In working to partially fulfill the ILA Committee for Diversity & Inclusion’s charge of promoting awareness of issues relating to diversity and inclusion to the greater ILA membership, here is another of our periodic emails with items that may be of interest or value to those seeking to learn more about issues surrounding diversity, inclusion, and social justice. While we know we can’t be comprehensive, we do our best to collect timely resources on library-related issues and share those every few weeks. If you have resources that fall under the diversity and inclusion umbrella you feel might be helpful or interesting for the ILA membership, please 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
- Video: The Empathy Gap, SoulPancake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdLOkqMfRJk (8:10)
- Publisher apologises for 'racist' text in medical book http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41692593
- As non-binary actors become more visible, this website supports their work https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/as-non-binary-actors-become-more-visible-this-website-supports-their-work (Cara Stone can also help put you or colleagues in contact with Woodzick, if interested)
- Stop Sexual Harassment in Your Library: Protecting librarians from inappropriate patrons https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2017/11/01/stop-sexual-harassment-your-library/
- Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/princeton-digs-deep-into-its-fraught-racial-history.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
- The Princeton and Slavery Project https://slavery.princeton.edu/
- ALA receives $1.1 million from W.K. Kellogg Foundation for reading and discussion model for underserved youth as part of national Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation effort http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/ala-receives-11-million-wk-kellogg-foundation-reading-and-discussion-model
- Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism http://sundown.tougaloo.edu/sundowntowns.php
- A Guide To Non-binary Pronouns And Why They Matter https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/non-binary-pronouns-why-they-matter_us_5a03107be4b0230facb8419a (Shared by Jody Gray via Twitter)
- Teaching Activities for: ‘Running Through the Heart of Navajo’ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/learning/teaching-activities-for-running-through-the-heart-of-navajo.html
- Collections Decoded: Reflections and Strategies for Anti-racist Collection Development https://brickclickanacademiclibrary2017.sched.com/event/Aj5e/collections-decoded-reflections-and-strategies-for-anti-racist-collection-development (Presentation )
- Dying Trans: Preserving Identity In Death http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/dying-trans-preserving-identity-death (Shared by mortician and author Caitlin Doughty)
- 6 Notable New Books On Black Women’s History https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/six-notable-new-books-on-black-womens-history_us_5a0b54cde4b006523921846f
- Doing a YA Diversity Audit: Answering some follow up questions, including “What about the Conservatives?” http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2017/11/doing-a-ya-diversity-audit-answering-some-follow-up-questions-including-what-about-the-conservatives/ (Includes links to additional YA Collection Diversity Audit links: Understanding your local community, the how-to, resources and sources, and an outline) School Library Journal Teen Librarian Toolbox
- Oakland Public Library Takes Action Against Islamophobia http://www.slj.com/2017/10/public-libraries/oakland-public-library-takes-action-islamophobia/
- The World Of Children’s Books Is Still Very White https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-world-of-childrens-books-is-still-very-white/
- Standing Up to Islamophobia http://www.slj.com/2017/10/industry-news/standing-up-to-islamophobia/
- Teens Tackle Race and Identity, Aided by a Graphic Novel | SLJ Summit 2017 http://www.slj.com/2017/10/diversity/teens-tackle-race-identity-aided-graphic-novel-slj-summit-2017/
- Cherie Dimaline On Erasure, the Power of Story, and “The Marrow Thieves” http://www.slj.com/2017/11/interviews/cherie-dimaline-erasure-power-story-marrow-thieves/
This message is sent on behalf of the ILA Committee for Diversity and Inclusion as a point of interest for the general membership; CD&I is not responsible for any of the content found within, and any views may not necessarily represent those of the committee, its members, or any associated organizations. It is shared for informational purposes only.
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