My name is Jina DuVernay and I am the Reference Librarian at Alabama State University. I graduated from the University of Alabama with a Masters in Library and Information Science. I completed my first year as a librarian in May of 2017. During my first year, I sought out opportunities to outreach to the campus community by organized a variety of events for them to partake in such as a poetry reading and book signing, round table discussion and film screening. I also started a book club which highlights and celebrates African American fiction. Despite the occasional opposition, all of the events proved to be successful because I found another way around the opposition and stay focused on the end goal which was to engage the event participants. Where the is a will, there is a way!