Program on THE INTERNET AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THREE COMMUNITI ES

[Leigh Hallingby]

The Special Libraries Association, New York Chapter, Social Sciences Group
>> is proud to announce an upcoming forum,
>> THE INTERNET AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THREE COMMUNITIES: Visually
>> Impaired; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered; and Urban, Low-Income
>>
>> How do different communities use the Internet and how has it changed
>> these communities?
>> Has the Internet lived up to its promise as a tool to educate, empower
>> and overcome isolation?
>> What is virtual community? How does it relate to traditional
>> communities?
>>
>> Join us for a provocative forum that will consider the Internet in its
>> most real and powerful form--as a means of transformation for individuals
>> and their respective communities.
>>
>> Speakers:
>> Gregory Rosmaita, American Foundation for the Blind; World Wide Web
>> Consortium
>>
>> Tim Roberts, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center (New York's only health
>> care center primarily serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
>> community)
>>
>> Liz Cahill, BrookLynX (online community information network and
>> Internet/Web publishing training programs serving low-income
neighborhoods
>> in Brooklyn)
>>
>> date & time: Wednesday, February 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (social hour from
5:30
>> to 6:30)
>> place: Rockefeller Foundation, 420 Fifth Ave., 23rd Fl., betw. 37-38 St.
>> entrance
>>
>> For more information, contact Monica Berger, Libraries for the Future,
>> mberger at lff.org, (212) 352-2330.
>>
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>> Please r.s.v.p. by email, fax or mail by February 17 to:  Michele
LaBella,
>> Catalyst Information Center, 120 Wall Street, 5th Fl., New York, NY
10005.
>> Phone: (212) 514-7600, x312, Fax: (212) 514-8470, email:
>> mlabella at catalystwomen.org
>>
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>> Phone:_________________ Fax:_________________
>> Email:________________________
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>> Monica Berger
>> Librarian   (mberger at lff.org)
>> Libraries for the Future
>> 121 W. 27th Street, Suite 1102
>> New York, NY 10001
>> tel: 212-352-2330/800-542-1918
>> fax: 212-352-2342
>> www.lff.org