My name is Vanessa Kitzie, an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina. We’re looking for LGBTQIA+ community leaders, librarians, and healthcare professionals currently practicing in Florida to participate in a half-day community forum on November 7th from 10 am-2 pm EST at the Miami-Dade Public Library. The forum will focus on improving services for LGBTQ+ populations to support health promotion and is part of a larger Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant.

 

Librarians and healthcare professionals will engage in semi-structured conversations with LGBTQ+ community leaders from Florida. The conversation will follow the World Café concept for facilitating large-group dialogue, which has been successfully applied in public health to research the health information needs of LGBTQ+ communities. The forum will not be recorded; instead, notes taken collectively by participants will be shared with researchers. All forum participants’ identities will be kept confidential. Food and beverages will be served. More information about the forum can be found in the following forum video and on our Instagram @lgbtq.healthguide.

 

If you are interested in participating, please fill out this (brief) form: Information Form. Please also feel free to pass this email along to anyone you know who might be interested in participating. After completing the form, I will contact you via email regarding your participation. This forum has received ethical approval from UofSC’s Institutional Review Board (IRB)(Pro0008587).