“When the Spirits Dance Mambo”

New York Women’s Agenda takes great pleasure in
inviting you to a celebration of literacy in New York City. Please join usfor the fourth annual “ New York Reads Together” program with this year’s book selection, “When the Spirits Dance Mambo,” by Marta Moreno Vega. 

Thursday, March 29, 2007

4:30 PM  

The Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture,
New York Public Library
Temporary entrance at 103 W. 135^th Street
New York, New York 10037 

The celebration will honor three outstanding women for their support of literacy and their contributions to literacy programs.  

Roz Abrams 

Dr. Marta Moreno Vega
Author of When the Spirits Dance Mambo 

Carmen Farina
Past Deputy Chancellor for Instruction
New York City Department of Education 

The festivities will include Roz Abrams as Mistress of Ceremonies, interviews with Marta Moreno Vega by Roz Abrams and select students from New York City high schools, a Mambo performance by students from the Brooklyn Academy of Urban Planning and a small reception.  

We hope you can join us. 

Sandra Eberhard, President of NYWA

Dr. Barbara Gerard and Evelyn Kalibala, Chairs of NYRT