Suicide Prevention

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Year of Learning: The November Year of Learning theme was “Identify Your Community.” Heidi Fendrick, Utah State Library State Data Coordinator, hosted a webinar and meetup that gave us ideas on how to identify new ways to design library experiences and explore collection development and programming strategies for your community using internal and external data sources. A sampling of Heidi’s recommended data sources: U.S. Census Data, Census QuickFacts, Kids Count Data Center, Public Libraries Survey, and Benchmark.

During the month of December, library equity partners, the Utah Library Association and Utah State Library will focus on Suicide Prevention. I hope you continue to take advantage of the monthly opportunities to learn, interact, and take action, that lead up to the ULA 2022 Annual Conference. Explore the Year of Learning Hub to familiarize yourself with the year long “United in Diversity | Unida en la Diversidad” curriculum.

Rita Christensen (She/Her/Hers)
ULA President, 2021-2022

December 2021: Suicide Prevention

LEARN Webinar: Aware AF: Mental Health Resources & Classes – Wendy Annas – On Demand. Wendy discusses the need for mental health awareness in our libraries. [View Now]

DISCUSS Zoom Meetup: No meetup in December. 

TAKE ACTION: Create a display in your library to promote mental health and support struggling community members. Post what you learned and how you shared it in the Slack Discussion.