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<b>Lead The Way: Libraries At The Heart Of Community Engagement 2025 Conference</b></div>
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April 21-22, 2025</div>
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Hybrid Conference</div>
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Don't wait! Sign up today for Lead the Way 2025 Conference. This year you can attend in Madison, WI at the Pyle Center or ONLINE! Join us as we delve into strategies for building and maintaining relationships, programming for your community, and understanding
what it means to be a community partner.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Register today: </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://go.wisc.edu/7g5grl" id="OWAfbed2c1c-c36c-f2fd-87b9-b0de8ad1a34b" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">go.wisc.edu/7g5grl</a></u></span></div>
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Cost: $325-$200</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kathy Barri will kick off the conference on Monday morning. Kathy Barri is an enrolled member of
</span><span style="color: rgb(20, 92, 158);"><a href="https://www.redcliff-nsn.gov/?elqTrackId=DE0625C5192FA30FBB860F7E32A464F5&elqTrack=true" id="OWA93f7f09a-77fa-ac61-af6f-fec25e8c458c" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(20, 92, 158); margin: 0px;">Gaa-miskwaabikaang
(Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. She has served as the Library Assistant for the
</span><span style="color: rgb(20, 92, 158);"><a href="https://www.redcliff-nsn.gov/library/?elqTrackId=BCA65C94B47BE60FC1615B013FE333F9&elqTrack=true" id="OWA4751fc5e-3b90-c9c6-6477-47afc66ae43c" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(20, 92, 158); margin: 0px;">Ginanda
Gikendaasomin (We Seek To Learn) Tribal Library</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> since 2018, seeing the library through major changes like a move to a new building in 2021 and joining the
</span><span style="color: rgb(20, 92, 158);"><a href="https://redcliff.northernwaters.org/?elqTrackId=4C7B2FB36D0ECEC87E25F0BF95ABC3CA&elqTrack=true" id="OWAbf642975-da65-bb88-15c9-86db1c1ca297" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(20, 92, 158); margin: 0px;">Northern
Waters Library Network</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in 2022.</span></div>
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Hear from Stephen Jackson Tuesday morning. As a motivational speaker and founder of Global CommUnity Associates, Stephen brings a wealth of experience in equity, anti-racism, and restorative practices. He values public service and contributing to people’s lives
through utilizing both Restorative Justice and Restorative Practices to create positive and safe cultures for organizations and communities.</div>
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In addition to our amazing keynotes attend sessions such as: </div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Let’s Learn Together: Creating Infrastructure to Support Safe and Meaningful Programming</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Friends for a Season, Friends for a Reason: Building resilient library partnerships</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Harnessing Civic Engagement through Library Initiatives</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Partnering with Local Service Organizations for Academic Library Success</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Creating Opportunities to Expand Gender Inclusion at your Library</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">And more! </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Key links</span>:</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">For more information about Lead the Way 2025,<a href="https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/engage/2025-lead-the-way-libraries-at-the-heart-of-community-engagement/?elqTrackId=474D6F3D314291D167BC84AAC3EF0BE3&elqTrack=true" id="OWAaf68f039-983b-8b06-e27c-ccbf042e168f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"> </a><span style="color: rgb(20, 92, 158);"><a href="https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/engage/2025-lead-the-way-libraries-at-the-heart-of-community-engagement/?elqTrackId=474D6F3D314291D167BC84AAC3EF0BE3&elqTrack=true" id="OWA6d5f4713-093a-d07f-9190-7cc532444c9e" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(20, 92, 158); margin: 0px;">visit
its website</a></span>.</div>
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<a href="https://leadtheway2025.sched.com/?elqTrackId=E3C26C2B3AAE7647D12EDCCEDF08728F&elqTrack=true" id="OWA4f4fd265-e443-a296-877d-2c2224bfc54c" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(20, 92, 158); margin: 0px;">View the full conference schedule.</a></div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_RrfmUj5d2JVUzjHIbAKKt_6dfy7rfZuhvcPn1NEzVE/edit?usp=sharing" id="OWA974443ff-b8f8-2526-e599-0df0e2979e4a" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_RrfmUj5d2JVUzjHIbAKKt_6dfy7rfZuhvcPn1NEzVE/edit?usp=sharing" style="margin: 0px;">View
the virtual only schedule</a><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_RrfmUj5d2JVUzjHIbAKKt_6dfy7rfZuhvcPn1NEzVE/edit?usp=sharing" id="OWAcb3451e3-dc0f-7ff5-c21e-a3f1ab12e44d" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_RrfmUj5d2JVUzjHIbAKKt_6dfy7rfZuhvcPn1NEzVE/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;"> </a></div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px 14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 92, 158);"><a href="https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/engage/2025-lead-the-way-libraries-at-the-heart-of-community-engagement/lead-the-way-registration-2/?elqTrackId=F66E3309DEDE8CC57CBD31D9BE90AC97&elqTrack=true" id="OWA727acfed-aa70-7081-a810-8b847ccd630c" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(20, 92, 158); margin: 0px;">View
details about sliding-scale registration costs</a></span>.</div>
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Questions? Email ce-info@ischool.wisc.edu </div>
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