February 2018

Greetings,

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 are some 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

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• The Matrix: Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion: https://www.uccs.edu/matrix/index.html (Thanks to Beth McMahon for sharing!)
• Library Instruction for Diverse Populations Bibliography http://acrl.ala.org/IS/library-instruction-for-diverse-populations-bibliography/
• Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, JCLC 2018 September 26-30, 2018 in Albuquerque, New Mexico http://www.jclcinc.org/conference/2018/
• Apply Now: Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Great Stories Club http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/apply-now-truth-racial-healing-transformation-great-stories-club Visit the project guidelines and apply online by Feb. 16, 2018.
• Activist Patrisse Cullors sets the record straight about Black Lives Matter in new book http://mashable.com/2018/01/17/mashreads-podcast-patrisse-cullors-book/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds#wJQIIUI9NmqG
• Nikole Hannah-Jones on Race, Education, and Growing up in Waterloo http://iowapublicradio.org/post/nikole-hannah-jones-race-education-and-growing-waterloo#stream/0 (~30 minutes)
• Netflix has a hidden gem to help you celebrate Black History Month https://mashable.com/2018/02/01/netflix-pioneers-african-american-cinema-black-history-month/#Qbyb.9Uom5qJ
• 'Iowa nice' hasn't stopped profiling, Cedar Rapids Gazette http://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/guest-columnist/iowa-nice-hasnt-stopped-profiling-20180206 (Thank you to Heather Meyer-Boothby for sharing!)
• Questioning ‘Algorithms of Oppression’, Inside Higher Ed https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/02/06/scholar-sets-twitter-furor-critiquing-book-he-hasnt-read
• Black history is U.S. history — but some of my students don’t want to hear it https://washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/02/07/black-history-is-u-s-history-but-some-of-my-students-dont-want-to-hear-it/
• Hear Their Voices: 10 Must-Reads for Black History Month http://www.signature-reads.com/2018/02/10-must-reads-for-black-history-month/
• A Guide to Gender: Social Justice Advocate's Handbook By Sam Killermann http://guidetogender.com/ (Thanks to Julie Finch for sharing!)
• Theorist Judith Butler Explains How Behavior Creates Gender: A Short Introduction to “Gender Performativity” http://www.openculture.com/2018/02/judith-butler-on-gender-performativity.html
• African American History Month https://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/
• National Parks Service African American Heritage https://www.nps.gov/aahistory/
• EDSITEment's Guide to Black History Month Teaching Resources https://edsitement.neh.gov/feature/edsitements-guide-black-history-month-teaching-resources
• Smithsonian Education Black History Teaching Resources http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/african_american_resources.html

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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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