(via Hannah Arata, American Library Association)
In this free webinar, learn how the Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) Library used their Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant to partner with birth justice community groups in the Bronx and develop an alumni and student peer leadership group that became the seed for an ongoing collegewide conversation and connection to the birth equity movement in NYC and beyond.
When: Wednesday, August 2, at 1:00 PM CDT
REGISTER NOW: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/…
Through this session, participants will:
- Understand the power of investing in student or patron education/facilitation and allowing them to partially take over the reins of library programming
- Appreciate the value of creating safe spaces when involving students/patrons in social justice work
- Gain insight on how to manage library programming organically as it unfolds from the learning and community engagement process
- Understand how to create institutional structures and community partnerships for the ongoing support of student/alumni initiatives
This webinar will be presented online via Zoom. Closed captions will be enabled during the presentation, and we will email a copy of the slide deck to all registered attendees 24 hours before the presentation. The chat transcript and recording will be provided to all attendees within 48 hours of the live webinar. If you need other reasonable accommodations, please reach out to us via e-mail at publicprograms@ala.org by Wednesday, July 19. Requests made after that date may not be able to be accommodated.