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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#082E4F">Join us January 18th at 5:00pm EST as we kick off a new three-part GNCRT #LibcomixOnline webinar series: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#082E4F">Be Prepared! "What to do when a comics challenge comes"</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#082E4F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BEFORE a challenge: Jan 18. 2023 at 5:00pm EST</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <a href="https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_azCokteSSM-SFiVNKd9htA" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0057A1">Register
NOW</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#082E4F;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DURING a challenge: Mar 15.2023 (time TBD) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#082E4F;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">AFTER a challenge: May 17.2023 (time TBD)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#082E4F">Comics and Graphic Novels are amongst the most popular, most lauded, and most loved items on our shelves - and amongst the most banned and challenged materials
of the past few years. Hear from librarians, educators, and advocates on the front lines of comic book and graphic novel bans and challenges – and what you can do to be prepared!<br>
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Our panel on <b>Jan 18th at 5:00pm EST</b> will discuss and share their strategies to prepare <b>BEFORE</b> a comics challenge comes - including practical advice on collection development, comics advocacy, and understanding how the long history of comics censorship
and format misperceptions continues to impact the medium.<br>
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<b>REGISTER: </b><a href="https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_azCokteSSM-SFiVNKd9htA" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0057A1">https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_azCokteSSM-SFiVNKd9htA</span></a><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#082E4F">Speakers: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shauntee Burns-Simpson</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Associate Director, Center for Educators & Schools at the New York Public Library <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#082E4F;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;box-sizing: border-box">
<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mary Grahame Hunter</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Youth services librarian Ferndale Area District Library & member Michigan Library Association's Intellectual
Freedom Task Force<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#082E4F;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;box-sizing: border-box">
<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Candice Mack</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Teen Services Manager, Los Angeles Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#082E4F;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;box-sizing: border-box">
<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Carla Riemer </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(Moderator) Blogger, advocate, school librarian and member of the GNCRT Addressing Comic Book Challenges Committee<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Daniel Patton (he/him)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Librarian II<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Popular Library/Music, Arts and Literature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Detroit Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">5201 Woodward Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Detroit, Michigan 48202<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:dpatton@detroitpubliclibrary.org"><span style="color:blue">dpatton@detroitpubliclibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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