MLA/DLACon2025: Full Schedule

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4:00pm EDT

All Conference Reception

Wednesday May 7, 2025 4:00pm - 4:30pm EDT

Bayfront Ballroom

Wednesday May 7, 2025 4:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Bayfront Ballroom

Social Event, Conference Comm

4:30pm EDT

Opening Keynote: Lady Brion

Wednesday May 7, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT

Bayfront Ballroom

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Speakers

Lady Brion

Poet

Lady Brion is an international spoken word artist, activist, organizer and educator who has captivated audiences with her powerful performances. She became the Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion and International Poetry Slam Champion (team slam) in April 2021. In 2024 she was... Read More →

Wednesday May 7, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Bayfront Ballroom

Keynote, Conference Comm

5:45pm EDT

Free for All: The Public Library (Documentary Screening)

Wednesday May 7, 2025 5:45pm - 7:45pm EDT

Bayfront Ballroom

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Free for All: The Public Library tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today's librarians who service the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all.

Maryland Public Television will be facilitating a discussion after the one-hour film

Wednesday May 7, 2025 5:45pm - 7:45pm EDT
Bayfront Ballroom

Social Event, Conference Comm