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Communities in Crisis: partnering to tackle the literacy crisis Online

Join us for our next Knowledge Builder Webinar session with Jennifer Eisenreich of Shift Show Commication! As library staff, you tend and curate collections that represent history told in ways anyone can understand. You fight for the accurate versions of history to be protected and made available. You protect truth in all forms. You represent the stories that inspire, inform, and delight; written in ways that reflect the spirit of every person. Your relationship with students and patrons opens the door to their relationship with actual reality, ways to cope with it, and intelligent distractions from it. Despite everything you do, our communities are in crisis when it comes to literacy. 

In this session, we will discuss:

  • The literacy crisis and why our rates are dropping
  • The conditions worsening the epidemic
    • The phone-based childhood
      • What it is, why it is dangerous, what it looks like statistically
    • How we can lead efforts for kids (all ages) and families to unplug
  • Making connections with the community and other organizations 
    • Why connecting with the people in our libraries is crucial and why it is difficult
    • How it is the beginning of successful leadership in this thought area
    • The way connections are built through simple interactions
Date:
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Time:
10:00am - 11:00am
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Sponsor:
Southern Maryland Regional Library Association (SMRLA)
Online:
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Audience:
  Library Staff     Library Staff - Public Libraries  
Categories:
  Communication     Community Engagement     Core Library Skills     Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility     Technology     Youth Services  

Registration is required. There are 33 seats available.

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Jennifer Hopwood

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