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Latest revision as of 16:36, 17 October 2025

Agenda[edit]

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 (list of breakouts in session 1 are at the bottom of this page)
Tuesday 11:30 - 11:45 am Break
Tuesday 11:45 am - 12:45 pm Session 2 (list of breakouts in session 2 are at the bottom of this page)
Tuesday 12:45 - 1:45 pm Lunch
Tuesday 1:45 - 2:45 pm Session 3 (list of breakouts in session 3 are at the bottom of this page)
Tuesday 2:45 - 3 pm Break
Tuesday 3 - 4 pm Session 4 (list of breakouts in session 4 are at the bottom of this page)
Tuesday 4 - 4:15pm Break
Tuesday 4:15 - 5:15 pm Session 5 (list of breakouts in session 5 are at the bottom of this page)
Tuesday 5:15 - 6 pm All group recap
Tuesday 6 pm Dinner
Tuesday After dinner Social time
Day Time Agenda item
Wednesday 8 am - check out of rooms and store luggage
Wednesday 8 - 9 am Breakfast
Wednesday 9 am Brief re-intros, day 1 takeaways, agenda review, affinity group intros
Wednesday 10 am - 11 am Affinity groups
Wednesday 11 am -12 pm Lunch
Wednesday 12 - 1 pm Affinity groups continue
Wednesday 1 - 2 pm Closing share and affinity group action items
Breakout session timeslot (all are Tuesday) Breakout 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 Conversation) Facilitator: Regan
Session 1 Breakout 4: Messaging part one: storytelling, positive and engaging library messaging, and building at the grassroots level (Category: Collaborative Conversation) 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 Conversation) Facilitator: Rebekah
Session 2 Breakout 4: Messaging part two: storytelling, positive and engaging library messaging, building at the grassroots level (Category: Collaborative Conversation) Facilitator: Terry
Session 3 Breakout 1: Effectively working with legislators and lobbyists against censorship and for libraries (Category: Collaborative Conversation) Facilitator name: Conrrado
Session 3 Breakout 2: Crafting Library Policy For Tomorrow’s Challenges (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 Session) 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 Session) 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 Session) Facilitator: Lucy
Session 5 Breakout 3: Safety/Security Session - staying safe in a 1A crisis; tracking opposition groups; connecting across space - building networks (Category: Collaborative Conversations) Facilitator: Tasslyn
Session 5 Breakout 4: Open space for connection, with some structured prompts Facilitator: Convening facilitators