Shaping the Future Together: How Libraries Can Support Communities of Color (Black History Month Symposium)
On Wednesday, 23 February 2022, the iSchool hosted its Black History Month Free Symposium titled "Shaping the Future Together: How Libraries Can Support Communities of Color". Co-keynote speakers Julius Jefferson, past president of the American Library Association, and Jen\xe9 D. Brown, president of the California Library Association and director of emerging technologies and collections at Los Angeles Public Library, led the rich discussion.
\n\nCo-Keynote Addresses:\n
-Julius Jefferson, Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress\n
-Jen\xe9 D. Brown, Los Angeles Public Library
The Diverse Needs of the Black Community Panel Discussion (10:45 \u2013 11:55 a.m. Pacific Time) \n
-Forrest Foster \u2013 Bluford Library, North Carolina A&T State University\n
-Brian Hart \u2013 Forsyth County Public Libraries\n
-Wanda Brown \u2013 Winston-Salem State University (WSSU);\n
-Yolande Wilburn \u2013 Santa Cruz Public Libraries\n
-Shannon Jones \u2013 Medical University of South Carolina
Access the captioned version of this webcast at https://youtu.be/y8UUB2grt4c