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SUMMARY:2026 Américas Award Ceremony
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DESCRIPTION:Educators\, librarians\, and book lovers\, join this special ev
	ent where author and artist Pablo Leon will receive the 2026 Américas Awar
	d for his YA novel Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemala
	n Genocide . Leon will read an excerpt from Silenced Voices and share insi
	ghts about his writing process and bringing Central American stories into 
	the classroom. The 45-minute ceremony will be held on Zoom on Saturday\, O
	ctober 17 at 9:30am PT / 11:30am CT / 12:30pm ET. It is free and open to t
	he public. The event is hosted by the Américas Award in collaboration with
	 Teaching for Change’s Teaching Central America program.
URL:https://grassrootsdc.org/events-list/2026/2026-amricas-award-ceremony
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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