Lead The Way: Libraries At The Heart Of Community Engagement 2025 Conference

April 21-22, 2025

Hybrid Conference

Don't wait! Sign up today for Lead the Way 2025 Conference. This year you can attend in Madison, WI at the Pyle Center or ONLINE! Join us as we delve into strategies for building and maintaining relationships, programming for your community, and understanding what it means to be a community partner.

Cost: $325-$200

Kathy Barri will kick off the conference on Monday morning. Kathy Barri is an enrolled member of Gaa-miskwaabikaang (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa). She has served as the Library Assistant for the Ginanda Gikendaasomin (We Seek To Learn) Tribal Library since 2018, seeing the library through major changes like a move to a new building in 2021 and joining the Northern Waters Library Network in 2022.

Hear from Stephen Jackson Tuesday morning. As a motivational speaker and founder of Global CommUnity Associates, Stephen brings a wealth of experience in equity, anti-racism, and restorative practices. He values public service and contributing to people’s lives through utilizing both Restorative Justice and Restorative Practices to create positive and safe cultures for organizations and communities.

In addition to our amazing keynotes attend sessions such as:

Let’s Learn Together: Creating Infrastructure to Support Safe and Meaningful Programming
Friends for a Season, Friends for a Reason: Building resilient library partnerships
Harnessing Civic Engagement through Library Initiatives
Partnering with Local Service Organizations for Academic Library Success
Creating Opportunities to Expand Gender Inclusion at your Library
And more!

Key links:

For more information about Lead the Way 2025, visit its website.
View the full conference schedule.
View the virtual only schedule
View details about sliding-scale registration costs.

Questions? Email ce-info@ischool.wisc.edu