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SPRING 2022. VOL 1:1 


  •  CEEED’s Upcoming Webinars/Panel Sessions, Windows 2 Action:

    • 11:30 AM EST June 22, 2022: Stephen Abram, Lighthouse Consulting; former ED, the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries. Mindfulness in a Time of Turbulence. 

    • September 2022: Digital Literacy Foundation, India.  Topic: TBD.

    • October 2022: Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, Museum Director, Illinois State Museum, and Brandie Macdonald Sr. Director of Decolonizing Initiatives at San Diego Museum of Us. USA; Decolonizing Museums.

    • November 2022: Peace Museum in Dayton, USA.  Topic: TBD.

    • December 2022. Prof. Monica J. Sanchez-Flores, Thompson Rivers University. Canada.  Topic: TBD.

    • February. 2023: Qatar Museum.  Topic: TBD.

    • November 2023: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Memorial Museum and Archives of ISI Kolkata with the collaboration of a few International Institutes.  Topic: TBD.

  •  Book Launch (The Role of Libraries in Social Justice…), Webinars (Empathy and Equity to Reduce Digital Inequality), Jan 5 and Jan 27, 2022.
  • Glimpses From the Field: Here’s what’s making headlines, .
  • Good to know about Empathy and Equity’s recent happening in communities
  • Potential Topics for Research 
  • Forthcoming Events, Globally:


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