Librarian assistant Gilda Ramos’ achievements as a dedicated community leader were honored by the Library Journal with the distinguished titled “Paralibrarian of the Year” last month.
The multilingual library assistant, whose efforts to unite a town torn by anti-immigrant violence are documented in our upcoming PBS documentary Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness, accepted the award at a special reception hosted by Library Journal during the American Library Association's annual conference held in New Orleans on June 23-28.
Ramos, her supervisor Jean Kaleda and other Patchogue-Medford library staff played a key role in the aftermath of the murder of longtime Patchogue resident Marcelo Lucero, who was targeted by a group of teens because he was Latino.
Blog
July 19, 2011 - 7:43am
July 15, 2011 - 3:37pm
A few of us were in tears in the editing room today as the team put the finishing touches on our DVD and web feature of Patchogue-Medford librarian Gilda Ramos.
Gilda became a translator for many people in the community who wanted to speak out in the aftermath of Marcelo Lucero’s killing in 2008. You'll see Gilda in many scenes from Not In our Town: Light in the Darkness as well as in the feature which will be available as a DVD and web extra. Check back to NIOT.org and PBS.org/NIOT where we'll present Gilda's story and five new extended features from the film leading up to the broadcast in Sepetmeber. In the meantime, it's been a whirlwind week—and here's some news from this week at NIOT.
—Patrice O'Neill, NIOT Executive Producer
Two months away from our PBS broadcast on Sept. 21 and nearly 90 people across the country have signed up to host local screenings of Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness.
July 11, 2011 - 12:31pm
Not In Our Town remembers philanthropist David Logan for his contributions to the arts and to journalism. Logan died on Jan. 22, 2011 at the age of 93.
Friends and family members attended a memorial service that was held in Logan's honor in Chicago this past weekend.
Among his many accomplishments is the creative and financial support given through his foundation, the Reva and David Logan Foundation, to the arts, education, and to providing countless platforms for social change.
Through his foundation, Logan has truly left a footprint in the world of journalism by providing funding for the nonprofit Center of Investigative Reporting, for PBS’s “Frontline,” and by endowing a chair in investigative reporting at the University of California-Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. The foundation also supported Not In Our Town's mission.
Logan is survived by his wife, Reva, as well as his three sons, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
June 27, 2011 - 1:58pm
"We all must fight against discrimination and harassment. I am proud that the Palo Alto Unified School District, through Not in Our School activities, has become a model for other school districts taking action against intolerance and bullying. And the word keeps spreading. This is a great start, but we must remain diligent if we really aim to reduce intolerance and harassment."
—Palo Alto Mayor Sid Espinosa in the Palo Alto Patch article, "Not In Our School: Palo Alto Returns to KQED."
June 12, 2011 - 5:41pm
There’s been so many wonderful things happening in the Not In Our Town network, that we wanted to share them with all of you. Here’s a sampling from the past few months.
School Leaders Share Lessons