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  • Thursday, Jun 22nd
    9:00 AM - 3:30 PM CT
    Freedom to Read Foundation Board of Trustees and Liaisons Business Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W476
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  • Thursday, Jun 22nd
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM CT
    A Rally for the Right to Read featuring Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Grand Ballroom
    Speaker: Ibram X Kendi
    Presenter: Leila Green Little
    Presenter: Jamie M. Gregory (she/her/hers)
    Presenter: Becky Calzada (she/her/hers) – Leander ISD
    Presenter: Vickery Bowles (she/her/hers) – Toronto Public Library
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  • Friday, Jun 23rd
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    Assembling Your Consultant Tool Kit: What you Need to Know to Become a Successful Consultant
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Presenter: Claire Dygert
    Presenter: Martha Kyrillidou – QualityMetrics LLC
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  • Friday, Jun 23rd
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    Preservation in Action
    Location: Off Site, Off Site
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  • Friday, Jun 23rd
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    Council Committee on Sustainability
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Hyde Park B
    Moderator: Matthew Bollerman (he/him/his) – Hauppauge Public Library
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  • Friday, Jun 23rd
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Meeting #1
    Location: McCormick Place, W475a
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    News You Can Use—Changing the Narrative: ALA Policy Corps Takes On Book Banners
    Location: McCormick Place, W180
    Moderator: Kenton Oliver (he/him/his) – ALA PPA
    Presenter: Amanda Kordeliski (she/her/hers) – Norman (OK) Public Schools
    Presenter: Becky Calzada (she/her/hers) – Leander ISD
    Presenter: Erin MacFarlane (she/her/hers) – Arizona Library Association
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    The Data Storytelling Toolkit for Librarians
    Location: McCormick Place, W176c
    Presenter: Kate McDowell (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    Presenter: Matt Turk
    Presenter: Xinhui Hu – University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences
    Presenter: Zachary Stier (he/him/his) – University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Architecture for Public Libraries Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Erie
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Awards for Buildings & Interiors Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark C
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Core 101 & Meet/Greet
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park ABC
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    President's Program (AASL) - Freedom to Read Ambassadors
    Location: McCormick Place, W196a
    Presenter: Becky Calzada (she/her/hers) – Leander ISD
    Presenter: Sonja Cherry-Paul (she/her/hers) – Red Clay Educators
    Presenter: Amanda Jones, MEd (she/her/hers) – Louisiana Association of School Librarians
    Presenter: Kelly Yang
    Moderator: Kathy Lester (she/her/hers) – American Association of School Librarians
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    APALA President's Program 2023: Forging a New Path: Asian American Representation in Publishing, Librarianship, and Media
    Location: McCormick Place, W183b
    Presenter: Annie Pho (she/her/hers) – APALA
    Presenter: Elaine Tai
    Presenter: Charles Kim (he/him/his) – Third State Books
    Presenter: Stephanie Lim
    Presenter: Michelle Li (she/her/hers) – The Very Asian Foundation
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE) Meeting
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Philosophy
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    International Relations Committee Meeting
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Anthropology
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Project Management Interest Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Cultivating, Applying, and Assessing the DEIA Lens: Building on the diversity count
    Location: McCormick Place, W176ab
    Presenter: Steven Adams – Northwestern University
    Presenter: Kawanna M. Bright (she/her/hers) – East Carolina University
    Presenter: dela Dos, n/a – ARL
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Reconsideration Committee: Strengthening our Response to Customer Challenges
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Sarah Peterson – ALA, PLA
    Presenter: Sarah Peterson – ALA, PLA
    Presenter: Amanda Oyama (she/her/hers) – ALA
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    Fundraising & Sponsorships Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 1
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    Library Interiors, Furnishings, and Equipment Committee Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Boardroom 3
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    1:00 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Going to the Root: Libraries, Adult Literacy, and the Interruption of Generational Poverty
    Location: McCormick Place, W375e/Skyline
    Moderator: Jai Winston – John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
    Speaker: Matthew Desmond
    Speaker: Ken Bigger (he/him/his) – ALA Center for the Future of Libraries
    Speaker: Tracie D. Hall – American Library Association
    Speaker: Deborah Kennedy – National Coalition for Literacy
    Speaker: Federico Salas-Isnardi – Mayor’s Office for Adult Literacy in Houston
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Privacy Subcommittee Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W177
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Member Engagement Coordination Committee Meeting
    Location: Marriott Marquis, Calculus
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    US-Iran Relations in the Biden Era
    Location: McCormick Place, W195
    Moderator: Al Kagan – University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
    Presenter: Trita Parsi
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Core President's Program Featuring Angela Saini
    Location: Hilton Chicago, International South
    Moderator: Margaret Heller – Loyola University Chicago
    Presenter: Angela Saini
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  • Saturday, Jun 24th
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT
    Core Happy Hour - Hard Rock Cafe Chicago (Outdoor Patio) Sponsored by EBSCO
    Location: Off Site, Off Site
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Building & Operations All Section Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Protecting the Freedom to Access Reproductive Health Information
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Michelle Gibeault – Smith College Libraries
    Presenter: Glen J. Benedict, n/a – University of the District of Columbia
    Presenter: Julie Oborny (she/her/hers) – San Jose Public Library
    Presenter: Theresa Chmara, J.D. – Freedom to Read Foundation
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Thinking Outside of Your Positionalities: Centering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility in Your Library
    Location: McCormick Place, W187a
    Moderator: Sherre L. Harrington – Berry College
    Presenter: April Sheppard, n/a (she/them) – Arkansas State University
    Presenter: Wendy Crist (she/her/hers) – Arkansas State University
    Presenter: Kael Moffat – Saint Martin's University
    Presenter: Stephanie Robertson, MA, MLISc (she/her/hers) – BYU–Hawaii
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford Room
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Manga Connects to BIPOC Teens
    Location: McCormick Place, W196a
    Moderator: Jillian Rudes – New York City Department of Education
    Presenter: Joe Sanchez (he/him/his) – City University of New York - Queens College
    Presenter: Tony Weaver, Jr. (he/him/his) – Weird Enough Productions
    Presenter: Frederick Jones
    Presenter: Renee Scott (she/her/hers) – New York Public Library
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Metadata Interest Group Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Williford Room
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations Interest Group
    Location: McCormick Place, W183c
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM CT
    Metadata & Collections All Section Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, International South
    Presenter: Lacie Griffin (she/her/hers) – Johnson County Library
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Bringing Art and Humor into your Libraries with Art Baltazar
    Location: McCormick Place, W181c
    Moderator: Spenser Nellis – Papercutz Graphic Novels
    Presenter: Art Baltazar – Papercutz Graphic Novels
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Help! They’re coming for our books!
    Location: McCormick Place, W185a
    Moderator: Kelsey Michelle Flynn (they/them/theirs) – Federal Librarian
    Presenter: Jonathan Friedman (he/him/his) – PEN America
    Presenter: John Chrastka – EveryLibrary
    Presenter: Angela Ocana – Eugene Public Library
    Presenter: Christine Emeran (she/her/hers)
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    11:00 AM - 2:00 PM CT
    The PR Xchange Event
    Location: McCormick Place, W194b
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    Changing the Representation of Disabilities in Description & Classification
    Location: McCormick Place, W176c
    Moderator: Violet Fox (she/her/hers) – Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University
    Presenter: Mackenzie Johnson (he/him/his) – Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
    Presenter: Trina Soderquist (she/her/hers) – The Library of Congress
    Presenter: Carlie Forsythe (She/They) – Fanshawe College
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) Meeting
    Location: McCormick Place, W475a
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    Make the Most of Banned Books Week
    Location: McCormick Place, W194a
    Presenter: Betsy Gomez (she/her/hers) – ALA
    Presenter: Cheryl Davis – The Authors Guild
    Presenter: Christine Emeran (she/her/hers)
    Presenter: Sarah Miller (she/her/hers) – NCTE
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Access & Equity All Section Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Waldorf Room
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Technology All Section Meeting
    Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick, Jackson Park ABC
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Autism is Welcome Here: Increase Access and Inclusion For Neurodivergent Youth
    Location: McCormick Place, W185d
    Moderator: Suzi N. Tonini – Colorado State Library, Colorado Department of Education
    Presenter: Suzi N. Tonini – Colorado State Library, Colorado Department of Education
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Nurturing Writers Workshops in Prison
    Location: McCormick Place, W186
    Moderator: Moira Marquis (she/her/hers) – PEN America
    Presenter: Jerilynne Stewart, MLS (she/her/hers) – SCI Mahanoy
    Presenter: Caits Meissner – PEN America
    Presenter: Sterling Cunio
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    The Storm is Already Here: A National Survey of Public Library Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience
    Location: McCormick Place, W176ab
    Moderator: Monika J. Antonelli, MS, MSLS – Minnesota State University, Mankato
    Presenter: Monika J. Antonelli, MS, MSLS – Minnesota State University, Mankato
    Presenter: René Tanner (she/her/hers) – Rollins College
    Presenter: Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MLS, Certified Sustainable Building Advisor (CSBA), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) (she/her/hers) – Mid-Hudson Library System
    Presenter: Adrian K. Ho – University of Chicago
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Meeting #2
    Location: McCormick Place, W475a
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  • Sunday, Jun 25th
    4:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    John Cotton Dana Awards and Reception
    Location: Palmer House, Empire Room
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  • Monday, Jun 26th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Creative Aging: Cultivating Healthier Older Adulthood For Library Patrons Through Social and Creative Engagement
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Moderator: Jennifer Sulligan (she/her/hers) – Somerset County Library System of New Jersey
    Presenter: Jennifer Sulligan (she/her/hers) – Somerset County Library System of New Jersey
    Presenter: Amy DelPo – Denver Public Library
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  • Monday, Jun 26th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Is Your Library Challenge Ready?
    Location: McCormick Place, W183a
    Moderator: Val Edwards (she/her/hers) – Madison Metropolitan School District
    Presenter: Val Edwards (she/her/hers) – Madison Metropolitan School District
    Presenter: Maegan Heindel – Madison Metropolitan School District
    Presenter: Becky Calzada (she/her/hers) – Leander ISD
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  • Monday, Jun 26th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Promoting Climate Change Resiliency: The Intersection of Climate Change and Mental Health
    Location: McCormick Place, W185bc
    Presenter: Sami Aaron (she/her/hers) – The Resilient Activist
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  • Monday, Jun 26th
    12:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Core Board Meeting
    Location: Hilton Chicago, Marquette Room
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  • Monday, Jun 26th
    3:30 PM - 6:00 PM CT
    AIA Awards and Reception
    Location: Off Site, Off Site
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