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2021 LFI cohorts 3 and 4 meeting

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Community Agreements

To be decided together

Venue

Calvary United Methodist Church, 801 48th Street, on the southeast corner of 48th Street & Baltimore Avenue. Our activities will likely all be on the first floor. The building is accessible via ramp or stairs. It's a chill place with lots of natural light.

Hotel

Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel 3549 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (room assignments to come). Elevator accessible, no stairs to climb at all as far as I know.

Group dinner

White Dog Cafe, TBD. The private rooms might be down a flight of stairs, but I am currently working on this and will update with accessibility info.

Weekend details at a glance

Date	Time	What's happening
August 6	all day/everyone arrives	social stuff in the evening (ideas to come)
August 7	10-4 at Calvary	possible group dinner, details to come; social stuff
August 8	10-3 at Calvary

Things to know before your arrival in Philly

Transit from airport

• Getting from the Philly airport to West Philly is extremely easy! There is an airport train that runs frequently: https://www.septa.org/welcome/airport.html. Tickets are $8; buy your ticket on the platform before you get on the train and save the receipt! If the train is arriving when you're getting to the platform and you need to run to catch it, be aware that it's cash only on the train! You'll want to take the train to 30th Street Station. It's a 15 minute walk from the station to the hotel.
• If you're arriving via Amtrak, you're getting into 30th Street Station too. It's a 15 minute walk from the station to the hotel.
• If you need to take a taxi or rideshare from the airport, that is okay, just let Alison know first so that we can budget. Also, it would be great to coordinate with other people who are arriving at the same time.

Transit locally (incl bikes)

• All of our "official" locations - hotel, venue, and dinner - are accessible by multiple forms of public transit.
• SEPTA is our transit system here and you can get pretty good info about scheduling via whatever your preferred transit app is (also there's a SEPTA app if you want to download that). SEPTA rides are $2.50 each way; you can pay with cash or you can get daily passes in stations where there are ticket machines. You can also buy a SEPTA keycard for $5 and add money to it; with a keycard, fares are $2 and transfers are $1, so if you're planning to stick around in Philly and take transit a lot, it might be worth it.
• The best way to take SEPTA from the hotel to the venue is via the 34 trolley. Get on at the station at 36th and Market (I think there is an elevator at this station, which is underground) and take it to 48th and Baltimore (it will leave you off above ground). Trolleys are unfortunately not accessible; you have to walk up a couple of steps to get on and down a couple of steps to get off (buses are abundant and accessible). When you are exiting the trolley from the back door, you have to step down onto the steps for the trolley doors to open.
• Parking for people who drove
• Bikes to rent

Who

Add yourself to this table if you want folks to know you're coming!

Name	Pronouns	Location	Cohort	Library	Group dinner on Saturday night?
Alison	she/her	Philly	∞		yes
Shelley	They/them -or- She/her	Philly	4	Free Library of Philadelphia
Mack	he/him	Atlanta	3	TBA...
Kimberly	she/her/y'all	NYC	4	Columbia University Libraries
Holly	she/her	Oregon	3	Jackson County Library Services
Michelle	she/her	DMV	4	Alexandria Library
Megan	She/Her	Bay Area, CA	4	Burlingame Public Library

Ideas for outings/things to do together

alison todo -nametags -lanyards -swag stockup