Name: Tabling with Pride - Meeting your Queer Community Members at their Point of Need
Start: 2026-10-09T10:00:00-0700
End: 2026-10-09T11:00:00-0700

Tabling with Pride - Meeting your Queer Community Members at their Point of Need

Friday October 9, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT

Grand Oasis Hotel Minot - Grand Ballroom

Join EDI/LGBTQ2S+ Committee Co-Chairs Rachel Waldo and Montana Ackman as they combine peer-reviewed research and lived experience to show you the unique needs and challenges facing our local queer community members. They will explain how tabling at local Pride events allows libraries to build trust with our local queer community members and meet them at their point of need. They will also share practical guides, helpful tips, and resources created by the EDI/LGBTQ2S+ Committee with the goal of empowering YOU to go forth and confidently meet your queer community members at their point of need by tabling at your local Pride event!

We will also hold a Q&A at the end of the session as time allows.

Speakers

Montana Ackman

EDI/LGBTQ2S+ Committee Co-Chair, NDLA

Montana Ackman is the Administrative Assistant for the Williston Community Library and is a 2026 Co-Chair of the EDI/LGBTQ2S+ Committee of NDLA.

She is a library kiddo turned library staff member who was beyond ecstatic when she was hired as a part-time Circulation Clerk at the Williston Community Library during her junior year of high school. She since earned her Associate in Arts at Williston State College and has held a... Read More →

Rachel Waldo

Teen & Young Adult Services Librarian, Dickinson Area Public Library

Rachel Waldo is the Teen & Young Adult Services Librarian for the Dickinson Area Public Library and is a 2026 Co-Chair of the EDI/LGBTQ2S+ Committee of NDLA. Based out of Dickinson, North Dakota, Rachel attended Dickinson State University and graduated in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts... Read More →

Friday October 9, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Grand Oasis Hotel Minot - Grand Ballroom 1505 N Broadway, Minot, ND 58703, USA

Concurrent Session, for all libraries

2026 NDLA Conference

Montana Ackman

Rachel Waldo

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2026 NDLA Conference

Montana Ackman

Rachel Waldo

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