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Presented at the Massachusetts Library Association Confererence, Friday May 4, 2007 11am-12:15pm.

Radical Reference volunteer Shinjoung Yeo will participate in a panel International Communications Association conference on May 27, 2007 in San Francisco. Link a little more than halfway down this page.

Here's the home page.
Please note in the message copied "below the fold" that this list is not for calls to action and advocacy, but rather for sharing of scholarship. That said, it may well be an excellent resource for expertise on topics of interest to Radical Reference and those we support. Note especially the link to the resources list.

There will be Rad Ref shirts available at the NYC Anarchist Book Fair! This was my first attempt at screenprinting, so some are very poor, but some are fine! And by fine I mean FINE! Go buy one!

I'm hoping some of Rad Ref's readers will not only attend, but perhaps also help out with the 1st Ever NYC Anarchist Book Fair.

Please write to volunteers@anarchistbookfair.net and let me know which of the following tasks you would like to to take on (Multiple shifts are okay!):

On March 3rd, 2007 The San Diego Food Not Lawns put on an all day conference and workshop at City College.
Michelle Simon, author of "Appetite for Profit, How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back." was the opening speaker, and Dolores Huerta made the evening keynote address.

A live webcast of a discussion on the impact of government suppression
and manipulation of scientific information on public health, safety, and
accountability at national, state, and local levels, entitled “Closed

For all you radical academic types -
The Modern Language Association is seeking presenters on this RadRef-friendly topic for their 2007 conference:

CFP: Children and Political Activism

Author and poet Janet Wong will soon publish a new children's picture book, The Dumpster Diver, about seeing the potential in what other people throw away. In conjunction with the book's release, All for Kids Bookstore in Seattle is sponsoring a contest for kids called "Junk Is Good." Designed to promote creating or imagining "treasures out of trash," winning entries will be announced on Earth Day in April. Kids of all ages are welcome to participate. For details, go to:

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