September 2017

Greetings,
 Here is another installment of the ILA Committee for Diversity & Inclusion Resource Round-up. We’re working on promoting awareness of issues relating to diversity and inclusion to the greater ILA membership. Don’t forget that this year’s fall ILA Conference theme is Seeking Inclusion, Finding Success, so if these issues of are interest to you, if you are looking to expand your understanding and vocabulary, if you’re looking to connect with others also seeking to grow then this conference is an excellent opportunity for your professional and personal development. The conference will be held October 18-20 in Coralville, IA. This committee is helping with two sessions: 

• Our World, Our Libraries: Diversity as Intentional Practice; Friday, 10/20/17, 10:05-10:55 AM; Presenters: Katelyn Browne, Youth Services Librarian, University of Northern Iowa; Vera Scrivner, Children’s Librarian, Algona Public Library; Amy Golly, Services Department, Urbandale Public Library; tags: all library types, diversity, inclusion, collection management, outreach, programming
• Diversity & Inclusion Unconference Session, Thursday, 10/19/17, 2:15-3:05 PM; Facilitator: Cara B. Stone, Instruction Librarian, Iowa State University; tags: all library types, diversity, inclusion 

There are many other engaging and exciting sessions that also overlap with the goals of this committee, so please do explore the conference schedule and session descriptions! More information on the fall conference may be found here: https://www.iowalibraryassociation.org/index.php/conference. If you have resources that fall under the diversity and inclusion umbrella you feel might be helpful or interesting for the ILA membership, please feel free to send them my way and I will work with the committee to share them out as appropriate.

Sincerely,
Cara B. Stone
Chair, ILA Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity & Inclusion

• Southern Poverty Law Center on Campus http://www.splconcampus.org/resources 
• The Alt-Right on Campus: What Students Need to Know https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53b48ddce4b042f160c7405f/t/59934f2fe58c6285f4bc655b/1502826291707/SoC+Alt+Right.pdf - particularly recommended is the “What to Say, What to Do” section 
• Ten Ways to Fight Hate https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/ten_ways_to_fight_hate_2017.pdf or https://www.splcenter.org/20170814/ten-ways-fight-hate-community-response-guide (Previously shared with a link that occasionally doesn’t redirect properly) 
• Speak Up! Responding to Bias and Bigotry https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53b48ddce4b042f160c7405f/t/594ad3f82e69cfd489ed7436/1498076312750/DEV_Speak+Up+abridged_2017_5+5x8+5_WEB.pdf 
• Other additional resources also available via the first link (Thank you to Victor Lieberman for sharing!) 
• Here Are the Hate Incidents Against Mosques and Islamic Centers Since 2013, ProPublica https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/mosques 
• Stepping Back: Creating Space for Equity in Librarianship, by Violet Fox http://letterstoayounglibrarian.blogspot.com/2017/08/stepping-back-creating-space-for-equity.html 
• Opinion: Diversity Isn’t “Being in the Room” — It’s Whites Giving Up Their Seats Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/05/02/diversity-white-power-roles/#xuvYoxfOdF3xrTgX.99 http://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/05/02/diversity-white-power-roles/ 
• Soliciting Performance, Hiding Bias: Whiteness and Librarianship http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2015/soliciting-performance-hiding-bias-whiteness-and-librarianship/ 
• Whiteness in Libraries https://lowriderlibrarian.blogspot.com/2016/10/whiteness-in-libraries.html 
• White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2015/lis-diversity/ 
• Supermarket brings in 'quiet hour' designed to help autistic people http://mashable.com/2017/08/17/quiet-hour-autism-supermarket/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds#IfiS1fTbcaqO 
• Picture books that teach kids to combat racism http://www.whatdowedoallday.com/picture-books-that-teach-kids-to-combat-racism/ 
• Charlottesville syllabus: Readings on the history of hate in America https://daily.jstor.org/charlottesville-syllabi-history-hate-america/ (Thank you to Rebecca Funke for sharing) 
• One Iowa’s First Annual LGBTQ Workplace Culture Summit https://oneiowa.org/events/, Tuesday, Oct. 10 - Central Iowa; Thursday, Oct. 26 in eastern Iowa, scroll down about ¼ of the page to see description, Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1975159039392870/ and online registration: https://oneiowa.org/workplaceculture2017dsm/ Additional information here https://oneiowa.org/2017/09/one-iowa-host-1st-annual-lgbtq-workplace-culture-summit-central-eastern-iowa/ 
• Reading Racism in Dr. Seuss https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/08/reading-racism-in-dr-seuss/536625/ 
• 10 of the Best Books About the Transgender Experience http://www.signature-reads.com/2017/08/best-books-about-transgender-experience/ 
• Teaching Social Justice: 25 Books To Encourage Students To Change The World http://teachthought.com/literacy/teaching-social-justice-25-books-students-change-world/?utm_content=bufferb573a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 
• I Was a Racist Teacher and I Didn’t Even Know It http://educationpost.org/i-was-a-racist-teacher-and-i-didnt-even-know-it/ 
• 10 things every white teacher should know when talking about race https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/truth-for-teachers-podcast/10-things-every-white-teacher-know-talking-race/ 
• The radical copyeditor’s style guide for writing about transgender people https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2017/08/31/transgender-style-guide/ 
• SPEC Kit 356: Diversity and Inclusion (September 2017), Association of Research Libraries http://publications.arl.org/Diversity-Inclusion-SPEC-Kit-356/ 
• Federal judge says Arizona's ban on Mexican American studies is racially discriminatory http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-arizona-mexican-american-studies-20170822-story.html (Thank you to Rebecca Funke for sharing) 
• White Privilege Symposium: Equity & Education, Drake University, Oct 27 & 28, https://www.facebook.com/events/175752772970029/ 
• What I Said When My White Friend Asked for My Black Opinion on White Privilege BY Lori Lakin Hutcherson, On Being https://onbeing.org/blog/what-i-said-when-my-white-friend-asked-for-my-black-opinion-on-white-privilege/ 
• Patrisse Cullors of Black Lives Matter Discusses the Movement http://www.teenvogue.com/story/patrisse-cullors-of-black-lives-matter-discusses-the-movement 
• Baby proof: Bedtime stories about race & social justice http://www.readingmytealeaves.com/2017/08/baby-proof-bedtime-stories-about-race-social-justice.html 
• Picture books that teach kids to combat racism https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/picture-books-that-teach-kids-to-combat-racism/ 

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