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From: Public Library Association <pla@ala.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:17 AM Virtual Town Hall hosted by PLA If you are having trouble viewing this mailing, please click here<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fala.informz.net%2Fz%2FcjUucD9taT0xMDQ1MDI0OCZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDQ5NTMxJmxpPTkyODYwMzcz%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7C51ee7fa679034d78b44c08d9f167c77a%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637806250302012124%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=I6W91I0JWbIzfpTMNSzN2MN0I6C99VgUo69lSMclthE%3D&reserved=0> for our online version. [Register Now! 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As those who have faced book banning attempts and related legislative efforts know, the experience is often isolating and stressful. During this free event, speakers will participate in facilitated conversations that explore effective responses to the coordinated attempts at censorship currently sweeping the nation. A moderated chat will follow, inviting attendees to pose questions and share insights based on personal experiences. REGISTER NOW!<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fala.informz.net%2Fz%2FcjUucD9taT0xMDQ1MDI0OCZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDQ5NTMxJmxpPTkyODYwMzc1%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7C51ee7fa679034d78b44c08d9f167c77a%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637806250302012124%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=tm2j2xRZMk7uzPCRPcYF8dvVUAjNvKGL8r7gx%2F0wh2M%3D&reserved=0> This virtual town hall is presented with support from the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom, Freedom to Read Foundation, and The Merritt Fund. Learning Outcomes At the conclusion of this virtual town hall, participants will be able to: * Support colleagues in local school libraries who are facing challenges; * Advocate for the role of public library staff in making selection decisions and managing requests for removal, in accordance with established library policy; and * Amplify and support community voices not heard during challenges, especially from historically marginalized groups and students. Panelists [Deb Sica] Deb Sica, MFA, MLIS, has been in the research, education, and library fields since 1993. She's worked as an archivist, an academic, and now as the deputy county librarian at Alameda County Library (Freemont, CA). Sica spent the last decade and a half in public libraries working to transform dated, discordant practice and policy into more inclusive and socially just campaigns for full inclusion. She continues to advocate for literacy, intellectual freedom, critical thinking, and engaged social progress. She serves on the Executive Board of the American Library Association's (ALA) Rainbow Round Table, is the liaison for PLA to the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom, is a member of the ALA Budget Analysis and Review Committee (BARC), and is on ALA Council. Sica lives with Renee, her wife of twenty-three years, and, Gaetano Giovanni, her beloved eighty-pound dog baby, in Vallejo, CA. [Cindy Hohl] Cindy Hohl is the director of branch operations at the Kansas City (MO) Public Library, supporting eight of its ten locations. A member of the Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska, she is the immediate past-president of the American Indian Library Association (AILA); and is a steering committee member for the 4th National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC 2022). In July 2021, Hohl joined the board of the ALA-affiliated Freedom to Read Foundation, a non-profit legal and educational organization that protects and defends the First Amendment to the Constitution and supports the right of libraries to collect-and individuals to access-information. [Kathy Carroll] Kathy Carroll is a newly-elected member of the ALA Executive Board and the immediate past president of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). She currently serves on the AASL Board of Directors, the ALA Council, the ALA Nominating Committee, and the ALA Transforming ALA Governance (TAG) Task Force. Carroll was on the PRAXIS National Advisory Committee for School Media Specialists in 2020 and is a former Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) site visitor. She participated in the Toyota International Teacher Program in South Africa and was a Fulbright Teacher-Scholar in Tokyo, Japan. A 2007 ALA Spectrum Scholar, Carroll is a school librarian at Westwood High School in Blythewood, SC. What is her dream job? She has it! [Melanie Huggins] Melanie Huggins is PLA president and executive director of the Richland Library in Columbia, SC, which received the 2017 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor. Huggins was named a 2018 Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of South Carolina - Mountains to Midlands for her lasting impact in the community, and was named a 2018 Woman of Influence by Columbia Regional Business Report. In 2018, she was the first woman to win the Stephen G. Morrison Visionary Award from One Columbia for Arts and History. Huggins has been included on Columbia Business Monthly's list of the Fifty Most Influential People for the past three years and was selected as an entrant to the Hall of Fame. Her work is influenced by her belief that libraries are uniquely positioned to make communities more livable, resilient, and inclusive. 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