<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div>Hey MichLib-L Fam,</div><br>TLN has some awesome programming coming up in the next few weeks and we want to share it with you! You can join our virtual events, even if you're not in our cooperative! Here's what's happening:</div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Social Work in Libraries with Jennifer Purrenhage at KPL - </strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Feb 13 at 11 a.m.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><!--StartFragment--><a data-mce-href="https://tln.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1808051&group=" href="https://tln.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1808051&group=" title="Social Work in Libraries Event Registration"><img src="https://cdn.ymaws.com/tln.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/images/events/social_work.png" alt="Social Work in Libraries with Jennifer Purrenhage at KPL" data-mce-src="https://cdn.ymaws.com/tln.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/images/events/social_work.png" width="517" height="433"></a><!--EndFragment--></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><!--StartFragment--></div><div><div>Have you ever wished you had someone specializing in Social Work working at your library? Kalamazoo Public Library does! Join us for this virtual event as we talk with Jennifer Purrenhage, the Social Work Intern at KPL, about what she does to help out patrons and community members in Kalamazoo.</div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><a data-mce-href="https://tln.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1808051&group=" href="https://tln.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1808051&group=" title="Register for Social Work in Libraries">Sign up!</a></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Bridging to Belonging Demo - </strong>Feb 27 at 11 a.m.</div></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><!--StartFragment--><a data-mce-href="https://tln.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1826627&group=" href="https://tln.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1826627&group=" title="Bridging to Belonging Demo Event Registration"><img src="https://cdn.ymaws.com/tln.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/images/inbox/news/bridging_to_belonging.png" alt="Bridging to Belonging Demo with the InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit" data-mce-src="https://cdn.ymaws.com/tln.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/images/inbox/news/bridging_to_belonging.png" width="517" height="433"></a><!--EndFragment--></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br></div><div><div>Interested in starting dialog about faith? Ready to explore and hear differences in beliefs? Learn how your library could host an interfaith community values discussion series with the help of the InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit.</div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><a data-mce-href="https://tln.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1826627&group=" href="https://tln.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1826627&group=" title="Bridging to Belonging Demo Registration"><strong>Sign up!</strong></a></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br></div><div><strong>Making Meaningful DEI Changes with Orion Township Public Library - </strong>Mar 6 at 11 a.m.</div><div><strong></strong><br></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><!--StartFragment--><a data-mce-href="https://tln.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1826491&group=" href="https://tln.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1826491&group=" title="Making Meaningful DEI Changes Event Registration"><img src="https://cdn.ymaws.com/tln.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/images/inbox/news/making_meaningful_dei_change.png" alt="Making Meaningful DEI Changes with Orion Township Public Library" data-mce-src="https://cdn.ymaws.com/tln.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/images/inbox/news/making_meaningful_dei_change.png" width="548" height="459"></a></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br></div><div><div>Learn about how Orion Township Public Library took the principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to make changes in their library. Find out what they did and get inspiration for what you can do in your library.</div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><!--EndFragment--> <strong><a data-mce-href="https://tln.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1826491&group=" href="https://tln.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1826491&group=" title="Making Meaningful DEI Changes Event Registration">Sign up!</a></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><br data-mce-bogus="1"></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Can't make it to an event?</strong> </div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Follow us on <strong><a data-mce-href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheLibraryNetworkTLN" href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheLibraryNetworkTLN" title="TLN YouTube">YouTube</a></strong><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><a data-mce-href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheLibraryNetworkTLN" href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheLibraryNetworkTLN" title="TLN YouTube" style="font-size: 12pt;"></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">to find our past recorded programming. Events listed here will be recorded and uploaded after the event has taken place.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Hope to see you there!</div><div style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><br><div>DJ Bond<br>Member Engagement Coordinator<br>The Library Network<br>(248) 536-3100 x116<br>dbond@tln.org<br>TLN.org<br>(he/him)</div></div><br></div></div></body></html>