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Digital Security Strategies Webinar with Library Freedom Project

  • 1.  Digital Security Strategies Webinar with Library Freedom Project

    Posted Jul 31, 2025 03:36 PM

    Hi everyone!

    RIG will be hosting a webinar with with Library Freedom Project on digital security strategies!  The webinar will be on Tuesday August 12, 2025 from 4:00-5:30pm. A description of the webinar is provided below. Please register to attend. 

    Digital security Strategies: Protecting Ourselves Online and Resisting Harassment.

     In this political climate, various tactics are being used to intimidate and silence scholarship. Those from historically marginalized communities are particularly at risk. LFP director, Alison Macrina will present this webinar to provide practical tools and proactive strategies to help you protect your personal information online. We will explore threats and vulnerabilities unique to diversity residents, and review best practices and strategies you can use to minimize risk. Join us to empower yourself with the knowledge and tools to stay safe, in order to bring the focus back to your important work.

    We hope you can attend! 

    Sincerely,

    Beatrice Downey, 

    RIG Outgoing Convener 



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    Beatrice Downey
    User Experience Librarian
    NC State University
    She/Her/Hers
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