Advocates working on behalf of California libraries and the communities they serve can sometimes feel as if they are working alone—but they don’t have to! We have a rich, vibrant community of library advocates and organizations offering plenty of opportunities for collaboration and positive action.

Join us for this highly interactive 90-minute online session exploring advocacy groups including the California Library Association, California Public Library Advocates, California School Library Association, and others that work within and beyond the borders of our state to create and support opportunities for collaboration.

Goal:

By participating in this session, you will learn about the work that California library advocacy groups are supporting, learn how you can connect with them to further your own advocacy goals, and:

• Be able to identify and describe the current work of at least three library-advocacy groups
• Learn how to incorporate, into your own advocacy work, at least three practices followed by peers who work with library advocacy groups
• Have at least three contacts to pursue as potential collaborators in the advocacy work you are doing

Session Facilitators:  

Melinda Cervantes, a board member at large with the California Public Library Association, an experienced library administrator, and a member of CLA’s Advocacy and Legislation Committee

Deborah Doyle, Chair of the Sonoma County Library Commission, co-treasurer for the California Public Library Association, and a member of CLA’s Advocacy and Legislation Committee

Tom Kaun,  an educator with extensive experience in California schools and school libraries, the California School Library Association, and EveryLibrary

Paul Signorelli, CLA Library Advocacy Training Project Manager and author of Change the World Using Social Media (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021)

About the Ursula Meyer Advocacy Fund Training Series