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Event Name:
Pride is 365: Providing Year-round LGBTQIA+ Programming and Services


Competency:
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, and Programming

Description:
Join Jordan Ostrum, LGBTQIA+ Services Specialist at Dayton Metro Libraries, for a discussion on the importance of LGBTQIA+ services in public libraries. He will explore the creation of the LGBTQIA+ Services Specialist role and share programming ideas for library workers nationwide. This session will be information-driven and include time for questions and discussion, making it a valuable opportunity for library professionals interested in enhancing their services.
 
Learning Objectives:
  • Recognize the various intersections of LGBTQIA+ patrons' identities and needs.
  • Begin to evaluate your library's strengths in and capacity for connecting your LGBTQIA+ patrons to resources.
  • Reflect on how to adapt the specific approaches to providing LGBTQIA+ programming to your own library.
Presenter:

Jordan Ostrum (he/him/his), proudly serves as the LGBTQIA+ Services Specialist for Dayton Metro Library. He holds a B.A. in Gender & Sexuality Studies from Ursinus College and a Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of Alabama. The Advocate, the nation's largest and oldest LGBTQ magazine, honored Jordan as Wyoming Champion of Pride in 2018 for his work empowering LGBTQ youth in the nation's reddest and most rural state. Internationally, Jordan's scholarship on Greek -letter organizations has been cited by Canadian researchers and he recently presented at the The Trans* Research Association of Ireland’s First Annual Symposium. He is currently working on a chapter for the upcoming LItwin Press edited anthology, Potions, Powers, and Prejudice: Reassessing Harry Potter. For fun, Jordan enjoys chewing the scenery in community theatre productions and befriending basset hounds.
 

Event Date:
10/7/2026

Event Time:
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern

Location:
Setting: In-Person
Online via Zoom
UNITED STATES

Contact Person:
Melissa Lattanzi

Details:
Who should attend: Anyone wanting to learn about LGBTQIA+ Programming
Competencies: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, and Programming

Non-Member Cost:      $40
NEO-RLS Bronze Member Cost:  $24
NEO-RLS Silver Member Cost:   FREE
NEO-RLS Gold Member Cost:    FREE
NEO-RLS Individual Member Cost:  $20

This webinar will not be recorded.

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