{"id":2973,"date":"2017-07-13T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=2973"},"modified":"2017-05-03T09:47:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T13:47:12","slug":"meet-jeff-witt-an-rt-member-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/2973","title":{"rendered":"Meet Jeff Witt! An RT Member Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/GLBTRT-Member-Spotlight-Jeff-Witt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2974\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/GLBTRT-Member-Spotlight-Jeff-Witt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>By A. Faulkner<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your role in the GLBTRT?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>General Member<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the GLBTRT mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A way to stay in tune with current issues and a way to network<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you involved in ALA in other ways?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not yet, I am a new member ? I am looking for ways to get more involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What professional work do you perform?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am the Diversity &amp; Inclusion Specialist for the Univ. of Michigan Library.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would you like to share about your personal life?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My husband and I were married in 2016, but have been together for 17 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you most proud of?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The college students and young adults that I have been able to provide encouragement and support to as they overcome the odds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who inspires you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MLK, Ru Paul (and Donald Trump in an aversive way)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your goals? (Professional and\/or personal.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To build intercultural competencies within the context of higher education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think (or predict) is the future of libraries?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Increased movement (and more purposeful movement) between being a neutral space, a safe space and a brave space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In what direction would you like the GLBTRT to move in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Developing and empowering intercultural competency training programs that can be delivered in our libraries ? especially focused on GLBT+ Ally training.<strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What would be the title of your autobiography?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of Being Vulnerable<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could only choose one song to play every time you entered a room for the rest of your life, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Illuminate the Dark ? by Tom Goss<\/p>\n<p><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By A. Faulkner What is your role in the GLBTRT? General Member What does the GLBTRT mean to you? A way to stay in tune with current issues and a way to network Are you involved in ALA in other ways? Not yet, I am a new member ? I am looking for ways to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":2974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-profiles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}