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Brought to you by Children’s Lit Advisory Committee
9:45 am- 11 am, Collaboratory (P-314)
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association), Spectra (LGBTQ+ Affinity group), & Simmons College Violence Prevention and Educational Outreach Program
10 am- 4 pm, Kotzen Room
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Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association) 11am – 12pm, SLIS Student Lounge
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association) 4pm- 8pm, Beatley Library
Want a positive space to practice self care and recharge?
Need a snack in the late afternoon or evening?
Want some free stuff just for showing up?
Looking for some welcoming company in a low-stress environment?
Come join LISSA in the library!
Brought to you by Panopticon (Art and cultural heritage student interest group) & AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists)
6pm-9pm, Boston BEERWORKS Brewing Co. 112 Canal St, Boston, MA
Brought to you by Simmons College Violence Prevention and Educational Outreach Program
6pm – 7:30 pm, Library Room L-222
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)
Participants will:
· Apply improv strategies to enhance communication skills
· Participate in activities connected to various LIS settings, including reference work, presentations, and job interviews
· Practice responding confidently in an uncertain environment
· Identify ways to become a better listener and address barriers to listening when feeling put on the spot
· Develop comfort in unexpected situations and awkward moments
This event is facilitated by Jake Livengood, who works at MIT Career Services and trained at Improv Asylum in Boston. Participants should expect to participate in improv comedy exercises with attendees.
BIO: Jake partners with graduate students at MIT for career and professional development and has worked in higher education since 2002 as an instructor, career advisor and administrator. He received the MIT Infinite Mile Award for Innovation and Creativity for developing and facilitating improv workshops to help with training and professional development. He is a graduate of the Improv Asylum Training Center in the North End of Boston. With the last name “Livengood,” this career path is quite fitting. He has a PhD in Higher Education Leadership, thereby making him Dr. Livengood. (But please call him “Jake”). For more info: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakelivengood.
Still want to know more? Check out these article about Jake’s workshops.
– Carpe Careers blog with Inside Higher Ed
– National Association of Colleges and Employers Spotlight article covering the improv workshops
– MIT Newsletter article and Infinite Mile Award article
Brought to you by DERAIL (Diversity, Equity, Race, Accessibility, and Identity in LIS)
The Diversity, Equity, Race, Accessibility, and Identity in LIS (DERAIL) Forum upholds the essential role of combating white supremacy and oppressive power structures in LIS institutions and pedagogy. We seek to create a productive and mindful space to explore the impacts of social justice frameworks in guiding our work as students and practitioners.
We recognize that our LIS institutions, including our graduate programs, are embedded within racist, ableist and heteropatriarchal power structures and perpetuate these same inequalities. We also recognize that this is not inevitable and that we must amplify our own voices to be heard by administrations and institutions that uncritically support the privileging of white supremacist perspectives in information environments, including but not limited to archives, libraries and museums. We acknowledge that we have vested power as practitioners in upholding or challenging oppressive power structures in our interactions with the public and within our institutions.
DERAIL stands in solidarity with students in higher education across the country who are organizing to combat oppressive curriculum and treatment. We believe in the radical potential of library and information science to facilitate meaningful discussions of the interlocking roles of race, sexuality, ability, gender and class in the maintenance of oppressive conditions in LIS.
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)
Interested in future events? Check out the SLIS Events Calendar on the LISSA Blog to see what events are being planned!