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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">MLA Connect Coffee Hour: Library Social Services<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">10:00 – 11:00am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Libraries are often the community’s safety net and provide critical assistance and services to those who need it most. How can your library still fulfill these needs and provide support when community access
in your building is limited or unavailable? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">How has your library responded during and after the statewide closure? What services are you able to provide and what are you still figuring out? What have you done to strengthen that safety net in your library
and community?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">MLA welcomes special guest Tiffany Russell, LMSW, Social Worker at the Niles District Library, to talk about how she supported her community before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and share how you can be
that resource for your own community whether you have an on-staff social worker or not.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please come with questions and ideas to share with the group!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Fill out this short form to register:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#99A15E">Rachel Ash</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
Membership and Communications Director<br>
Michigan Library Association<br>
3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100<br>
Lansing, MI 48911<br>
Phone: (517) 394-2774 ext. 225<a href="mailto:rfash@milibraries.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1"><br>
milibraries.org<br>
rfash@milibraries.org</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1">
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