[SCLA] 2025 NCLA/SCLA/CLASC PD Series with LILPA & Sam Helmick

[Alex Giresi]

*Monday, September 22nd @ 2PM*
*Zoom*
*2025 NCLA/SCLA/CLASC Professional Development Series*

Join us as Sam Helmick (they/them), the 2025-2026 ALA President,
discusses reflections and practices for grounding ourselves when the world
feels like, well, a dumpster fire.

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Helmick served as a member of the ALA Executive Board and a past president
of the Iowa Library Association. They previously served as former
chair-elect on the Intellectual Freedom Round Table and chair of the Iowa
Governor’s Commission of Libraries. They have served on committees for the
Network of the National Library of Medicine, the Stonewall Book Awards, the
ALA Policy Monitoring Committee, Young Adult Library Services Association
(YALSA) Michael L. Printz Committee, the Reference and User Services
Association (RUSA) Sophie Brody Award Committee, and the YALSA Fundraising
Task Force. Helmick is a 2016 Emerging Leader, as well as an author,
consultant, and instructor for social media marketing and graphic design.

Attached is a PDF with a clickable registration link, an image with a QR
code, and, of course, you can register here.
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiA8mAgA-Fi3ndKa4fv62DMnyKqrZHG2Cl3tS6WeQC4cGVMw/viewform?usp=header>


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*Alex Giresi *
*(she/he/they**)*
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Head of Teen Services
Co-Chair of the Long Island Library Pride Alliance <https://scla.net/lilpa/>
Hampton Bays Public Library
(631) 728-6241
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