Our Authors, Our Advocates: Four authors help kick off ALA President Roberta Stevens's "Our Authors, Our Advocates" presidential initiative.

LITERARY excerpts; AMERICAN Library Association; STEVENS, Roberta; ARANA, Marie; DRAPER, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills), 1948-; DEEDY, Carmen Agra; MELTZER, Brad; CONFERENCES & conventions; LIBRARY associations; LIBRARIES; AUTHORS; INTERNET; LIBRARIANS; PUBLIC relations; CONSUMER activism

Excerpts from several speeches given at the inaugural celebration of Roberta Stevens, president of the American Library Association (ALA), are presented, including speeches by authors Marie Arana, Sharon Draper, Brad Meltzer, and Carmen Agra Deedy, author-advocates for Stevens' presidential initiative.