BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:DC Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:DC Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c93dad70-895b-432f-b23e-dd01be08600b SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260729T010637Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T210000 SUMMARY:(Mis)Information Lab Seminar LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Martin Luther King Jr. Mem orial Library - Central Library;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Martin Luther Ki ng Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library:geo:38.8986823,-77.024871 GEO:38.8986823;-77.024871 DESCRIPTION:Join the DC Public Library in collaboration with Truth in Comm on for our inaugural DC (Mis)information Lab Seminar: Empowering community leaders and educators across the District..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.inf o/event/11619619 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Here at the library\, we're dedicated to b uilding information literacy\, and that includes countering misinformation that we hear about &ndash\; from &ldquo\;deep fakes&rdquo\; of celebritie s and politicians\, to misleading or false health information spread on so cial media\, to information that stokes fear\, divisions\, and violence.\n

We know that many DC-based organizations confront this issue as the y go about serving DC&rsquo\;s diverse communities as educators\, leaders\ , public health workers\, social service providers and more.

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In th is dynamic one-day event\, we'll forge connections among practitioners com mitted to combating misinformation and share promising practices. Get read y for hands-on learning\, networking opportunities\, and building a robust network to tackle misinformation head-on.

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See the \;brief agenda \;for det ails.

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Who should attend?
This seminar is des igned with community leaders\, educators\, local journalists\, and public- facing service providers in mind &ndash\; anyone who is regularly looked t o for authoritative information by DC residents. Do you often find yoursel f helping friends\, neighbors\, or clients find reliable information? Have you become familiar with the types of misinformation that tend to impact DC residents? Would you like to practice and refine your skills in dispell ing misinformation? If so\, this seminar is for you! Together we&rsquo\;ll build skills and community around helping DC residents find useful inform ation about controversial and important topics.

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What shoul d I expect?
The purpose of this seminar is to share informat ion and build skills collectively &ndash\; be prepared to actively partici pate. \; Expect to come away from the seminar with a deeper understand ing of how misinformation circulates in our communities and workplaces\, s ome ideas for how to combat it\, concrete practice in productive dialog\, and an expanded network of colleagues to work with on these issues moving forward.

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To register

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This seminar is free \; Please register to secure your spot in shaping a more informed DC!

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Featured Speakers

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Deanna Troust is a communications professional whose c areer includes over 25 years in social change strategy development\, execu tive leadership at a DC-based firm and two successful entrepreneurial vent ures. She is founder of Truth in Common\, which offers media and informati on literacy experiences at libraries and community-based organizations wit h a mission of restoring fact-based decisionmaking and respectful discours e. With projects in the District\, Maryland\, Virginia and beyond\, Truth in Common empowers people to stem the spread of falsehoods and build commu nity through an evidence-based approach. A graduate of Cornell University\ , Deanna is a long-time resident of Adams Morgan who also spends time in r ural Worton\, MD. Learn more at truthi ncommon.org.

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Ethan Porter is an associate professor in the Sc hool of Media and Public Affairs and the Department of Political Science a t George Washington University. He is also the Cluster Lead of the Misinfo rmation/Disinformation Lab at GW's Institute for Data\, Democracy and Poli tics. \;His research has appeared in \;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\, Journal of Politics\, \;Social Forces\, \;P olitical Analysis\, \;Political Behavior\, \;Political Communicati on \;and other journals. \;He has written for \;The New York T imes\, The Washington Post \;and other popular publications\, and has received grant support from \;the National Science Foundation\, the So cial Science Research Council and the Omidyar Network. He is currently an associate editor at \;Science Advances. \;He received his PhD from the University of Chicago. \;

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False Alarm: The Truth About Po litical Mistruths in the Trump Era\, \;a book co-authored with Thomas J. Wood\, was published in 2019 by Cambridge University Press. His second book\, \;The Consumer Citizen\, \;was released in 2020 by Oxford U niversity Press. \;

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