New Adult Committee: Recent Episodes
Alex Cranshaw, Morgan Brett, Andrew Mihopulos
The New Adult Committee (NAC) is a special interest committee under the Reference & Adult Services Division of Suffolk County Library Association. New Adults are library patrons in their 20’s + 30’s who have aged out of Teen Services, are in college and grad school, in trade school, new to the work force, business owners, unemployed, starting families, immigrants, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, or have special needs. New Adults are a wide range of any library's community population and we are looking for both traditional and non-traditional library programs and services.
The NAC are joined by Anthony Manza from the National Student Debt Forgiveness Center to talk about student loans, debt forgiveness programs and how libraries can assist patrons struggling to navigate the complicated federal loan forgiveness system.
Contact the NAC:
Alex: alex@sayvillelibrary.org
Andrew: andrew.mihopulos@sachemlibrary.org
Links from this episode:
National Student Debt Forgiveness Center
Director Josef Basmagy: (646) 766-1330 ex.120
Anthony Manza: (646) 766-1330 ex.116
The NAC are joined by Lori Brust, Childcare Consultant for Cultural Care Au Pair, one of the country's largest au pair agencies.
Contact the NAC:
Alex: alex@sayvillelibrary.org
Andrew: andrew.mihopulos@sachemlibrary.org
Links from this episode:
Cultural Care Au Pair
Lori: lori.brust@lcc.culturalcare.com
The NAC is joined by Kathryn Caninno, Program Director of the Long Island Parenting Institute, and Carisse Mitchell, Youth Services Coordinator at West Babylon Public Library and President of CLASC, to discuss resources and programming for new parents.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Long Island Parenting Institute
Phone: 631-533-5055
Email: Kathryn.cannino@eac-network.org
Web: https://eac-network.org/li-parenting-institute/
Project Hope
Phone: 516-510-0282
Email: projecthopeinfo@eac-network.org
Web: https://nyprojecthope.org/
AFFCNY: https://affcny.org/
AGAPE: https://affcny.org/programs/adoption-and-guardianship-assistance-program-for-everyone/agape-long-island/
Long Island Adoptive Families: https://affcny.org/adoption-foster-events-ny/long-island-adoptive-families-support-group/
LGBT Network Families Program: https://lgbtnetwork.org/family
Contact the NAC:
Alex Cranshaw: alex@sayvillelibrary.org
Andrew Mihopulos: andrew.mihopulos@sachemlibrary.org
Morgan Brett: morgan@sayvillelibrary.org
The NAC is joined by Salvatore DiVincenzo of the Miller Business Center; Michele Cayea, Community Outreach Librarian at the Patchogue-Medford Public Library; and Stephen King, Chairman of the Patchogue Young Professionals. We discuss career resources and strategies for new adults entering the job market, changing careers, or starting their own business.
Links from this episode:
Miller Business Center
Patchogue Young Professionals
Contact the NAC:
Alex: alex@sayvillelibrary.org
Morgan: morgan@sayvillelibrary.org
Andrew: andrew.mihopulos@sachemlibrary.org
Join the conversation on Slack! Contact Morgan for access.
The NAC is joined by Maria DeMauro of Pride For Youth and Ernesto Hernandez and Chris Torre of the LGBT Network to discuss how libraries can better serve our LGBTQ patrons.
Links from this episode:
Pride for Youth
LGBT Network
Top 25 LGBTQ-Affirming Children’s Books
Contact the NAC:
Alex: alex@sayvillelibrary.org
Morgan: morgan@sayvillelibrary.org
Andrew: andrew.mihopulos@sachemlibrary.org
Join the conversation on Slack! Contact Morgan for access.
Welcome to the New Adult Committee podcast! In our first episode, we discuss what libraries in Suffolk County, New York are doing to reach "new adults" during the pandemic. Alex, Morgan and Andrew discuss virtual programming and services, social media tips, and much more!
Contact the NAC:
Alex: alex@sayvillelibrary.org
Morgan: morgan@sayvillelibrary.org
Andrew: andrew.mihopulos@sachemlibrary.org
Join the conversation on Slack! Contact Morgan for access.