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LFP regional hub events: Atlanta

Intro

• A space for LFP members and our invited community to meet, learn organizing skills, share about library work, and be in community together.
• February 9-11, 2024, location in Atlanta TBD

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
• Provide Grace and Be Forgiving
• Yes/and; Both/and
• Self Care and Community Care
• Oops/Ouch Accountability
• Jargon Giraffe/Say Your Acronyms
• Write Bigger/Speak Up/Deaf Applause
• One Mic, One Speaker

Venue

TBD

Food

TBD (will included catering info and local recommendations)

What to bring

Wear comfortable, casual clothing. Bring proof of a negative covid test, a mask, and additional covid tests if you wish. Bring something to take notes. The venue has wifi. Bring any swag that you want to share with other attendees - eg zines, union buttons, fun stuff from your library.

Transit and parking

TBD

Covid protocols

Due to a rise in COVID infections, we are requiring masks to be worn during the weekend, and negative tests from all participants upon arrival, and will have some extra tests available. We will open windows in the venue, weather permitting. Our meeting space may not make much physical distancing possible. If you are not comfortable in this type of space, we'd love to welcome you to one of our many virtual trainings - contact [email protected] for more information.

Agenda draft

Most of the time together will be fairly open-ended with ample time for discussion. We may do a couple of lecture-style presentations on Friday evening, and we may also do an agenda setting activity where we prompt people to share what they want to discuss. The basic framework of the agenda will come together soon and we'll share with all RSVPs; in the meantime, you can take a look at the agenda from our previous meeting in Philly: https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/Main_Page/Regional_hubs/Mid_Atlantic/Philly

Agenda suggestions to incorporate

• training and conversations /how to approach all the information and give both public and librarians information about privacy for both library and public
• building grassroots support
• serving homeless patrons
• de-escalation strategies
• training on latest technologies
• specific roles/help that LFP needs
• the best way to respond to those these First Amendment audit incidents in libraries
• health information privacy
• collection development policies
• how to address challenges and bans in the library
• a conversation on Palestine and other countries that are experiencing genocide and how libraries can speak up and out against the continuous genocide
• discussions on building support for unions
• something about the power of southern libraries and archives!
• strategies and ideas for unionizing (existing movements, potential for collaboration/regional union, etc.)
• censorship, book bans, intellectual/academic freedom (regional solidarity, action steps)
• training opportunities for academic libraries
• academic librarians networking with colleagues in public libraries
• opportunities for academic librarians to teach workshops and write grants with colleagues working in public or other libraries
• vendors and privacy
• issues related to patrons' privacy, confidentiality, and social justice

Day	Time	Agenda item	Facilitator
Friday	5-6:30 (we will have pizza but BYO dinner if you wish)	Introductions, community agreements, review overall agenda	Alison
Friday	6:30-8	Agenda building for Saturday - sticky note generator and dot voting activity	Alison and Tess
Saturday	9-10 am	Arrivals, coffee, low-key community connection
Saturday	10-11 am	Brief re-introductions, review community agreements and expectations, space, and agenda	Alison and Tess
Saturday	11 - 11:45 am	Self-organized discussions based on agenda
Saturday	11:45 - 12:45	Group activity: SWOT analysis in libraries
Saturday	12:45 - 2 pm	Lunch - see local options on wiki
Saturday	2-2:15	SWOT analysis share
Saturday	2:15 - 3	Group activity: Red team vs blue team
Saturday	3-3:15	Notetaking, reflection, and share on red team vs blue team activity
Saturday	3:15 - 3:30	Break
Saturday	3:30 - 4:15	Self-organized sessions
Saturday	4:15 - 5	Self-organized sessions
Saturday	5-6	Closing share out - thinking and feeling takeaways, action items, next steps, and space clean up
Saturday	7 pm?	Social activity TBD