Senior YA Librarian
Brooklyn Public Library
Rakisha Kearns-White is a 2023 Library Journal Mover and Shaker as well as the 2022 recipient of Brooklyn Public Library's Dr. Lucille C. Thomas Award for Excellence in Librarianship. She has been a young adult librarian for over 18 years at the library's Central Branch, and is known for being her library's sex positive, BTS-loving, period equity advocate. Her focus over the past seven years has been facilitating sexuality education for teens; advocating for the prevention of compassion fatigue in library workers; and making the public library a welcoming space for all. She was recently elected to the executive board of the New York Library Association.
Saturday, January 20, 2024
1:00pm – 2:00pm EST