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The view from our meeting room…
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| Our meeting room – The Indian Treaty Room |
WoW!
Librarian Michelle Gordon is Fresno County Public Library’s representative to
the Central Valley Network for Integrating New Americans (CV-NINA). NINA is a technical assistance grant funded
by the Department of Education, spearheaded by the White House Task Force on
New Americans. There are five networks
nationwide that received this technical assistance grant. CV-NINA has been involved in numerous
community events over the last couple of years.
This past June, CV-NINA organized and held a small Naturalization Oath
ceremony at Fresno State.
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Arriving outside the EEOB:
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On October
29
th and 30
th, the five networks gathered in Washington,
DC. Included in this gathering was a
White House Briefing for over 30 federal employees representing multiple
agencies including: the Department of Education, United States Citizenship
& Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Labor, Institute of Museum
and Library Services, Department of Health & Human Services, White House
Domestic Policy Council and White House National Economic Council.
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| Liset
Caudillo from Proteus, Michelle Gordon from FCPL, Ana Melendez from The Maddy
Institute, Lisa Agao from FAS |
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| Lisa
Agao of the Fresno Adult School |
Before her
flight back to Fresno, Michelle managed to spend a little time at the Library
of Congress. She got her Reader’s Card
for the LoC and used it to enter into the main reading room at the library.
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| The
Library of Congress |
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On Display at the LoC was this letter from Thomas Jefferson
to John Adams where he makes the statement “I cannot live without books…”
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