LFI 2026/weekend

LFI 2026 weekend meeting

Intro

This is an in-person weekend meeting for the 2026 cohort of Library Freedom Institute.

Please read and abide by our community documents

Community Agreements

• W.A.I.T. – Why Am I Talking?
• Recognize Power & Privilege
• E.L.M.O. - Enough Let's Move On
• Make Space, Take Space
• Confidentiality/Chill Chatham House Rule
• Provide Grace and Be Forgiving
• Oops/Ouch Accountability
• Self Care and Community Care
• Write Bigger/Speak Up/Deaf Applause and Hand Signals
• One Mic, One Speaker
• Get On Stack
• Someone Remembers to Keep Time
• Someone Remembers to Take Notes

Weekend details at a glance

Date	Time	What's happening
April 17th	all day/everyone arrives	Optional group activities in the daytime - meet outside the hotel at 1 pm! Or check in on Discord to join us later
April 18th	9:15 - 4	Meeting day one: Asian Arts Initiative
April 18th	5:30 pm	Group dinner: Dim Sum Garden
April 19th	9:15 - 3	Meeting day two: Asian Arts Initiative

Public transit to the hotel

• From the airport: There is an easy and convenient SEPTA airport train that runs every 30 minutes. It will take you very close to the hotel and venue. Follow signs for the airport train. Take it to Jefferson stop, walk 10 minutes to the hotel.
• From 30th Street Station (Amtrak): Follow signs for SEPTA out of the station and across the street. Take the L going eastbound, get off at 11th street, walk 10 minutes to the hotel.

Venue

Asian Arts Initiative 1219 Vine St Philadelphia, PA 19107

Hotel

Best Western Plus Philadelphia Convention Center Hotel 1225 Vine St Philadelphia, PA 19107

Health protocols

We will provide masks, hand sanitizer, and covid tests at the meeting. Please stay home if you feel sick.

Lunch options near the venue

• Reading Terminal Market: Lots and lots of options here, though it gets crowded and seating becomes scarce. Alison's faves are Herschel's Deli (turkey rachel), El Merkury (bean and cheese pupusas), Miller's Twist (breakfast pretzel and a lemonade), DiNic's (roast pork sandwich with broccoli rabe and provolone, better than a cheesesteak imo), Tambayan (Filipinx place, lots of good options), Little Thai (lots of good options), Deiner's BBQ Chicken, and vegans might like Luhv's Vegan Deli.
• La Colombe Coffee: Not actually lunch, coffee and pastries, but it's the closest good coffee.
• Waterfront Gourmet: Immediately next door to La Colombe, has decent sandwiches and really good smoothies
• Chinatown: Many options. Alison's picks are Nan Zhou Hand Drawn Noodle House, Spice-C, Penang, or Vietnam restaurant. There's also a million bubble tea places.

Group dinner

Dim Sum Garden, 1020 Race Street. 0.3 miles from the hotel. 5:30 pm on Saturday.