Saturday, October 17: Educators, librarians, and book lovers, join us as we present Pablo Leon with the 2026 Américas Award for his YA novel Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide.
The annual Online Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In, hosted by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in collaboration with Teaching for Change, is an opportunity for educators around the world to access classroom resources from NMAI’s online education portal Native Knowledge 360°.
We had a full house on September 23, 2026, for our third annual conversation with contemporary Central American authors at Busboys and Poets, featuring Anna Lapera, John Manuel Arias, Ana Patricia Rodríguez, Diana Rojas, and Jared Lemus.
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2026 Américas Award Ceremony
Saturday, October 17: Educators, librarians, and book lovers, join us as we present Pablo Leon with the 2026 Américas Award for his YA novel Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide.
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2026 ONLINE Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In
The annual Online Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In, hosted by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in collaboration with Teaching for Change, is an opportunity for educators around the world to access classroom resources from NMAI’s online education portal Native Knowledge 360°.
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Contemporary Central American Voices
We had a full house on September 23, 2026, for our third annual conversation with contemporary Central American authors at Busboys and Poets, featuring Anna Lapera, John Manuel Arias, Ana Patricia Rodríguez, Diana Rojas, and Jared Lemus.
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