ALA+Annual+2017



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 * ALA Annual 2017 **
 * FTF Events and Other Events of Interest to FTF Memberstoc

[[image:alalogo.png width="261" height="117" align="left"]] ** Feminist Task Force Meeting **
Friday, June 23, 7:30 – 9:00pm, Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark/CC 22AB (at the SRRT All Task Forces Meeting)

** Other Meetings & Events of Interest ** //Programs and meetings at ALA Annual 2017 that may be of particular interest to FTF members and feminist colleagues, in order by day and time. Event links go to the ALA Conference Scheduler With the exception of two ticketed events, all listings are open to all conference registrants. //

**Friday, June 23, 2017 **
> //Women in technology face numerous challenges in their day-to-day work. If you would like to join other women in the field to discuss topics related to those challenges, LITA AvramCamp, an AdaCamp inspired event is for you.// > //Reshma Saujani, the Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, is also the author of the groundbreaking book Women Who Don't Wait In Line, in which she advocates for a new model of female leadership focused on embracing risk and failure, promoting mentorship and sponsorship, and boldly charting your own course.//
 * **9:00 AM – 4:00 PM – LITA AvramCamp  - Off Site, Northwestern University (Ticketed event, $25 registration) **
 * **1:30 PM – 3:00 PM – Spectrum Institute: Intersections and the Experience of LGBTQ Library Folks  - Palmer House, Wabash Room **
 * **4:00 PM – 5:15 PM – Opening General Session featuring Reshma Saujani  - McCormick Place, W375b/Skyline **
 * **5:45 PM – 6:35 PM – Author Sue Macy Presents Motor Girls: How Women Took the Wheel and Drove Boldly Into the Twentieth Century  - McCormick Place, Exhibit Hall - PopTop Stage **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">7:00 PM – 10:00 PM**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **–** **CCF Benefit: An Evening with Nikki Giovanni at the American Writers Museum - Off Site, American Writers Museum (Ticketed event, not included with registration)**
 * **7:30 PM – 9:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Feminist Task Force (FTF) Meeting <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - Hyatt Regency McCormick, Clark/CC 22AB **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">**Saturday, June 24, 2017**
> //Sandra Uwiringiyimana is passionate about girls’ education and ending child marriage, and has become a voice for women and girls, refugees and immigrants// > <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #303030; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',arial,sans-serif;"> //United for Libraries welcomes authors Eileen Myles, Rakesh Satyal, Joseph Cassara, and Sophie Yanow, who will discuss their latest books and their lives as writers. A book signing will follow.// > //Chronicles the US tour of a group of Black lesbian poets and musicians, who become present-day stewards of a historical movement to build community among queer women of color.// > //Attendees will leave with strategies for building respect for difference, creating open and accepting spaces for GLBTQ staff and library users, and increasing acceptance of people with complex identities.// > //Five middle grade authors will discuss the serious business of busting stereotypes and the pleasures and pitfalls of being female and writing funny// > //Join the three ALA groups devoted to issues and concerns for women in librarianship to learn more about each group, and discuss current topics related to women's issues.// > //Writer Shea Fontana will discuss how new works from DC are relating to girls through themes of empowerment, friendship and teamwork.// > //WGSS welcomes past, present, and prospective members to its general membership meeting.// > //Everyone interested in these groups is invited to attend. There will be a short business meeting but mostly this is a social with snacks and drinks.//
 * **8:00 AM – 10:00 AM**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **–** **<span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Upstairs Inferno **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **- McCormick Place, W181c** ( **Now Showing @ ALA Film Program)**
 * **8:30 AM – 11:30 AM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Social Responsibiities Round Table (SRRT) Action Council Meeting <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - Palmer House, Clark 07 **
 * **10:00 AM – 11:30 AM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Creating New Information Literacy Frameworks: Examples and Ideas for ACRL Sections and Interest Groups <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W471a **
 * **10:30 AM – 11:30 AM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">All-Committees Meeting (ACRL WGSS) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - Hilton Chicago, Grand Tradition **
 * **10:30 AM – 11:30 AM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Auditorium Speaker Series featuring Sandra Uwiringiyimana <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W375b/Skyline **
 * **10:30 AM – 11:30 AM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Out and Proud: LGBTQ Literature <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W190a **
 * **11:30 AM – 12:30 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">GLBTRT Membership Meeting <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - Palmer House, Honore Ballroom **
 * **12:00 PM – 12:50 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Three Novelists, Three Perspectives: Historical Fiction from Louisa May Alcott's forgotten sister, to the glitz of 20th century London, to WWII-era Netherlands <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, Exhibit Hall - Chapter 1 Stage **
 * **1:00 PM – 2:30 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Women Administrators Discussion Group (LLAMA) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - Palmer House, Burnham 1 **
 * 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Revival: Women and the Word <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W181c **(** **Now Showing @ ALA Film Program)**
 * **3:00 PM – 4:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ALA Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W195 **
 * **3:00 PM – 4:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in Technical Services <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W184bc **
 * **3:00 PM – 4:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Intersections and the Experience of GLBTQ Library Folks <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W178b **
 * **3:00 PM – 4:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Our Voices: Strengthen Your Collection with Diverse Narratives <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W185a **
 * **3:00 PM – 4:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Women Aren't Funny (And Other Essential Untruths For Middle Grade Readers) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W180 **
 * **4:00 PM – 5:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Introduction to Women's Discussion Group <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W471b **
 * **4:30 PM – 5:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">DC Super Hero Girls Original Graphic Novels <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, Exhibit Hall - Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage **
 * **4:30 PM – 5:30 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – ACRL Women's & Gender Studies <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">General Membership Forum <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - Palmer House, Clark 05 **
 * **5:00 PM – 7:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Social Responsibilities  Round Table (SRRT) and  Sustainability  Round Table (SustainRT) Joint Social and Membership Meeting   <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W194b **
 * **6:30 PM – 8:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">WGSS Social (ACRL WGSS) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - Off Site, Location to be determined **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">Sunday, June 25, 2017
> //Kathy Peiss is the author of Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York (1986) and Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture (1998)// > //Kameron Hurley, author of The Geek Feminist Revolution will discuss how curated content is shaping not only the stories we tell about ourselves, but the realities we live in, and how librarians and other information professionals can help shape these narratives.//
 * **8:30 AM – 10:00 AM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">'Dismantling the Master's Bookshelves': Feminism for Libraries in the Real World (Feminist Task Force (FTF)/SRRT <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W175c **
 * **10:30 AM – 11:30 AM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">LHRT Edward G. Holley Memorial Lecture <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W176a **
 * **1:00 PM – 2:30 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Acting for Humanity: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Libraries-IRRT Chair's Program <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W181a **
 * **1:00 PM – 2:30 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">GLBT Library Leaders on Queerness at Work: How Queer Identities Impact Leadership Roles, Professional Relationships, and Career Trajectories <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W180 **
 * **1:00 PM – 2:30 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">TechniGals: How to Get Girls Excited About Making & STEAM in the Library <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W190a **
 * **3:00 PM – 4:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">LITA President's Program with Kameron Hurley: We Are the Sum of Our Stories <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W192 **
 * **3:00 PM – 4:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) Action Council Meeting <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - Swissotel, Lucerne III **
 * **4:00 PM – 4:50 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, Exhibit Hall - Chapter 1 Stage **
 * **6:00 PM – 8:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">GLBTRT Social <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - Off Site, Location to be determined **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">Monday, June 26, 2017
> //Participants will learn why this program is necessary and valuable, and receive detailed instructions on running it.// > //Panelists include individuals who were active in this significant part of feminist history.// > //Featuring Dorri McWhorter, Chief Executive Officer of the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago.//
 * **8:30 AM – 10:00 AM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Strong Girls School: Create a Program Addressing Gender Bias, Inequality and Self-Esteem Building for Girls <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W184d **
 * **8:30 AM – 10:00 AM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Women and Women First: Feminist Bookstores, Past and Present <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W181c **
 * **10:00 AM – 12:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Stonewall Book Awards Program <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, S102 **
 * **10:30 AM – 12:00 PM<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ALCTS and LLAMA Presidents Program: The Business of Social Impact: Creating a World Where Everyone Has Value <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W192 **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">Tuesday, June 27, 2017

 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">10:00 AM – 11:30 AM – <span class="presname" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Closing General Session featuring Hillary Rodham Clinton <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - McCormick Place, W375b/Skyline **