MDC Hialeah Campus to Host Storytelling for International Literacy Day
Miami, September 8, 2010 - The ESL & Foreign Language department and Student Life at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Hialeah Campus will host a storytelling event in celebration of International Literacy Day. MDC students and volunteers will dress up in costume for this special reading of the children’s book Princess Hyacinth (the Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) on Thursday, Sept. 9, from 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Library in Hialeah.
MDC students, staff and the community at large are invited to attend the reading, which will also include a royal tea party, live music, games and other fun activities. In addition, the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at MDC, presenter of the world-renowned Miami Book Fair International, will provide free copies of the book.
This event is free and open to the public.
MDC Hialeah Campus to Host Book Reading for International Literacy Day
- WHEN: Thursday, Sep. 9, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
- WHERE: John F. Kennedy Library 190 West 49 St., Hialeah
For more information about this event, please contact Prof. Ileana Porges-West at 305-237-8783, lporgesw@mdc.edu.
Media-only contacts:
Juan Mendieta, 305-237-7611, jmendiet@mdc.edu, MDC communications director
Sue Arrowsmith, 305-237-3710, sue.arrowsmith@mdc.edu, media specialist
Tere Estorino, 305-237-3949, testorin@mdc.edu, MDC media relations director
Tarnell Carroll, 305-237-3359, tcarroll@mdc.edu, media specialist
Alejandro Rios, 305-237-7482, arios1@mdc.edu