Mar
21
Tue
Brick Builder’s Club!
Mar 21 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Calling all builders! Bring your friends and let your imagination run wild. Creations will remain on display at the Library until the Club’s next meeting.

Mar
29
Wed
Virtual: Wildflower Alliance Info Session
Mar 29 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Register at tinyurl.com/ewml-wa-info

Liz will give a brief overview of the Wildflower Alliance with a focus on local in person spaces and online supports. Q&A and conversation to follow.

The Wildflower Alliance supports healing and empowerment for our broader communities and people who have been impacted by psychiatric diagnosis, trauma, extreme states, homelessness, problems with substances and other life-interrupting challenges. Learn more about the Wildflower Alliance at wildfloweralliance.org.

Closed captioning will be available. This presentation contains slides that will be made available after the session.

Presenter Bio: Liz Mombourquette is a queer trauma survivor who grew up in Central Massachusetts and has navigated self-injury and thoughts of suicide from an early age. She brings these and other challenging life experiences to her work bridging people from psychiatric hospitals, advocating for people’s rights in restrictive settings, and pushing for system change. In addition to her work as a bridger, Liz is involved in statewide advocacy for the integrity of peer roles within the state of Massachusetts. She has offered open testimony against discriminatory legislation, facilitated statewide meetings, and worked on subcommittees dedicated to defending peer roles from co-optation. Liz is a Certified Peer Specialist and a trainer in the Wildflower Alliance’s Alternatives to Suicide, When Conversation Turns to Suicide, and Self-Injury curricula and is currently studying to be an Intentional Peer Support Trainer.

Apr
4
Tue
Brick Builder’s Club!
Apr 4 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Calling all builders! Bring your friends and let your imagination run wild. Creations will remain on display at the Library until the Club’s next meeting.

Apr
5
Wed
Virtual: Rock Your LinkedIn Profile with Alyssa Pratt
Apr 5 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Virtual: Rock Your LinkedIn Profile with Alyssa Pratt

Register at tinyurl.com/ewml-4523

Explore how to create a LinkedIn profile that brings your personal career story to life, whether you’re just starting out, seeking to advance, or making a career change. You’ll learn tips on tailoring each section, starting with the key insight that a LinkedIn profile is unique and shouldn’t be approached exactly like a resume. This session will cover ways to add media to a profile, methods for showcasing your career accomplishments and aspirations, and how to grow your thought leadership on LinkedIn.

Learning objectives

  • Profile photo best practices
  • Creating a custom LinkedIn headline
  • Updating your industry
  • Introducing yourself in the summary section
  • Adding work experience
  • Adding skills
  • Getting endorsements
  • Requesting recommendations

Alyssa Pratt is a Senior Content Manager at LinkedIn and focuses on content strategy for LinkedIn Learning. She lives in Easthampton with her husband and three boys.

Apr
18
Tue
Brick Builder’s Club!
Apr 18 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Calling all builders! Bring your friends and let your imagination run wild. Creations will remain on display at the Library until the Club’s next meeting.

Apr
25
Tue
Art Buffet
Apr 25 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Art Buffet is back! Join Katya and Lois to make spring-themed collages or use our materials to inspire the creation of your choice.

May
2
Tue
Brick Builder’s Club!
May 2 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Calling all builders! Bring your friends and let your imagination run wild. Creations will remain on display at the Library until the Club’s next meeting.

May
8
Mon
Virtual: Rock Your LinkedIn Profile with Alyssa Pratt
May 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Virtual: Rock Your LinkedIn Profile with Alyssa Pratt

Register at tinyurl.com/ewml-4523

Explore how to create a LinkedIn profile that brings your personal career story to life, whether you’re just starting out, seeking to advance, or making a career change. You’ll learn tips on tailoring each section, starting with the key insight that a LinkedIn profile is unique and shouldn’t be approached exactly like a resume. This session will cover ways to add media to a profile, methods for showcasing your career accomplishments and aspirations, and how to grow your thought leadership on LinkedIn.

Learning objectives

  • Profile photo best practices
  • Creating a custom LinkedIn headline
  • Updating your industry
  • Introducing yourself in the summary section
  • Adding work experience
  • Adding skills
  • Getting endorsements
  • Requesting recommendations

Alyssa Pratt is a Senior Content Manager at LinkedIn and focuses on content strategy for LinkedIn Learning. She lives in Easthampton with her husband and three boys.

May
16
Tue
Art Buffet
May 16 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Art Buffet is back! Join Katya and Lois to make spring-themed collages or use our materials to inspire the creation of your choice.

Art Buffet: Notan
May 16 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Join us upstairs to explore the Japanese concept of ‘notan’ – ‘light-dark harmony’.