The Kentucky Library Association/Kentucky School Media Association/Southeastern Library Association/National Diversity in Libraries is off and running--and the kickoff came with a Latino! Director of the San Diego County Library, self-confessed long-time Democrat, and yet two-time Bush appointee, as member of the U.S. National Commission for Libraries and Information Science and of the Advisory Council for the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries, Aponte launched first into song, at the urging of his audience, performing a song from the chain gangs, reflecting his message of overcoming barriers. He explained later in his address that the prisoners on the chain gangs were not allowed to communicate directly with each other, they came up with a system of repeated phrases that were passed along the chain, passing along news from home.
I first heard José perform (and dance) as the master of ceremonies for the Many Voices, Many Nations program at ALA in Anaheim in June. In fact, you can hear him sing another song that he gave us only a snippet of today, Lookie, Lookie Yonder, on a YouTube video from the event.
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