CLC team members Jackie and Dr. Pritchard have curated an amazing and inclusive list of poetry recommendations in honor of #NationalPoetryMonth.
Check out the key at the bottom of the list highlighting poets who are Black, Palestinian, Latiné, Indigenous, queer/trans, & poets w/ connections to AR!
#NationalLibraryWeek, April 19–25, 2026, is a time to celebrate the many ways libraries bring people together, spark imagination, and support lifelong learning.
The CLC encourages everyone to visit their local library📚️
NWA area -> check out Fayetteville and Springdale Libraries!
Promotional graphic for Jacqueline Jones Royster and her new book Finding Sarah and Mary: Unraveling African American Genealogy From the Ground Up, releasing May 1st. The design features a light blue background, the book cover on the left, a summary of the book’s themes about ancestry and history, and a photo of the author. A QR code on the right invites viewers to order the book.
The CLC is proud to spotlight "Finding Sarah and Mary" by Jacqueline Jones Royster, out May 1 from University of Georgia Press.
Blending memoir, family history, and research, Royster traces her ancestry and shows how everyday lives shape American history.
Code 08FINDING 30% off: www.ugapress.org
A classroom of elementary school students sits on a colorful carpet holding fake mustaches and magnifying glasses during a detective-themed literacy activity. Their teacher, Bieunkah Anwojue, smiles and leads the lesson from the front of the room at Bernice Young Elementary. Desks, classroom supplies, and learning posters are visible in the background.
The CLC is proud to support 2025 grantee Bieunkah Anwojue, an award-winning children’s author & illustrator.✨️
Anwojue led a detective-themed literacy workshop where students used C.L.U.E.S to strengthen their writing, explore visual storytelling, and build confidence through creativity and play.
Celebrate #NationalPoetryMonth with us!
Join the CLC at The Marshall in Fayetteville on April 24th from 6–8 PM. Bring a favorite poetry collection (or any book you love) and enjoy a welcoming space for shared reading and community. Snacks will be provided. 😄
Scan QR code to register!
For #NationalPoetryMonth, we're highlighting voices from underrepresented groups.
To kick off, we're highlighting Black and Brown women – who have always been the heartbeat of this art form.
See more posts: tinyurl.com/wed26prv
#PoetryMonth #PoetryForAll #RepresentationMatters
All great writing starts with the first word. Today is Encourage a Young Writer Day – celebrating every young writer brave enough to put their ideas into words. Support them. Read their work. Celebrate the effort. 🖊️
#EncourageAYoungWriterDay #YoungWriters #Literacy
It’s time to announce TWO Possibilities Hubs this summer ✨ Both are free, virtual, and open to the public!
"Dance Literacy: What Can Movement Teach Us About Our Writing, Our History, and Ourselves?" Dr. Katie Marya
"The Black Gurl Reliable Toolkit" Dr. Dominique C. Hill
Scan QR code to register
The Arkansas Authors’ Children’s Book Festival is coming to Conway, and the CLC is proud to be a sponsor of this exciting event! Stop by our booth for special giveaways and meet Julia and Dr. Pritchard (pictured).
April 18th 10AM - 2PM @ UCA Brewer Hegeman Conference Center
RSVP UCA.EDU/OUTREACH
It's International Children's Book Day! 📚️
To celebrate, Team CLC has pulled together a list of our favorite children's books for kids of varying ages to check out.
Grab your favorite kid, find a cozy spot, and dive in: tinyurl.com/ym6h33hs
#InternationalChildrensBookDay #ChildrensBooks #KidLit
Without community, there is no liberation. — Audre Lorde
This April, we’re celebrating National Poetry Month. Throughout the month, the CLC will be spotlighting poets and honoring the power of words to connect, inspire, and uplift.
#NationalPoetryMonth #PoetryMonth #PoetryMatters #LiteracyMatters
Graphic for Women’s History Month book recommendations from Community Literacies Collaboratory. The image features four book covers arranged in a grid: Lili Is Crying by Hélène Bessette with a pink cover and a torn-paper eye design; The Vegetarian by Han Kang with a red background and a silhouetted figure; Junko's Climb by Alyssa Gavin, showing a smiling climber in an orange jacket in a snowy mountain setting; and In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, featuring a stylized house with a surreal, shadowy figure. The background uses purple and dark tones, with “Women’s History Month” and “book recommendations” written at the top.
💜 🩷 Closing out Women's History Month with a few amazing books written by women! Each title has been recommended by a CLC team member. 🤗
#womenshistorymonth #bookrecs #hélènebessette #hankang #elyssagavin #hifumayo #carmenmariamachado #literature #yalit #poetry #fiction #womenauthors
For over 15 years, actress Jennifer Garner has championed literacy in children in rural and low-income communities across the U.S.
We celebrate her work to make sure literacy is available to all – regardless of where they live.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM2026 #LiteracyMatters
📣 Calling all community literacies workers!
Our journal, the Sandbox, is looking for thought provoking pieces on literacy learning and practice. Accepted pieces will be published both online and in print, with authors receiving an honorarium.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/rx4q8PP
Join the second annual Black Trans Short Film Festival held by Comfrey Films (April 30–May 2), a powerful space centering Black trans storytelling, creativity, and community.
You can attend in person or join the new virtual screening on May 2.
Free registry at comfreyfilms.org/festival
Join us this Friday on Zoom for another Friday Night Reads! This month we're honoring #Women'sHistoryMonth, so bring a book by a woman author and get ready for a fun night of reading together as a community. 💜
🗓️ Friday, March 27th on Zoom
⏰️ 6-8 PM CST
🔗 Link in bio or scan QR code to register
Graphic with a soft, blurred background of small white flowers and greenery. A cream-colored square contains a handwritten quote by Marwan Makhoul about listening to birds and the silence of warplanes. Below, large text reads “World Poetry Day – March 21, 2026,” with the Community Literacies Collaboratory logo in the upper right.
Happy #WorldPoetryDay 🌿
“In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political, I must listen to the birds. And in order to hear the birds, the warplanes must be silent.” — Marwan Makhoul
This moving reflection reminds us that even the quiet act of writing poetry can carry deep meaning.
Dr. Ofelia García's translanguaging research transformed bilingual literacy instruction — reframing children's home languages as academic strengths, not barriers. Her work shapes classrooms worldwide.
#WomensHistoryMonth #LiteracyMatters #BilingualEducation
A pioneer in early literacy research & policy, Dr. Dorothy Strickland spent decades ensuring equity was central to how America teaches reading — and who that teaching was designed to serve.
#WomensHistoryMonth #LiteracyMatters #WomenInLiteracy
Graphic congratulating Jackie Chicalese on having three poems—“Grief Fragment,” “Flower Theory,” and “Whitetail”—published in New England Review Volume 46, Numbers 3–4. The design includes the journal cover and a portrait of Jackie wearing round glasses, set against a warm tan background with botanical collage elements.
🎉 Congratulations to CLC team member Jackie Chicalese! Three of her poems were recently published in "New England Review," Vol. 46, No. 3–4. We’re proud to celebrate this exciting achievement and share her work with our community!
Check out the nereview here: nereview.com/issue/vol-46...
#poetry
Dr. Louise Rosenblatt was a foundational literacy scholar whose transactional theory of reading established that meaning lives between the reader and the text, a foundational idea still shaping literacy classrooms today.
#ReadingEducation #LiteracyLeaders
We’re happy to announce that our 2025 Grant Program has contributed nearly $90,000 to advance literacies work across Arkansas and the United States!
Meet the grantees, see the impact, and read the release here:
url:https://news.uark.edu/articles/80869
Purple promotional graphic for “Friday Night Reads” from the Community Literacies Collaboratory with star illustrations. The text invites participants to join a virtual reading event during the final week of Women’s History Month and bring a book by a favorite woman author. The event is hosted by Julia Jensen and Eric Darnell Pritchard and takes place Friday, March 27, with drop-in hours from 6–8 PM CST. A QR code for registration appears on the left, and images of several notable women authors are shown at the bottom.
Join us for a virtual Friday Night Reads during Women's History Month! Bring a book by your favorite woman author, share a quick intro, and enjoy a cozy evening of reading together. 📚
📅 Fri, March 27
💻 Zoom: drop in anytime 6–8 PM CST
🌟Register at QR code or visit link: tinyurl.com/FNRWomensHis...
What does it mean to teach writing with kindness — not as a soft add-on, but as a pedagogical foundation?
In the Sandbox, Shuvro Das reflects on what happens when writing classrooms center care, inclusivity, and joy.
🔗 buff.ly/9gdSiil
#LiteracyMatters #WritingInstruction #TeachingLiteracy
Graphic for International Women's Day on March 8 with the text “Celebrating powerful women from all over the world.” The design features portraits of notable women including Amy Tan, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Alice Wong, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Maya Angelou, Malala Yousafzai, Frida Kahlo, and Toni Morrison, shown together against a teal background with the Community Literacies Collaboratory logo in the corner.
Celebrating #InternationalWomen'sDay by honoring a few of the many women whose voices, creativity, and activism have shaped our world.
Women pictured: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Malala Yousafzai, Frida Kahlo, Toni Morrison, Amy Tan, Celia Cruz, Maya Angelou, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Alice Wong.
Literacy Highlight graphic announcing the 2026 African American Read-In event featuring Mychal Threets. The image includes a portrait of Threets, the African American Read-In 2026 logo from the National Council of Teachers of English, and the cover of the children’s book I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy, which shows a joyful librarian surrounded by children in a colorful library setting. The highlight notes a February 12 book reading, classroom activity, and conversation with Threets.
📚 On Feb. 12, students and teachers joined a book reading, classroom activity, and conversation with Mychal Threets, librarian and host of Reading Rainbow, as part of the African American Read-In celebrating the joy of reading and Black voices in literature.
🎥 Recording : tinyurl.com/NCTEAAReadin
A purple graphic celebrating Women’s History Month featuring a smiling LGBTQ+ activist wearing a colorful flower crown and pink dress. The text on the image reads “Marsha P. Johnson – Trailblazing LGBTQ+ Activist,” with decorative circular patterns in the background and the hashtag #WomensHistoryMonth at the bottom.
Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992) was a key figure in New York City’s gay rights movement. Known for her joyful spirit and fierce advocacy, she supported LGBTQIA+ people and, alongside Sylvia Rivera, co-founded STAR to support queer and trans youth.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM2026 #LGBTQIA
A textured orange graphic that reads “Celebrating Women’s History” with the Community Literacies Collaboratory logo in the top corner. The design includes black-and-white historical photos of women marching and protesting, holding signs that say “Votes for Women,” “Jobs for All Now,” and “Women Strike for Peace and Equality.” At the bottom right, there is an illustration of three raised fists in different skin tones, symbolizing solidarity and empowerment.
The CLC is celebrating Women’s History Month by honoring the voices, movements, and moments that have shaped history and continue to inspire change today. ✊🏽📚
#womenshistorymonth #suffragistmovement #feminism #march2026
Promotional graphic for the podcast Light, Life & Limitations with Sharvon Hales. The design features a black-and-white portrait of a woman with curly hair, hoop earrings, and a necklace, labeled “Guest Stephanie D. Keene.” The episode is titled “Making Space to Create Again: Stephanie on Motherhood & Becoming” (Episode 08). The graphic states “streaming now on podcast.sharvon.com” and includes platform icons for Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. The color scheme is beige and purple with microphone illustrations in the background.
Stephanie D. Keene, CLC community partner, sits down with Sharvon Hales, host of the Light, Life, and Limitations podcast, to explore the topics of motherhood, prison abolition, and the honest work of figuring out what comes next creatively.
Listen on Spotify, Youtube, or Apple Podcasts!
Interested in one of our #literacygrants but have a question about your application? We're here to help! For a couple more weeks, we're offering Office Hours to answer your questions.
Don't wait - limited spots remain. Request a time: tinyurl.com/GrantsOffice...