Safe Zone Training for LGBTQIA+ Awareness & Inclusivity

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM CT

Primary Presenter/Session Organizer(s)

Hannah Schilperoort

Information Services Librarian
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Slides Handouts

Presenter(s)

Meredith I. Solomon, AHIP

Outreach Officer
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Mary Catherine Lockmiller, AHIP

Health Science Librarian
Northern Arizona University / Cline Library
Tempe, Arizona
Jane Morgan-Daniel, AHIP

Community Engagement and Health Literacy Liaison Librarian
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Jacqueline Leskovec

Network Librarian
NNLM GMR
Chicago, Illinois
Brenda M. Linares, AHIP

Health Sciences Librarian, School of Nursing
University of Kansas Medical Center, A.R. Dykes Health Sciences Library
Olathe, Kansas
Brandi Tuttle, AHIP

Research & Education Librarian
Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
April Wright

All of Us Community Engagement Coordinator
NNLM Southeastern/Atlantic Region
Baltimore, MD
Emily Vardell

Assistant Professor
Emporia State University School of Library and Information Management
Olathe, Kansas

The live session took place on Wednesday, August 12. You can access the recording of the session by selecting the "Access recording" button and using password: &p%5h9md

Description for program: Join your colleagues to discuss LGBTQIA+ inclusive language and practices in a safe learning space online. Together, we will explore the basics of vocabulary, pronoun usage, gender and sexual identities, intersectionality, and privilege. Participants will engage in reflection, discussion, and scenario-based learning in an intensive, fast-paced immersion session, facilitated by librarians knowledgeable in Safe Zone training. Due to scaffolded content and collaborative activities, attendance will be limited to the first 100 participants; attendees are requested to be on time. Please review the session slides and handout as well as the Statement of Appropriate Conduct at MLA Meetings before the session.

Session Format: Immersion session with active learning exercises and discussion.

Objective:

Participants will leave the session with a better understanding of LGBTQIA+ inclusive language and practices, including vocabulary, pronoun usage, gender and sexual identities, intersectionality, and privilege. This immersion session is meant to be a springboard for continued learning. Materials for continued learning will be provided.

Instructional

Methods: Facilitators will guide participants through a series of learning activities designed to achieve session objectives.
Participant Engagement: Participation will include individual reflection, sharing, scenarios, and worksheets to be done in small and large groups.
Sponsors: LGBTQIA+ Caucus
African American Medical Library Alliance Caucus
Social Justice Caucus
Leadership and Management Caucus

Learning Objectives:

Identify LGBTQIA+ inclusive language & pronoun usage
Differentiate between gender and sexuality
Differentiate between sex assigned at birth, gender identity, gender expression, and attraction
Identify strategies for making your library inclusive & welcoming to LGBTQIA+ patrons & co-workers