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This spreadsheet is provided as an informal tool to connect individuals who are seeking ideas and/or collaboration on session proposals for ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2021. It is not monitored by SAA or the 2021 Program Committee and is not part of the official submission process. Read the full Call for Program Proposals: https://www2.archivists.org/am2021/program/call-for-program-proposals.
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Name: Session ProposerContact InformationTopic PresentationldeaName(s) of interested partiesContact Information
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Dara Bakerdabaker.research@gmail.comGetting the Word Out on Digital ReferencegcyyBased on an article I just wrote, I think a presentation focused on how the community has been able to communicate, onnovate and reimagine reference and digital only content for our research communities. Kaitlin D'Amico, Mike Millerkdamico@azlibrary.gov; mike.miller@austintexas.gov
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April Anderson-Zornaander2@ilstu.eduRepresentation in Crowdsourced PlatformsgI recently wrapped up an SAA Foundation grant that helped to write dozens of new Wikipedia pages for underrepresented archivists. My grad student, who created the pages, had an extraordinarily difficult time getting moderator approval for these pages, despite the fact they were well written and in community guidelines. I'd like to put together a panel that includes others who have worked to document other communities, archivists, etc in online environments and discuss the challenges and successes of the work. This work is also great for student projects during COVID.
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Eli Arnoldearnold@oglethorpe.eduLessons Learned from Remote Archival Workhvuioohh andI have the germ of an idea rolling around in my head. Something about the move to remote working for student assistants in archives and how we can use the lessons learned once we are back in person. Maybe ideas of remote projects for students or how to digitize the resources they need for other projects? I’d love to chat with others who have supervised archival student assistants and had to pivot to online projects. Maybe we can chat and brainstorm. Thanks, y'all!Katie Nash, Krista Oldham, Derek Webb; Jennifer McGillan; Christy Fic; Colleen Bradley-Sanders, Audrey Swartzkatie.nash@wisc.edu; kristao@clemson.edu; webbds@uwm.edu; diazmariaangel@gmail.com; jmcgillan@library.msstate.edu; cmfic@ship.edu; C.Bradley-Sanders17@brooklyn.cuny.edu, aeswartz@ksu.edu
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Su Zhangsuzhang@unm.eduHistorical Aerial Photos Online GeoreferecningI would like to organize a special focus session to explore new techniques and methods that can assist with historical aerial photo scanning, digitizing, documenting, and web-publication. Sharon Carlsonsharon.carlson@wmich.edu
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Alexandra deGraffenreidaad5597@psu.eduIntegrating Reparative Work Programmatically into WorkflowsWe are working to integrate reparative work to more ethically redescribe and reprocess collections into our programmatic workflows. We think this is necessary because problems of coded, offensive, problematic, or absent language are exist throughout holdings. I'm interested in talking about how reparative work can't be a "special project," but it has to be a programmatic approach as a factor in assessment and prioritization. Potential topics include: incorporating inclusive description as a factor in assessment, processing project prioritization, digitization project prioritization, local workflow revisions, implementations, and balancing extensible processing with needs for slower reparative work.Katie Sutrina-Haney, Krista Oldham, Chas Cassidy, Julia Corrin, Megan Mummeykatie.sutrina-haney@indstate.edu; kristao@clemson.edu, kaylagc2@illinois.edu; jcorrin@andrew.cmu.edu, megan.mummey@uky.edu
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Rebecca Pattillo and Kyna Herzingerrebecca.pattillo@louisville.edu; kyna.herzinger@louisville.eduReflections on Covid-19 Documentation Projects & the Ethics of Active Collecting During Difficult TimesFollowing the arrival of Covid19 to North America, many institutions rapidly created contemporary documentation projects focused on collecting ways the pandemic was affecting everyday lives. But did our instinct to rapidly collect these Covid19 stories make us short-sighted to the ethical implications? A blog post from Eira Tansey brought up salient points regarding collecting around trauma where she described the initial ferver to collect Covid-19 and protest materials as “the newest form of archival commodification.” Throughout a multitude of virtual conferences, many other institutions have echoed our own institution’s lack of submissions and response to these documentation projects. What does this lack of engagement reveal? Was our desire to collect history as it unfolded really just a way to “keep up with the jones”, provide staff and students with work from home projects, or were there deeper implications of exploitation and commodification? How do we approach active collecting going forward? This session seeks to be a call to reflect on the ethical implications of Covid19 documentation projects. Two of the presenters are from University of Louisville and will discuss how they began to question their Covid19 documentation project and their motives as it became apparent that the virus disproportionately affected BIPOC Americans; in addition to the unfolding Justice for Breonna Taylor movement which influenced how they chose to document the ongoing protests and demonstrations in Louisville. We are seeking other participants who created or questioned Covid19 documentation projects and are interested in the idea of a working session potentially with breakouts or an activity. Lets brainstorm together.Leanna Barcelona, Heather Stecklein, Katherine Schlesinger, Elizabeth James, Summer Shetenhelm, Jamie Joycebarceln2@uic.edu, steckleinh@uwstout.edu, kschlesinger@email.arizona.edu, jamese@marshall.edu; sshetenhelm@scu.edu, Jamie@SocietyLibrary.comPanel is full - thanks!
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Colleen Hoelscherchoelsch@trinity.eduTeaching with Archives in the Virtual Classroom(Lightning talk) Archival instruction in the online classroom is very different than it is in the physical reading room. For many of the classes that visit special collections or archives, the physical is central to the experience, and difficult to convey over Zoom. Panelists will share examples of successful virtual instruction activities, highlighting tools and pedagogical strategies that can be applied to a variety of collections. Hoping to have 10 or so presenters speaking for 3-5 minutes each, representing a variety of institution types (research universities, liberal arts colleges, K12, etc), working with students in a broad range of subject areas (not just History!), and who used new tools or approaches or created unique instruction activities. Heather Stecklein, Micaela Terronez, Stacey Flores Chandler, Kara Flynn, Veronica Denison, Stefanie Hilles, Molly Brown, Katie Nash, Debbie Whalen, Kathleen Broeder, Sonia Pacheco, Carol Street, Sheon Montgomery, Elizabeth Reillysteckleinh@uwstout.edu,
mterronez@knox.edu, stacey.chandler@nara.gov, kf025@uark.edu, vldenison@ksu.edu, hillessa@miamioh.edu, mo.brown@northeastern.edu, katie.nash@wisc.edu, debbie.whalen@eku.edu, kathleen.broeder@dixie.edu, spacheco@umassd.edu; carolstreet@uky.edu ; sheon.montgomery@ttu.edu; elizabeth.reilly@louisville.edu
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Scott Grimwood Scott.Grimwood@ssmhealth.comCollecting COVID(Lighting Talk)  A discussion of how archives from different types of institutions (corporate, museums, universities) documented your organizations response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This would also be an opportunity t include information on how you ahd to change your work flow during the pandemic.  Looking for six to eight presenters.Erik Bauer, Johanna Russ (more interested in the how we adapted workflows, etc. than in the documenting part), Katie Nash, Jennifer Woods (also more interested in the adapted workflows), Christina Velazquez Fidler, DiAnna Hemsath (I presented on this topic during the STHC section during SAA 2020, but could provide a project update and changes to scope); East Carolina Univeristy ("Documenting COVID-19 in Eastern North Carolina", would give overview of our planning,,current status, lessons learned, future goals), Wake Forest Universityerbauer@mac.com, jruss@chipublib.org, katie.nash@wisc.edu, jenkruse1@gmail.com, cfidler@berkeley.edu, dianna.hemsath@unmc.edu; cobourna18@ecu.edu; rutledmr@wfu.edu
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Chris Tanguayctanguay@mit.eduCollective bargaining in a remote worldDiscussion of collective bargaining and unionization at a distanceConor Casey (Labor Archives of Washigton, SEIU 925 UW Libraries Union oraganizing committee member) cmcasey@uw.edu
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Nicole Bubolonjbubolo@gmail.comDisabilityidea -- looking for collaborators: how changes to a digital focused world has expanded, (and limited), access to peoples with various disabilities as users and professionalsZachary Tumlin; Gayle Schechter (can bring personal as well as professional perspective to this issue with experience switching from organizing an in-person conference to a virtual one)zachary.tumlin@gmail.com; gayle.schechter@gmail.com
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Ryan Leimkuehlerrleimkue@ksu.eduRecords Management/System Implimentation Case Studies or lightning talksPossible lighting talk or indepth panel. I am happy to discuss further, what this session could be, but I envision: A group of records managers or archivists to discuss implementation of record keeping/managing/generating systems in their organizations. My section would focus on the implementation of Microsoft Teams across campus at KSU. I was not notified and after COVID-19 lockdown occurred ITS rolled it out campus wide. Thus, I needed to respond to establish policy, procedures, and workflows to destroy or mark records for archival storage. My section would focus on the development of these policies, procedures, and workflows as well as lessons learned. I think it would be useful to show examples of systems implemented well and those, like in my case; where we were picking up the pieces afterward.Jennie Thomas; Kay Lewandowskajthomas@rockhall.org.; justkay19@hotmail.com
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Amy Mondtamy.k.mondt@ttu.edu Donor Relations and Fundraising in the time of COVID-19Looking to put together a panel or lightening talk about adapting donor relations and fundraising projects/programming when you can't meet in person.Cara McCormick, Beth Ann Koelsch, Dorothy Leung; Joy Novak, Laura LaPlacacaramcc@rand.org, bakoelsc@uncg.edu, dmleung@slac.stanford.edu, jnovak@wustl.edu, llaplaca@comedycenter.orgThe panel is full thanks.
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Sawyer Magnussawyer.magnus@tamuc.eduDeaccessioning/Reassessing collectionsPossibly suited for a lightning talk or panel discussion, but open to other ideas. It may be a little bit outside of the theme, but based on recent experiences, I thought about a topic related to deaccessioning orphaned collections and various unexpected and planned occasions when this may occur. Could tie it into using time while working from home to reassess collection holdings/policies or other related topics. Kaitlin D'Amico, Zack Stein, Laura LaPlacakdamico@azlibrary.gov, Zack Stein, llaplaca@comedycenter.org
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Helena Egberthhelena@ksu.eduStarting a New Position During a Pandemic (session full)I haven't decided what form this presentation should take, but I am interested in bringing together people who have started new positions in the past year, and their experience begining a new position during the pandemic. Lots of the usual ways one gets familarized with a new position, institution, city etc. are very different or non-existant. We could share experiences, lessons learned, etc. Open to brainstorms etc. (I am a fairly new professional and so far I have a few other new professionals who are interested in doing this with me, but the perspective of someone who has been in the field and just started a new position would also be interesting.)Hilary Wang (new professional); Kay Lewandowskaaschnur@trinity.edu / mhuggard@ku.edu / msweets@bgsu.edu / lauren.white@nara.gov / kathryn.slover@uta.edu / hwang63@pratt.edu/ joshua.cochran@yale.edu / justkay19@hotmail.com
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Nicole Davisndavis@museumofflight.orgBeing your own family archivistI'm interested in people who have had success (or not) as taking on the role of archivist in their own family. How has sentimentality helped or hindered? How have you been able to apply archival principles and preservation best practices to your family's documents and photographs when you don't have time or space or money? Has your family been affected by natural disaster and has this reframed your thinking about preserving your family's memories? Becca Smith
Azatuhi Babayan, Erin Grady
r.anne.smith@gmail.com
veastes@tamuct.edu
azatuhib@usc.edu, e.grady17@gmail.com
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Anthony Cocciolo and Erin Barsanacocciol@pratt.edu and ebarsan@pratt.eduProfessional development for archvists (or could be more specific around professional development for digital preservation or other digital skills)We are interested in putting together a session about professional development for digital preservation, or professional development around other digital skills, or even more broadly about professional development. We are currently running a project called the Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Network (DPOE-N), which is funding professional development for library, archive and museum professionals in the area of digital preservation. We would definitely like to get the word out about this program to the wider archives community. The program funds professional development of up to $2,500 per individual. More information is available at http://dpoe.network.
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Caitlin Rizzo cur585@psu.eduArchival Outreach Beyond the ClassroomI am interested in proposing a session about archival outreach and engagement opportunities that extend beyond the usual introductory sessions. In my own work, I am particularly interested in collaborating with interdisciplinary scholars and researchers as part of Penn State University's Center for Humanities and Informatics (CHI). In this session, I'm hoping to bring together archivists interested in collaborating with interdiscplinary scholars, artists, activists, and populations typically left out of classroom instruction sessions for a look at archivists can broaden our definition of users and deepen our role in our community writ large. Elizabeth James, Thera Webb, Sarah Ponichtera, Heidi Morse, Lacy Molinajamese@marshall.edu, theraebwebb@gmail.com, sarah.ponichtera@shu.edu, heidi.morse@gmail.com, lnm0124@unt.edu
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Tim Binkleybinkleyt@berea.eduAnimating ArchivesFocus: Emerging Trends and Outreach Initiatives. I would like to propose a session exploring creative ways that archivists have transformed primary resource materials so that they tell their own stories / speak for themselves. In particular, I would like to share about some videos that I produced for meetings of historians using simple tools. I am also interested in learning from others how they have used primary resource content to animate archives... choral / group reading videos, podcasts, music, stage, etc. We often talk about primary resources. How often do we let them speak?Tim Binkley; Laura LaPlaca; Des Alaniz, Sarah Ponichtera, Alex McGeebinkleyt@berea.edu; llaplaca@comedycenter.org; dalaniz@ucsb.edu; sarah.ponichtera@shu.edu; acmcgee@mit.edu
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Derek Webbwebbds@uwm.eduSupporting Your Team through *Gestures Widely at Everything*I have an idea for a group of presentations (format negotiable) on how managers can support their team during periods of stress. While 2020 was shall we say notable in this respect every workplace encounters periods where staff are under additional stress. Are there particular strategies managers can leverage to monitor team morale/stress, improve workplace environment during financial hardship/contentious election seasons/literal riots in the streets? Katie Nash, Leslie Van Veen McRobertskatie.nash@wisc.edu, mcrobe13@msu.edu; tamar.zeffren@gmail.com
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Whitney HammHamm-W@mssu.eduSolutions for Getting Smaller Archival Institutions' Collections Online/Outreach as a Smaller InstitutionI'm a lone arranger at a smaller institution. When I started my job in 2017, none of the descriptive information for my collections were available online. The only digital collection that existed was one created with grant funding in 2004. I have been working with existing library systems and with free resources to get information about collections and many digital items online. I would love to have a session where smaller institutions with little to no funding can get ideas about how to broaden their reach online.Heidi Morse; Molly Tighe; Rachel Onuf; Jennifer Woods; Eli Arnold; Kathie Schey; Irene Gatesheidi.morse@gmail.com; m.tighe@chatham.edu; rachel.onuf@vermont.org; jenkruse1@gmail.com; earnold@oglethorpe.edu; iamalmira@hotmail.com; gatesbir@gmail.com;
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Scott Keeferscott.keefer@doc.org"To the Ends of the Earth": The Lengths We Go to CollectLightning session about some of the most difficult experiences we had with acquisitions and the extent we had to go to convince donors to donate or gather intelligence on potential acquisitionsKate Hujdakathryn.hujda@mnhs.org
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Annalise Berdiniaberdini@princeton.eduNew digital access solutions/virtual reading roomsThe pandemic gave our institution the push it needed to fully develop a virtual reading room for our born-digital materials, even those usually restricted to reading room only. I would be interested in putting together a panel with other folks who have pivoted to new access solutions for digital materials, whether because of the pandemic or just because it was needed. Preferably aiming for a panel discussion format with 3-5 other presenters.Jennifer Brannock; Heather OswaldJennifer.Brannock@usm.edu; hoswald@hbs.edu
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Steve Duckworth (with Alex Bisio and Gayle O'Hara)duckwors@ohsu.eduRadical Empathy in Managing and Mentoring Student ArchivistsThis session will include a mix of managerial and student archivists who will discuss the need to more fully infuse an ethics of care model (“radical empathy”) into managing and mentoring student archivists. This proposal is an outgrowth of ideas from the 2016 article, “From Human Rights to Feminist Ethics: Radical Empathy in the Archives,” by Michelle Caswell and Marika Cifor. At this time, we are seeking 1-2 students and another person from a managerial/mentor role, with a goal to include those from traditionally marginalized or underrepresented communities. This would likely be a panel, but if there is significant interest, something like a round of lightening sessions could also work. Please email duckwors@ohsu.edu with your interest.
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Abigail Nyeanye@uwm.eduEngaging Students to Counter Symbolic Annihilation in ArchivesThis session would focus on ways that archivists engage students and other archives users in taking an active role in combating symbolic annihilation in archives. Imagine how archivists can empower users through instruction and other efforts to help counter systemic forces that silence, erase, deny, and minimize
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Jordi Padilla-Delgadojpadilla@lloret.catLost Memory of Sexual Dissidence: Activism vs. Institution?Proposals for strategies and tools for recovering erased LGBTQ+ voices through documents, fonds and collections in local, municipal, regional, State archives; dialogue and collaboration about intersectionality between institutional archives and LGBTQ+ community and archives. What can learn the «archives of power» from the «archives of activism»? How evaluate and introduce alternative and non-othodox archival practices from activism to institution in this area?Jordi Padilla-Delgadojpadilla@lloret.cat
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Alex McGeeacmcgee@mit.eduPandemic PivotsFlexible on whether this is a panel or lightning talks, but I'm looking for people who have had to get creative with using donor money, rework major projects or events with the on-set of COVID. Would like to share ideas, inspire people, etc.Jackie Reesejdslater@ou.edu
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Robert Perretrperret@uidaho.eduLibrarians in a Strange Land: Can an Open Stacks Mentality Inform Archival Practice?Having recently moved from a long career as a reference librarian to special collections I have been struck by the culture differences and the perceived incompatibility of archival work and librarianship. And yet, the pandemic-driven move towards digital archival services looks a lot like what librarians have been moving towards in recent years. Can, and should, librarians help inform new directions in archival practice and policy? Or are the disciplines better served by remaining distinct? I am looking for librarian-archivists who can address the bridging of both cultures, or perhaps even panelists willing to take a strong pro-con stance.
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Crystal Rodgers [with Abbey Maynard, Diana Rocha (UW); Vakil Smallen and Elizabeth Routhier (GWU)]rodgercr@uw.eduUsing Digital Tools to Process Collections Remotely
[Looking for one or two more supervisor/student(s) pair to join the panel or open to lightning round session] With the sudden shift to working from home this past year due to COVID-19, how do archivists continue to process collections when these projects rely heavily on access to physical materials? In this session, panelists will present on their efforts to arrange, describe, and provide access to collections in a remote environment from both a supervisor and processor/student perspective. These presentations will demonstrate what can be accomplished remotely, providing suggestions for projects, workflows, and tools that other archivists can use at their repositories, even after onsite operations fully resume.SESSION FULL
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Jamie JoyceJamie@SocietyLibrary.com
Anonymizing archives while preserving sensitive sentiments and insights. (Re-envisioning Archival Practices)
I think it would be wonderful to organize a lightning talk series about preserving privacy and anonymity through intentional duplication and abstract representation (of content like social media materials) post content analysis. Could intentional duplication of source materials and abstraction be a way to preserve that something was said, while permitting those who said it to a degree of privacy? How can big data analysis help bury identities while preserving the details? What are the best standards, protocols, and technology to preserve content but also privacy? Would love to hear from the best, brightest, and most concerned!
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Sylvia Welsh, Alison Anderson, Kristin Bjorksylvia_welsh@harvard.edu, alison_anderson@harvard.edu, kristin_bjork@harvard.eduItem Level Processing / Alternative Approaches to Processing for Increased AccessLooking for a panel discussion or lightening talk about the usage of item-level processing of collections. While it is not typically used or advocated for our collection has been able to better serve our users during covid. Questions include: do you item level process at your repository? If so, why? If not, why not? Are there situations or collections where item level processing is necessary or helpful? This topic is open to discussion of balancing backlog with improved accessKera Newbyknewby@nationalcowboymuseum.org
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Clayton Ruminskicrumins@clemson.eduCOVID-19, Telework, and Broadening Opportunities in the Archival ProfessionVery last minute but wanted to post it in case anyone was interested. Basically I am interested in the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the work of archivists and how it has encouraged the profession to have a broader conversation about the adoption of remote work and/or alternative work opportunities moving forward. As many cultural institutions pivoted to remote work at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, archivists across the United States sought new and innovative ways to remain productive at home. The emergence of new technologies, digital proficiencies and skillsets, digital programs, and growth of electronic records over the past decade have made navigating the COVID-19 crisis manageable. As a result, archivists have established a new framework for the future of the profession and in the process have the potential to create a more inclusive and flexible environment for those entering or working in the field. I will wait to submit the proposal until the deadline tomorrow just in case anyone sees this and is interested. Erin Gradye.grady17@gmail.com
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AWE Fund Organizing CommitteeKatharina Hering, khering23@gmail.comLibrary, Archives and Museums: Mutual Aid and Solidarity during the COVID- 19 CrisisLibrary, Archives and Museums: Mutual Aid and Solidarity during the COVID- 19 Crisis

We propose an open forum to discuss the experiences with developing mutual aid initiatives among library, archives, and museum workers in response to the COVID- 19 crises. One focus will be on the experiences of the AWE Fund Organizing Committee in establishing a mutual aid fund and initiative in collaboration with the SAA Foundation. Building on the Q&A series hosted by the AWE Fund Organizing Committee in 2020, we’ll invite colleagues from Protect Library Workers, and Every Library Worker’s HALO Fund and Museum Workers Speak. We’ll discuss the significance of mutual aid and solidarity networks during the long crisis, opportunities and limitations of the mutual aid model, the relationship of mutual aid to broader organizing strategies, especially unionization, and the sustainability of initiatives and networks. The format will be a moderated open forum, beginning with brief statements and questions from all panelists. We’ll then move into break-out rooms with moderated discussions and will re-convene for a concluding discussion. We’re hoping to advertise the forum broadly to ensure a broad participation from library, archives and museum workers beyond SAA membership.
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