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Statewide
FREE Registration Partners in
MA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, OR,
and VA register
at no cost.
Register now to:
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Gain exclusive access to 10+ sessions for the price of one standard webinar!
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Attend any live sessions that work for your schedule and catch up on the rest at your convenience - you'll have access to all sessions for one year.
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Tues., August 9 at 2:30 pm ET | 1:30 pm CT | 12:30 pm MT | 11:30 am PT
The COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented number of censorship attempts, lack of funding/staff, and additional challenges
have left many library workers at a crisis point. Learn how library boards/Trustees can support library workers, and what board members need to know about keeping library workers safe and healthy.
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Veronda J. Pitchford
is the Assistant Director for the Califa Group, a nonprofit library membership consortium representing 230 libraries in California. The Califa Group is committed to unleashing
the impact of libraries. As part of her role, she serves as a strategic partner for several national grant projects, leads new business development and manages Infopeople, Califa’s national training arm that delivers online learning for library people.
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Sylvia Bolivar
has been a member of the Prince George's County Memorial Library System Board of Library Trustees since June 2008. Prior to that, Sylvia served as Senior Advisor for Placed-Based
Initiatives at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In this capacity, she managed the Promise Zones Initiative working closely with local leaders to create jobs, improve educational outcomes, reduce violent crime and support overall economic
growth and vitality.
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Ari Z. Brooks
is an experienced fundraiser and nonprofit manager having held leadership positions in three not-for-profit organizations for more than twenty-five years in Maryland and
Pennsylvania. In her current role, she leads one of the largest Friends groups in the DC region. Her mission-driven focus strengthens and expands the community's role in supporting libraries and library workers in their efforts to provide innovative and relevant
programs, services, and collections.
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Chris Chanyasulkit holds leadership positions
with local, state, regional and national governance, working to promote racial, gender, and health equity. In addition to her advocacy, Dr. Chanyasulkit is President of the American Public Health Association (APHA), an elected Library Trustee of the Public
Libraries of Brookline, a United for Libraries Board Member, a Brookline Medical Reserve Corps member, and a Mentor Mom for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Parent Connection Program.
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Patrick Stewart possesses a strong foundation
in building organizational capacity through strategic planning, development, capacity building, business modeling, board management, and strengthening areas of impact, evaluative documentation, and communication. Currently, Patrick is the CEO of the San Diego
Public Library Foundation, strengthening communities by supporting excellence in the San Diego Public Library system through philanthropy, advocacy, and outreach.
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Rachel Fewell is the Central Library Administrator
at Denver Public Library, where she coordinates programming and plans for the future of the Library. Her specialties include project management, change and organizational management, library collection development, and linked data. She currently serves as
a Board member for the Golden Triangle Partnership of Denver, Colorado.
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Christopher Platt
is Director of the Mono County Free Library in Mammoth Lakes, California. He previously held several roles at New York Public Library from 2007-2018, including Chief Branch
Library Officer, when he oversaw 88 neighborhood libraries across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island. Chris has served as a Board member for the Mono Arts Council since 2020.
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Thurs., August 11 at 4:00 pm Eastern
Enjoy your beverage of choice while hearing from writers about their forthcoming titles.
Lisa Unger (Secluded
Cabin Sleeps Six), Susan Elia MacNeal (Mother
Daughter Traitor Spy), and Laura Zigman (Small
World), among others, will discuss their writing lives and forthcoming books. Barbara Hoffert, editor of
Library Journal's Prepub Alert, will moderate.
This event will be presented free and livestreamed on
Facebook. All United Virtual registrants will receive a Zoom link.
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Lisa
Unger is a NYT and internationally bestselling author. In 2019, she received two Edgar Award nominations, an honor held by only a few writers including
Agatha Christie. Her work has been named on "Best Book" lists from Today,
People, GMA,
EW, Amazon,
IndieBound and many others. She has written for the
New York Times,
Wall Street Journal, NPR, and
Travel+Leisure.
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Susan
Elia MacNeal is the
New York Times bestselling author of the Maggie Hope mysteries. MacNeal won the Barry Award and has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, Agatha, Left Coast Crime, Dilys, and ITW Thriller awards.
She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and son.
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Laura
Zigman is the author of Separation Anxiety,
Animal Husbandry,
Dating Big Bird, Piece of Work and
Her. She has been a contributor to the
New York Times, the
Washington Post, and the
Huffington Post. She lives in Cambridge.
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Now in its third year,
United
for Libraries Virtual: Trustees – Friends – Foundations, a three-day interactive virtual event (August 9-11), will feature expert speakers on current topics facing library Trustees, Friends, Foundations, and staff who work
with them.
The virtual event will allow attendees to:
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Participate in live Q&A sessions with presenters.
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Network with colleagues across the country in roundtable discussions.
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Enjoy exclusive access to keynote speakers and authors.
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Receive a certificate of attendance (for live participation or on-demand viewing).
Featured program topics will include:
To view the full conference schedule and registration options for United Virtual, visit
www.ala.org/united/virtual.
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