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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">I’m passing this along from our colleagues in Vermont:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">October 30<sup>th</sup> and November 13<sup>th</sup> at 10:00 am PT</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864"> the Vermont
Department of Libraries (VTLIB) will host guest presenter Rajnii Eddins for two sessions: “Self-Expression through Poetry for Library Staff,” and “Community Poetry Programming for Libraries.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">The first will guide librarians in their own self-examination and self-care regarding the stressors of being a rural librarian, particularly right now.
The second session will work with librarians to help them implement community poetry programs at their libraries as a means to strengthen community connections. Both webinars are free and are funded through a grant from the Network of the National Library
of Medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Full descriptions and registration links are on VTLIB’s CE page:
<a href="https://libraries.vermont.gov/services/continuing_ed">https://libraries.vermont.gov/services/continuing_ed</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Eddins is renowned in Vermont and beyond for his work in processing difficult social and cultural issues through the arts, particularly working with
racial and other social justice issues. </span></i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864"><a href="https://www.rajniieddins.com/" target="_blank" title="https://www.rajniieddins.com/">https://www.rajniieddins.com/</a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Darci Hanning, MLIS (she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="color:#2E74B5">Continuing Education Resources: </span>
</b><span style="color:#1F3864"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted"><b><span style="color:#0563C1">https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color:#2E74B5">
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<span style="color:#1F3864"><a href="mailto:darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F4E79">
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<b><span style="color:#2F5496">971-375-3491</span></b><b><span style="color:#1F4E79">
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