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Rakisha Kearns-White, senior YA librarian at Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library (BPL), left, and Brenda Bentt-Peters, BPL's community outreach supervisor, present at "Creating Welcoming and Supportive Libraries for Asylum Seekers and People Experiencing Homelessness and Poverty."

Rakisha Kearns-White, senior Young Adult librarian at Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library (BPL), left, and Brenda Bentt-Peters, BPL’s community outreach supervisor, present at “Creating Welcoming and Supportive Libraries for Asylum Seekers and People Experiencing Homelessness and Poverty.”Photo: Rebecca Lomax/American Libraries

Rakisha Kearns-White, senior YA librarian at Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library (BPL), left, and Brenda Bentt-Peters, BPL’s community outreach supervisor, present at “Creating Welcoming and Supportive Libraries for Asylum Seekers and People Experiencing Homelessness and Poverty.”