Tracie Church Guzzio<div>Director, Redcay Honors Program</div><div>Professor, Dept. of English</div><div>Africana Studies</div><div><a href="mailto:guzziotc@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank">guzziotc@plattsburgh.edu</a></div><div>518-564-3075</div><div><img src="https://web.plattsburgh.edu/files/914/images/SUNY-Plattsburgh-Email-Logo-2018.jpg"><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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