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ACL Institute 2026

Resilience & Resistance; Rest & Recovery

Friday, March 13th, 9am-5pm

San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco

Join us to explore resilience and resistance while centering rest, recovery, and care for ourselves and our communities.

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Bibliography: here

Purchase Tickets: Closed

Scholarship application: Closed

Volunteer application: Closed

Ticket prices: $60 ACL Members, $70 Non-members, $30 Students or Paraprofessionals

Agenda

9:00-9:45Registration and RefreshmentsLobby and Latinx Room
9:45-10:00Welcome RemarksKoret Auditorium
10:00-10:45Joanna Ho, co-author of The Day the Books Disappeared, and more.Koret Auditorium
11:00-11:45Breakout Sessions
Graphic Medicine: Zine as a Practice of Self-Care with Cassy LeeChildren’s General Floor Area
2nd Floor
Chair Yoga with Librarian PatChildren’s Storytelling Room
2nd Floor
Bringing Recovery and Resilience Trainings to Public Library Staff with MiriamChildren’s Creative Center
2nd Floor
The Ongoing Challenge of Book Challenges with Justin WasterlainKoret Auditorium
11:45-1:00Lunch (offsite) and Book SaleLatinx Room
1:00-1:45Tony Weaver, Jr., author of WeirdoKoret Auditorium
2:00-2:45Rest as Service: From Burnout to Creativity and Emergent Action with Nethra SamarawickremaKoret Auditorium
3:00-4:00Somatics for Resilience with Raj EscondoKoret Auditorium
4:00-4:15Closing RemarksKoret Auditorium
4:15-5:00Networking and Book SaleLatinx Room

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