Bridgebuilding is an approach for promoting engagement and dialog between groups of people with different perspectives and experiences. Recognizing libraries as trusted community spaces, IREX, in collaboration with Shamichael Hallman and with support from More Perfect, created the Bridgebuilding Resource Hub to support and enhance the bridgebuilding capabilities of public libraries, to help combat rising levels of distrust and division in our communities. Join this webinar to learn about the free tools in the Bridgebuilding Resource Hub, including methods for both conducting bridging activities and programs, and for measuring their effectiveness. Public library staff who have offered programs will share their experiences, the partners that they worked with, and what they learned. 

Presenters:

• Tara Susman-Peña, Senior Technical Expert, Center for Applied Learning and Impact, IREX
• Shamichael Hallman, Director of Civic Health and Economic Opportunity, Urban Libraries Council
  
• Matt McLain, Associate Director, Community Engagement, Salt Lake County Library (UT)
• Seth Smith, Public Services Librarian, Daniel Boone Regional Library (MO)

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Webinar Attachments

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Related Resources and Links

• IREX
• Bridgebuilding Resource Hub
• Bridgebuilding Case Study: Daniel Boone Regional Library
• One Read at DBRL
• Human Library at DBRL
  
• WebJunction webinar, Promote Community Engagement and Challenge Prejudice with a Human Library
  
• Let's Be Neighbors discussion series at Salt Lake County Library
• Additional links shared in chat
• IREX, Disinformation Tools and Resources
• I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times, by Monica Guzman