ALA+Midwinter+2015

 **ALA Midwinter 2015 **  **FTF Events and Other Events of Interest to FTF Members **  toc

//Friday, January 30, 7:30 – 9:00pm, Hilton Chicago, Boulevard A (at the SRRT All-Task Forces Meeting) //// – we need **__you__**! // //Sunday, February 1, 6:00 – 7:30pm, Hilton Chicago, Boulevard A //
 * [[image:ALAMidwinter2015.png align="left"]]Feminist Task Force Meetings **

** Other Meetings & Events of Interest ** //Programs and meetings at ALA Midwinter 2015 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 //

=** Friday, January 30 **=


 * ** Amelia Bloomer Project Committee Meeting I ** 12:00-4:00pm, Fairmont Chicago - Embassy Room NOTE: This is NOT a closed meeting!
 * **Feminist Task Force Meeting I** (at the SRRT All Task Force Meeting) 7:30-9:00pm, Hilton Chicago, Boulevard A
 * **Rainbow Project Book List Committee** (at the SRRT All Task Force Meeting) 7:30-9:00pm, Hilton Chicago, Boulevard A

=** Saturday, January 31 **=

> The ALA Spectrum Doctoral Fellows have developed an online user-centered resource, The Social Justice Collaboratorium (SJC). In tandem with an ALISE poster, this session seizes the opportunity to gather practitioners and educators doing social justice (SJ) work within their institution/research. An SJC overview is followed by a conversation about how people approach social justice--and ways that institutions have either denied, co-opted or morphed initiatives— through discussing 1) What is Social Justice?, 2) What aspects of SJ are most needed in LIS?, 3) What are model programs or initiatives?, and 4) How does SJ move forward in LIS? > //Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel//: h igh-school junior Leila has made it most of the way through Armstead Academy without having a crush on anyone, which is something of a relief. Her Persian heritage already makes her different from her classmates; if word got out that she liked girls, life would be twice as hard. > //Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass//. > //Here Is the World: A Year of Jewish Holidays//, a joyous celebration of the Jewish holidays throughout the year for young children, by a Lambda Award finalist and 2006 Amelia Bloomer List author. > //Stella By Starlight//: when the Ku Klux Klan’s reappearance rattles a segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice.
 * **ALA Task Force on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion** 8:00-10:00am, Hyatt Regency McCormick - Jackson Park/CC 10
 * **Diversity Officers Discussion Group** 8:30-10:00am, Hilton Chicago - Lake Erie
 * **The Social Justice Collaboratorium: Illuminating Pathways between Social Justice Issues and LIS** 8:30-10:00am, McCormick Place West - W183b
 * **SRRT Action Council I Meeting** 8:30-11:00am, McCormick Place West - W195
 * **GLBTRT Executive Board Meeting** 8:30-11:30am, Hyatt Regency McCormick - Field/CC 20AB
 * **Amelia Bloomer Project Committee Meeting II** 8:30am-6:30pm, Fairmont Chicago - Embassy Room
 * **Meet the Authors: Sara Farizan** 10:00-10:30am, McCormick Place West - Exhibit Hall - Booth 4326
 * **Over the Rainbow Committee I** 12:00-6:00pm, Swissotel Chicago - Montreux 2
 * **Rainbow Project Book List  Committee** 1:00-5:00pm, Hilton Chicago - Conference Room 4I
 * **Meet the Authors: Suzanne Slade & Nicole Tadgell** 2:30-3:30pm, McCormick Place West - Exhibit Hall - Booth 4617
 * **Meet the Authors: Lesléa Newman** 3:00-3:30pm, McCormick Place West - Exhibit Hall - Booth 4426
 * **Meet the Authors: Sharon Draper** 3:00-4:00pm, McCormick Place West - Exhibit Hall - Booth 2616
 * **Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture featuring Ayaan Hirsi Ali** 4:00-5:00pm, McCormick Place West - W375b/Skyline

=** Sunday, February 1 **=

> This session will discuss the FDA policy that prohibits gay and bisexual men from donating blood and potential changes to this policy. This will serve as an educational opportunity for ALA members who are hosting blood drives throughout the country at their various libraries to educate them on the FDA policy. > The Role of Creativity in Librarianship. This discussion will focus on how creativity influences our work as librarians. As librarians we are often called upon to find alternative solutions to question and problems. Sometimes we even have to be a little entrepreneurial to create new services or improve existing ones. This session allows librarians to share how creativity influences their work. > //The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2014: Fifth Edition//. This guide honors the best in children’s literature representing the African-American experience. > //The Museum of Extraordinary Things//. " Feminist themes and generous amounts of Renaissance Faire-style potted history make her storytelling all the more suggestive." -- //New York Times Sunday Book Review//, Feb. 28, 204) > //The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee//, an intimate memoir of Harper Lee, her sister Alice, and the world that gave us //To Kill a Mockingbird//.
 * **Blood Donations: Facts, Fear and Discrimination** 8:30-10:00am, McCormick Place West - W183c
 * **Rainbow Project Committee** 8:30am-5:30pm, Hilton Chicago - Conference Room 4I
 * **Amelia Bloomer Project Committee Meeting III** 8:30am-6:30pm, Fairmont Chicago - Embassy Room
 * **ACRL WGSS Discussion** 10:30-11:30am, Sheraton Chicago - Parlor C
 * **Over the Rainbow Committee II** 12:00-6:00pm, Hyatt Regency Chicago - Skyway 273
 * **Meet the Authors: Carole J McCollough** 1:00-1:30pm, McCormick Place West - ALA Store
 * **Meet the Authors: Alice Hoffman** 1:00-2:00pm, McCormick Place West - Exhibit Hall - Booth 4411
 * **Meet the Authors: Marja Mills** 2:00-3:00pm, McCormick Place West - Exhibit Hall - Booth 4823
 * **SRRT Action Council II Meeting** 3:00-4:00pm, McCormick Place West - W186c
 * **Progressive Librarians Guild** 4:30-5:30pm, McCormick Place West - W186c
 * **Feminist Task Force II** 6:00-7:30pm, Hilton Chicago - Boulevard A
 * **GLBTRT Social** 6:00pm - 08:00pm, Columbia College Library, 624 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago’s Loop. Suggested donation: $5 at the door.

=** Monday, February 2 **=


 * **Amelia Bloomer Project Committee Meeting IV** 8:30am-6:30pm, Fairmont Chicago - Embassy Room