Sessions 2024
We'll be announcing sessions and presenters soon so stay tuned to see who you'll be learning from.
Moving From "Transactional Advocacy" to "Transformational Advocacy."
Discover the thrill of advocating for issues you care about by moving from "transactional advocacy" to "transformational advocacy."
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Crisis Communications—Smart Strategies for Tough Times
This session will include practical tips on communicating before, during and after a crisis, including crisis planning, public and media communications, and social media management. REGISTER TODAY Register today and then click to s...
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Ready, Set, Go! Three Steps to Engage, Energize, and Empower Your Community
Join Kacey Carpenter, an accomplished author, community organizer, and volunteer, in a presentation designed to engage, energize, and empower your library community. Learn from real-life case studies featured in his latest book and gain insights i...
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You’re Writing Your Emails Wrong!!
Email can serve as the bedrock of a campaign for grassroots fundraising, organization and communication efforts. But so many organizations struggle to write emails that “work.” Throughout this session we’ll cover email best practices, common mista...
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That Librarian: Preparing, Protecting, and Being Proactive In Standing Up for Intellectual Freedom
Libraries are seeing an unprecedented number of book challenges and librarians have become the new punching bags for extremists. Learn about my journey from being the target of a harassment campaign to taking back my life. Learn about online resou...
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Feelings Don’t Care About Your Facts: Ethically Navigating Library Advocacy in an Age of Propaganda.
Libraries and library workers in the United States are under threat from a powerful and well-funded far right coalition that is increasingly outmatching library advocates in the battle for the hearts and minds of the American public. The rhetoric ...
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What the %&$*# is Wrong With Library Advocacy?!
Nearly 98% of library funding comes from the will of voters and legislators. That means that nearly all of library funding is political in nature yet libraries don't seem to have the resources, tools, or strategies in place to navigate and influen...
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The Realities of a Book Challenge
In 2022, Gavin Downing faced a book challenge led by his own school principal. In this session, he will talk about his experiences, what worked, what didn't work, what he wished had happened, and more. REGISTER TODAY Register today...
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Building a Grassroots Alliance to Support the Library and Fight Against Book Bans
Grassroots activism has proven to be effective at fighting book bans and supporting libraries and librarians at local, regional and statewide levels. While most American strongly oppose book banning, many don't know how to effectively organize and...
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Q&A With Mike HixenBaugh
In this session you'll hear from Mike Hixenbaugh, author of "They Came for the Schools," in this Q&A with EveryLibrary staff. He'll discuss the powerful forces driving the crusade to ban books, rewrite curricula, limit rights for minority and ...
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Be FOIA Smart
What the heck is FOIA and why should you care? This session will offer a look at the Freedom of Information Act, including how you can use it to uncover book challenges and where and how you can protect yourself from being a victim of targeted FOI...
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National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) + Libraries
National Voter Registration Day is a nonpartisan civic holiday celebrating our democracy. According to U.S. Census data from 2020, as many as 1 in 4 eligible Americans are not registered to vote. Every year, millions of Americans find themselves ...
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Fighting Back against Censorship: One Librarian’s Story
After being fired by the High Plains Library District in retaliation for opposing their discriminatory program policy and speaking out to my community about being told to cancel my programs for LGBTQIA+ teens and youth of color, I embarked upon (a...
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What to expect when you're expecting (to sue your state over censorship laws)
When advocacy fails to change the minds of lawmakers, libraries and librarians must turn to the courts to protect the First Amendment rights of their patrons. That is easier said than done. Join Library Director and advocate Adam Webb as he discus...
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The Convergence of Censorship Trends in US and Canadian Libraries
An analysis of library censorship data since 2015 shows that there have been stark differences between the book-banning cultures in the US and Canada. However, recent data shows that a nascent wave of reactionary sentiment has spearhead an unprece...
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Book Banning Goes Digital: Libraries Suspending E-book Services and the First Amendment
Book banning predates the United States and has survived and thrived in a splintered twenty-first century political climate. As the fight for the minds of the public continues, state and local governments have ramped up their efforts to ban books ...
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The Role of Libraries and Journalism in Fighting Against Deep Fakes for their Communities
With the upcoming U.S. elections, there has been increasing artificial intelligence-generated and human-generated disinformation content being circulated and causing mass confusion. We also see Photoshop errors such as the one from Kate Middleton,...
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Library Advocacy in the MLIS Degree and Early Career
This presentation discusses the significance of developing advocacy skills for libraries and their services, particularly emphasizing the early stages of one's graduate degree and career as a librarian. The presentation also covers practical strat...
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Funding the Fight: Boosting Online Activism and Advocacy
The battle against misinformation and censorship is being fought every day online. In order to beat back book bans, we need to build a diverse coalition of activists and advocates to counter the extremism driving these negative policies. One of th...
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Creating a Cash Flow with Microsoft Excel
After this session, viewers should have a basic understanding of matching liquidity to fiscal year liabilities, using Microsoft Excel to map out a fund's cash flow, and tracking investments using an output sheet. REGISTER TODAY Reg...
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Bonds for Sale!
This session will explore the different ways to sell your bonds in the primary market. We will discuss the nuances of the various sale mechanisms and the different contexts in which one method of sale might be preferable over another. R...
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Constraining Possibilities: What's Really Driving the Culture Wars?
Book banning, education gag orders, attacks on libraries and public schools as institutions--behind all of these is an effort to roll back the civil rights gains of the last 50 years, reasserting racial and economic hierarchies and constraining wh...
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Earned Media
How to garner earned media for issue advocacy REGISTER TODAY Register today and then click to share this conference on Facebook and Twitter! About Kelsi Browning With over a decade of experience, Kelsi Browning is a seasoned pol...
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Impact of Voter ID Laws and How Libraries Can Help All Eligible Voters Exercise their Freedom to Vote
In 2024, 38 states have voter ID laws. Many of these laws went into effect after the last presidential election. Voters who do not have an ID that will be accepted in their state will be disenfranchised. VoteRiders and Libraries can help ensure th...
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Deep in the Heart of Texas: Parents Fighting Book Bans in the Lone Star State
Texas parents share stories and strategies they've used to endure and fight against book bans and censorship. REGISTER TODAY Register today and then click to share this conference on Facebook and Twitter! About Texas Freedom To ...
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Public Libraries as Civic Connectors
Public libraries serve as integral connection points for how patrons receive and engage with civic information. Learn more about how your library can create democracy-based programming, host candidate forums, or register individuals to vote. Libra...
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