[Eril-l] Core Webinar (2 of 2): Understanding & Fighting Anti-Trans Misinformation

Wed Oct 25 05:00:00 PDT 2023

*Cross posted to multiple lists*

Core Webinar (2 of 2): Understanding & Fighting Anti-Trans Misinformation

Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2023

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.

Description: This is the second webinar in a two-part series about
transgender people in libraries. As the transgender population increases in
size and visibility, a resulting backlash has gripped America--and
libraries are in the crossfire. Misinformation campaigns targeting
transgender people are being leveraged as part of a concerted effort to
censor books, displays, and programs; reduce free access for patrons of all
ages; harass or threaten LIS workers; and interfere with or even shut down
the operations of libraries across the country. Thus, LIS workers have a
major stake in understanding and combatting anti-trans misinformation when
they encounter it; but, due to these campaigns' widespread nature, it can
be difficult for the average person to discern between what is fact, what's
fiction, and what's opinion. Learn how and why anti-trans misinformation is
created and spread, how you can distinguish between reliable and unreliable
information, and why LIS workers have a uniquely important part to play in
speaking out against anti-trans misinformation in what prior attendees have
called "the most powerful session I have attended in a while" and "the
first authentic information I've gotten on this civil rights issue."

Learning outcomes:

By the end of this webinar, the attendees will be able to:

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   Define the concepts of cultural narratives and frameworks, and explain
   how misinformation campaigns leverage them to spread misinformation more
   effectively.
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   List common American cultural narratives and frameworks about
   transgender people.
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   Identify the animating goals of anti-trans misinformation at the root of
   today's misinformation campaigns.
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   Distinguish between reliable and unreliable sources of information about
   transgender people, lives, and experiences.
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   Take action to call out and speak up against anti-trans misinformation
   where it intersects with the professional LIS values of access, literacy,
   inclusivity, and equity.

Who should attend?

Administrators and managers seeking guidance in responding to
anti-trans/anti-LGBTQ+ challenges to books, programs, and/or staffing
decisions in their libraries; library workers at all levels seeking to
better understand and fight back against collection, displays, and/or
programming censorship efforts; targeted individual harassment against
library workers; and anti-trans misinformation campaigns.

Presenter:

Heath Umbreit (they/them), MLIS, is the Adult Services Librarian at Morrill
Memorial Library in Massachusetts. At Drexel University, they earned their
Master’s in Library & Information Sciences, conferred in 2014. Their career
as a librarian spans over a decade; they started as a part-time Circulation
Assistant at their local public library in 2011 before working as a temp
assistant at MIT Libraries (2014-2016), and then as the Information
Services Librarian at Sharon Public Library (2016-2021). Mis- and
disinformation has been a professional and personal interest of theirs for
several years; their study of the phenomenon focuses on a critical
examination of popular narratives about disinformation, the concept of
epistemic supremacy, and the ways in which information and disinformation
intersect with systemic power differentials in American society. As a
nonbinary trans person, Heath intentionally brings a unique perspective to
the field of professional librarianship and centers the values of equity,
access, and social justice in their work.

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Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.67; ALA member: $71.10;
Non-member $79.00

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1004

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration at ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece at ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*

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