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| Continuing the censorship convo about social media, legislation, anti-DEI/anti-woke (Category: Intellectual freedom, censorship, and attacks on libraries)
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| Breakout 1: Power in Practice: Tools for Everyday Advocacy: Equipping frontline library workers and community advocates with practical, replicable tools for local and state-level action. This session invites sharing of templates, workflows, and stories from the field that others can immediately adapt.  (Category: Structured Session)
| Facilitator name: Cassandra Taylor
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| Info activism in library work and beyond (Category: Activism and organizing tools)
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| Breakout 2: Group discussion of Project 2025 (Category: Structured Session)
| Facilitator name: Jennie Rose Halperin
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| Facilitator: Maggie
 
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| LFP priorities and strategic plan implementation. Will also be a good intro to the org convo for new folks. (Category: LFP stuff)
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| Breakout 3: Wellness/Resilience & Post-Trauma Aftercare: Meaningful institutional support for front-line staff, event hosts/performers, volunteers, and audiences (Category: Collaborative Conversations)
| Facilitator: Alison Macrina
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| Facilitator: Regan
 
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| Powermapping: a tool used to understand who has power in our communities and workplaces, and how we can move them on the issues we care about (Category: Activism and organizing tools)
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| Breakout 4: Messaging part one: storytelling, positive and engaging library messaging, and building at the grassroots level (Category: Collaborative Conversations)
| Facilitator: Ariel Hahn
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| Facilitator: Sierra
 
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| Talking coworkers through privacy fears & into radicalization -- e.g. if people at work are hesitant to take a stance on Palestine (Category: Palestine and Category: Privacy and surveillance)  
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| Breakout 1: Local Advocacy 101: Submitting FOIAs, speaking at Public Meetings, and understanding local policy (Category: Structured Session)  
| Facilitator name: jaime ding  
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| Facilitator: Laney  
 
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| Student and other activist safety, anti-doxxing and anti-harassment (Category: Privacy and surveillance)
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| Breakout 2: Emerging Issues in Legislation and the Courts – Part 1. We will surface the most pressing legislative and legal issues currently impacting libraries, civil liberties, and civil rights. The goal is to map the fast-moving landscape together and highlight strategies that we can adapt in our own contexts
| Facilitator name: Leigh Ann
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| Facilitator: Greg 
 
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| Breakout 3: Community and coalition building 101 - Exploring partnerships with civil rights, education, labor, and grassroots organizing spaces to build durable, values-aligned coalitions. Participants will map shared goals and strategies with those outside traditional library networks. (Category: Collaborative Conversations)
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| Facilitator: Rebekah
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| Coalition building with other advocacy and activist groups, including those in the library world (Category: Activism and organizing tools)
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| Breakout 4: Messaging part two: storytelling, positive and engaging library messaging, building at the grassroots level (Category: Collaborative Conversations)  
| Facilitator: Aileen Haggerty
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| Facilitator: Terry
 
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| Teaching privacy and tech literacy in a library environment using a critical/abolitionist/social justice lens (Category: Privacy and surveillance)  
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| Breakout 1: Effectively working with legislators and lobbyists against censorship and for libraries (Category: Collaborative Conversations)
| Facilitator name: Carolyn Bennett Glauda
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| Facilitator name: Conrrado
 
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| Palestine in libraries and out in the world, covering censorship, anti-Palestinian racism, different forms of repression regarding occupied Palestine (Category: Palestine)
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| Breakout 2: How (library) policy can support event challenges, or: can policy support event challenges? And potentially crafting model policy. Design workshop (Category: Collaborative Conversations)
| Facilitator name: Maggie Schreiner
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| Facilitator: Amy
 
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| Breakout 3: Community and coalition building, part two (Category: Collaborative Conversations)
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| Facilitator: Kelly
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| Breakout session 4
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| Session 3
| Prison library services and increased censorship/surveillance of info access inside (Category: Intellectual freedom, censorship, and attacks on libraries)
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| Breakout 4: Supporting and amplifying vulnerable communities (Category: Collaborative Conversations)
| Facilitator name: lawrence
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| Facilitator: Barbara
 
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| AI, algorithmic literacy, and libraries (Category: Privacy and surveillance)  
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| Breakout 1: 10 years of Supreme Court decisions and their impact on libraries and intellectual freedom.  (Category: Structured Sessions)  
| Facilitator name: Reanna Esmail
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| Facilitator: Cole
 
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| Burnout, vocational awe, and choosing your battles (Category: Taking care of ourselves and each other)
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| Breakout 2: Harm reduction in a hostile political environment; political savviness in protecting IF in conservative and rural areas. (Category: Collaborative Conversations)
| Facilitator name: Liz Davis
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| Facilitator: Mack
 
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| Data security during protests (Category: Privacy and surveillance)  
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| Breakout 3: The Art of the Sneak: how to use every possible resource to survive in grassroots battles (Category: Collaborative Conversations)
| Facilitator: Tess Wilson
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| Facilitator: Jessica
 
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| Research and scholarship in library work (Category: General library stuff)
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| Breakout 4: Open space for connection, with some structured prompts
| Facilitator name: Shanna Hollich
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| Facilitator: Convening facilitators 
 
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| Community-centered approaches to library work (Category: Taking care of ourselves and each other)
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| Breakout 1: First Amendment “viewpoint neutrality” for public spaces: “a maximalist approach to free speech”, including best practices. Getting into specifics of what viewpoint neutrality means, alongside advice about how the library can have *its own values* and how this fits alongside of other legal commitments like anti-discrimination and what constitutes viewpoint discrimination (Category: Structured Sessions)
| Facilitator: Jennie Garner and Sam Helmick
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| Facilitator: Sarah
 
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| Breakout session 6
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| Session 5
| Library safety without cops (Category: General library stuff (doesn't easily fit in other categories))
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| Breakout 2: Emerging Issues in Legislation and the Courts – Part 2. Continuing the conversation, this session will focus on how recent and ongoing court cases are influencing the field. The group will unpack lessons from recent litigation, share insights from legislative campaigns, and consider strategies for preparing organizations and coalitions for the next wave of challenges and opportunities.
| Facilitator: Nikki 
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(Category: Structured Sessions)
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| Facilitator: Lucy
 
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| Making state/local/regional support networks and building sustainable communities of care (Category: Taking care of ourselves and each other)
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| Breakout 3: Safety/Security Sessions - staying safe in a 1A crisis; tracking opposition groups; connecting across space - building networks (Category: Collaborative Conversations)  
| Facilitator name: Esther
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| Facilitator: Taslynn
 
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| Library vendors and their discontents: privacy, big data, vendors being bought by private equity, consolidating into huge companies, etc (Category: Library vendors)
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| Breakout 4: Open space for connection, with some structured prompts
| Facilitator name: Frans Albarillo
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| Facilitator: Convening facilitators 
 
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Revision as of 15:59, 5 September 2025

Agenda

Day Time Agenda item
Monday 5 pm Arrival, dinner, and opening social mixer
Day Time Agenda item
Tuesday 8-9 am Breakfast
Tuesday 9 - 10:30 am Icebreaker and opening plenary: Getting to know who is in the room, identifying goals, community agreements, agenda review
Tuesday 10:30 - 11:30 am Session 1
Tuesday 11:30 - 11:45 am Break
Tuesday 11:45 am - 12:45 pm Session 2
Tuesday 12:45 - 1:45 pm Lunch
Tuesday 1:45 - 2:45 pm Session 3
Tuesday 2:45 - 3 pm Break
Tuesday 3 - 4 pm Session 4
Tuesday 3:45 - 4 pm Break
Tuesday 4 - 5 pm Session 5
Tuesday 5 - 6 pm All group recap
Tuesday 6 pm Dinner
Tuesday After dinner Social time
Day Time Agenda item
Wednesday 8 - 9 am Breakfast
Wednesday 9 am Brief re-intros, day 1 takeaways, agenda review, affinity group intros
Wednesday 10 am - 12 pm Affinity groups
Wednesday 11 am Checkout
Wednesday 12 - 1 pm Lunch
Wednesday 1 - 2 pm Closing share and affinity group action items
Timeslot Session topic Facilitator
Session 1 Breakout 1: Power in Practice: Tools for Everyday Advocacy: Equipping frontline library workers and community advocates with practical, replicable tools for local and state-level action. This session invites sharing of templates, workflows, and stories from the field that others can immediately adapt. (Category: Structured Session) Facilitator: Sam
Session 1 Breakout 2: Group discussion of Project 2025 (Category: Structured Session) Facilitator: Maggie
Session 1 Breakout 3: Wellness/Resilience & Post-Trauma Aftercare: Meaningful institutional support for front-line staff, event hosts/performers, volunteers, and audiences (Category: Collaborative Conversations) Facilitator: Regan
Session 1 Breakout 4: Messaging part one: storytelling, positive and engaging library messaging, and building at the grassroots level (Category: Collaborative Conversations) Facilitator: Sierra
Session 2 Breakout 1: Local Advocacy 101: Submitting FOIAs, speaking at Public Meetings, and understanding local policy (Category: Structured Session) Facilitator: Laney
Session 2 Breakout 2: Emerging Issues in Legislation and the Courts – Part 1. We will surface the most pressing legislative and legal issues currently impacting libraries, civil liberties, and civil rights. The goal is to map the fast-moving landscape together and highlight strategies that we can adapt in our own contexts

(Category: Structured Session)

Facilitator: Greg
Session 2 Breakout 3: Community and coalition building 101 - Exploring partnerships with civil rights, education, labor, and grassroots organizing spaces to build durable, values-aligned coalitions. Participants will map shared goals and strategies with those outside traditional library networks. (Category: Collaborative Conversations) Facilitator: Rebekah
Session 2 Breakout 4: Messaging part two: storytelling, positive and engaging library messaging, building at the grassroots level (Category: Collaborative Conversations) Facilitator: Terry
Session 3 Breakout 1: Effectively working with legislators and lobbyists against censorship and for libraries (Category: Collaborative Conversations) Facilitator name: Conrrado
Session 3 Breakout 2: How (library) policy can support event challenges, or: can policy support event challenges? And potentially crafting model policy. Design workshop (Category: Collaborative Conversations) Facilitator: Amy
Session 3 Breakout 3: Community and coalition building, part two (Category: Collaborative Conversations) Facilitator: Kelly
Session 3 Breakout 4: Supporting and amplifying vulnerable communities (Category: Collaborative Conversations) Facilitator: Barbara
Session 4 Breakout 1: 10 years of Supreme Court decisions and their impact on libraries and intellectual freedom. (Category: Structured Sessions) Facilitator: Cole
Session 4 Breakout 2: Harm reduction in a hostile political environment; political savviness in protecting IF in conservative and rural areas. (Category: Collaborative Conversations) Facilitator: Mack
Session 4 Breakout 3: The Art of the Sneak: how to use every possible resource to survive in grassroots battles (Category: Collaborative Conversations) Facilitator: Jessica
Session 4 Breakout 4: Open space for connection, with some structured prompts Facilitator: Convening facilitators
Session 5 Breakout 1: First Amendment “viewpoint neutrality” for public spaces: “a maximalist approach to free speech”, including best practices. Getting into specifics of what viewpoint neutrality means, alongside advice about how the library can have *its own values* and how this fits alongside of other legal commitments like anti-discrimination and what constitutes viewpoint discrimination (Category: Structured Sessions) Facilitator: Sarah
Session 5 Breakout 2: Emerging Issues in Legislation and the Courts – Part 2. Continuing the conversation, this session will focus on how recent and ongoing court cases are influencing the field. The group will unpack lessons from recent litigation, share insights from legislative campaigns, and consider strategies for preparing organizations and coalitions for the next wave of challenges and opportunities.
(Category: Structured Sessions)
Facilitator: Lucy
Session 5 Breakout 3: Safety/Security Sessions - staying safe in a 1A crisis; tracking opposition groups; connecting across space - building networks (Category: Collaborative Conversations) Facilitator: Taslynn
Session 5 Breakout 4: Open space for connection, with some structured prompts Facilitator: Convening facilitators