Creative Writing and Artwork from New Jersey’s Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

About the Program | Speakers: Valerie L. Egar, Mary T. Previte | Photos from the Event

Photos from the Event

The New Jersey Center for the Book and the NJ State Library recently partnered and held a reception and exhibit, Creative Writing and Artwork from New Jersey’s Youth in the Juvenile Justice System. The exhibit was first shown at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC where it received exceptional praise. The event was very successful with featured speakers Assemblywoman Mary T. Previte and Valerie Egar.

Pictured left to right standing: Jeffrey Kesper, Head-Library Development Bureau, New Jersey State Library (NJSL); Carron Albert, Associate Vice President Thomas Edison State College; Bonnie Kunzel, NJSL Youth Services Consultant; Norma E. Blake, State Librarian; and Phyllis Anker, NJ Association of School Librarians. NJ Center for the Book Pictured left to right seated: Valerie Egar, Special Counsel to theExecutive Director of the Juvenile Justice Commission; Renee Swartz, Chairof the NJ Center for the Book; and Assemblywoman Mary T. Previte,legislative district 6.

Speaker: Bonnie Kunzel, Youth Services Consultant at the NJ State Library.