If you’re a library worker who has been impacted by the California wildfires, you are invited to join one or both of two upcoming peer support network meetings this week.
The Urban Librarians United (ULU) Library Worker Support Network, one of the outcomes of ULU’s Urban Library Trauma Study, are peer-led virtual groups for library workers to discuss the unique realities and challenges of library work with colleagues who can empathize and provide support. These groups are not mental health counseling but instead an opportunity to build community and support through a trauma-conscious lens. Attendees have similar lived experiences and are able to provide insight, information, and resources with one another.
Two special peer support sessions have been set up for library workers who either live or work in the California communities impacted by the wildfires. These will run on Tuesday, January 14 at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time and on Saturday, January 18 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
These are free to attend. To register, fill out this intake form, which also provides additional information about what the peer support sessions offer to attendees.
You can learn more about ULU’s Library Worker Support Network here. To learn more about the realities of trauma and librarianship–a topic that will, unfortunately, be relevant in the coming weeks and months for library workers in these impacted areas–check out this guide to trauma in the library, as well as this guide to trauma-informed librarianship.
