Your Voices: Learning, Listening, and Sharing was a project that allowed underrepresented students in library and information science and applied data science to share their stories, support each other, and learn from information professionals like themselves on how to navigate equity, diversity, and inclusion. That project consisted of three elements—community learning spaces, e-newsletters, and webinars. Another project which is the focus of today, Students: Amplifying Your Voices (SAYV), focuses on community learning spaces, a Discord server channel, and a podcast series for underrepresented students. This proposed presentation will highlight the Best Practices Guide developed as an outcome of Your Voices, discuss the current SAYV project, and welcome the audience to share in the below questions. This proposal also highlights communicating information in various ways and through differing spaces for students. We recognized the need for such a project and empower students to elevate their voices. We will invite attendees to contribute experiences and best practices when initiating such similar efforts in their organizations. We will encourage use of a padlet/chat/mic to share in ideas to address questions such as: What questions do you have about SAYV specifically? What student-centered spaces do you have for underrepresented students to freely exchange ideas with each other? How do you encourage students to get involved in more networking experiences? In what ways can we create new spaces for students to have a voice and amplify their voices?

Presenters: Lilia Brummel and Dr. Michele A. L. Villagran
Date: Monday, April 14, 2025
Time: 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm (Pacific Time)
Location: https://sites.google.com/view/peraltaequityconference/home?authuser=0