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Exclusively for ESPs NEA's national Educational Support Professionals conference, March 21–23 in Louisville, KY, is set to grow and strengthen your professional excellence. Interactive workshops will cover everything from "Cultural Wealth and ESP Power " to "How to Turn the ESP Bill of Rights into Local Wins" to "Fostering Meaningful Parent-ESP Relationships." Enhance your knowledge and skills to advocate for students and educators, champion racial and social justice, build community relationships, and sustain stronger locals. Hurry — registration is limited. nea.org/espconference Coming up April: Autism Acceptance Month The month and beyond are opportunities to learn more about autism, lift autistic voices and share in the community 's joy. A good resource is the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (autisticadvocacy.org), a nonprofit run by and for autistic people, which works to promote the rights and humanity of all autistic peo- ple and center their perspectives and needs. Another resource: Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (awnnetwork.org). Celebrate School Librarians! National School Librarian Day is celebrated on April 4 each year. These important educators are dedicated to helping students find and use the resources they need to learn and succeed. Thank your school librarian in person and/or on social media (#SchoolLibrarianDay). For All Aspiring Educators CTA-Aspiring Educators is holding its Spring Event and Representative Assembly April 19–20 at the Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles. This is free to all CTA-AE members (excluding travel costs; travel sponsorship may be available) but you must register in advance at bit.ly/CTA-AE25SpringEventReg. Become a member at cta.org/ctaae. 11 M A R C H 2 0 2 5 I