On October 24th NVNR will host Responding to Hate: Booksellers Share Their Experiences.

The event is designed to be a follow-up to one of the most highly-praised sessions from the NVNR August conference. It will be moderated by David Grogan, the Director of the American Booksellers for Free Expression (ABFE), and is only open to booksellers.

Created in response to bookseller feedback and in an unshakable conviction that the best resource bookstores have is each other, this session allows booksellers to share with each other their strategies for dealing with uncomfortable and confrontational situations, their deescalation techniques, and the safety plans they have developed for their staff and customers. Booksellers have this space to share and listen to the stories from colleagues dealing with community pressures and divisive politics. The goal is to have a safe place to share what’s happening in stores, and helpful resources to carry on.

Register here