February 2019

Greetings,

Periodically, the ILA Committee for Diversity & Inclusion shares resources on issues relating to diversity and inclusion. Here is another of our emails with items that may be of interest or value to those seeking to learn more about 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, Committee for Diversity & Inclusion

·         ARL Condemns Anti-Semitic Attacks https://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/4695-arl-condemns-rise-of-anti-semitic-attacks-in-us-canada#.XBQd4WhKiUk

·         Black job seekers in Waterloo-Cedar Falls understand its ranking for racial disparity https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/rekha-basu/2018/12/13/highest-racial-disparities-u-s-whats-going-waterloo-iowa/2279606002/?fbclid=IwAR2KSDkLFxvMRUEPZPqlXbdfakGaWVafFrPATDnCLJ8nTGJhoEH2jtNzEYE

·         A short comic gives the simplest, most perfect explanation of privilege I've ever seen. | Upworthy https://www.upworthy.com/a-short-comic-gives-the-simplest-most-perfect-explanation-of-privilege-ive-ever-seen (Thank you to Julie Finch for sharing!)

·         Examining Classic Literature Through a Critical Lens https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/examining-classic-literature-through-critical-lens#stream/0

·         16 LGBTQIAP+ Books by Black Authors http://www.yapride.org/2019/02/16-lgbtqiap-books-by-black-authors/

·         Area’s First Repair Café Coming to Schenectady https://capitalregionchamber.com/news/areas-first-repair-cafe-coming-to-schenectady/

·         60 Things White People can do for Racial Justice https://medium.com/@cshutack/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234?fbclid=IwAR2SUodftN2459p17tAxMRkdzBSDTHzBz0d4xc1rPwp2k8FMTWd4aJCkzGc

·         TALK: WHITE FRAGILITY, 2/24/19, 2 pm https://www.amespubliclibrary.org/events/talk-white-fragility

·         White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Robin DiAngelo, Upcoming Lecture 2/26/19, 7 pm https://www.lectures.iastate.edu/lecture/46500

·         OPINION Refusing to talk about white privilege helps maintain it https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2019/02/06/opinion-refusing-talk-white-privilege-helps-maintain-university-iowa-racism/2778979002/

·         For Black History Month, remakrable women and men we overlooked since 1851 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/black-history-month-overlooked.html?fbclid=IwAR0OSTDTDilCiohHNbypAU9_vtdUpTI25xEe7vhRdd8N584IUVzNEaWnhNU

·         A study in black and white: Is the Cedar Valley really the worst place to be black in America? https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/a-study-in-black-and-white-is-the-cedar-valley/article_02003132-7c8a-5bba-b7e6-1af7fbf8f978.html?fbclid=IwAR2WQHAogC40dwQF2Hp7BgnFRjlVX94KYLuEL-JCzX0at1w9xcpDWTIgexg

·         28 MORE BLACK PICTURE BOOKS THAT AREN’T ABOUT BOYCOTTS, BUSES OR BASKETBALL (2018) https://scottwoodsmakeslists.wordpress.com/2018/02/07/28-more-black-picture-books-that-arent-about-boycotts-buses-or-basketball-2018/?fbclid=IwAR3Ce4KPXdO1U0eS9NDgRdWh16dMVcag76W_jNDqMOZyLo5ZDqCYXjaJTmo

·         To all the white friends I couldn’t keep http://www.andrerhenry.com/thoughts/2019/2/5/to-all-the-white-friends-i-couldnt-keep?fbclid=IwAR31eVwjyEnTaQAT98Nq7sON57Hgvk01IpjouPGBMdHmtc5VlZyOb4R2etY

·         Searching for Iowa’s Civil Rights History https://medium.com/iowa-history/searching-for-iowas-civil-rights-history-3f28800061b7?fbclid=IwAR3U3A-hoKtmnSAkOBErwhqWGbsOWIdw6Vo2o9l9gxvsJA5DSrWkObCUgQk

·         Community-College Students Succeed at Elite Schools—When They’re Admitted https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/01/community-college-transfers-elite-schools/580411/?fbclid=IwAR1XW60GMXn9jkXQTdAtwwkXD5V8AqFQ7o4IJ17VBxuGkCu4tSb-PJ2KLI4

·         To Get To College, It Helps Black Students To Have A Black Teacher Early On https://www.npr.org/2019/01/11/682194015/-black-teachers-helps-black-students-get-to-college?fbclid=IwAR2NLc2dGHpTc6Qs2yRYiukl1wD5BOvfcvSAOM9OAsLJjrNRqXbwDP8fjBM

·         FREE Online Presentation: Beyond Library Diversity Residencies: Strategies to Recruit, Retain, and Promote Librarians of Color Presented online via Zoom Tuesday, February 19th, 11 am CST Registration: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/7386f7e1045d55357c24e00bf0acd2b8

·         When school dress codes depend on the color of your skin https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/02/08/when-school-dress-codes-depend-color-your-skin/?utm_term=.a83d31193432

·         Puerto Rico government issues LGBTI-friendly guidelines to public employees https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/02/11/puerto-rico-government-issues-lgbti-friendly-guidelines-to-public-employees/

·         Editorial: What I said when my white friend asked for my Black opinion on white privilege https://goodblacknews.org/2016/07/14/editorial-what-i-said-when-my-white-friend-asked-for-my-black-opinion-on-white-privilege/

·         Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People https://arrow-journal.org/why-people-of-color-need-spaces-without-white-people/?fbclid=IwAR0CWTIBVlNOOVuOwQfQHqbE0e8v6RNNaeTMLfuQs8TbBx2Y0T-WrMNNa1A

·         Equity in Action: Taking Your Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives to the Next Level https://www.eventbrite.com/e/equity-in-action-taking-your-diversity-and-inclusion-initiatives-to-the-next-level-tickets-53294137199?aff=efbneb&fbclid=IwAR21gTAvrQ62YBa13XuIYXXAUvFzvDn_OxjLF3KxjdOgN8QmNiCWcv-3zCo  ($$$)

·         Inclusive Teaching Toolkits

o    Monash University https://www.monash.edu/library/inclusive-teaching

o    MSU Libraries https://lib.msu.edu/node/5113/

o    Vanderbilt University https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/increasing-inclusivity-in-the-classroom/

o    Yale https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/ClassClimates

o    University of Michigan http://www.crlt.umich.edu/research-basis-inclusive-teaching

·         Mitigating Microaggressions in Virtual Reference, Marie Radford and Lynn Connaway https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/presentations/connaway/radford-kitzie-connaway-floegel-reference-research-forum-2017.pdf

o    Webinar recording for OCLC https://www.oclc.org/en/events/2018/mitigating-microaggressions-022118.html

·         Inclusive Teaching Strategies from the University of Washington Center for Teaching and Learning https://www.washington.edu/teaching/teaching-resources/inclusive-teaching-at-uw/inclusive-teaching-strategies/

·         The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion https://publish.lib.umd.edu/IJIDI/index

·         Celebrating Difference: Best Practices in Culturally ResponsiveTeaching Online: Summarizes Gay’s work and applies to online learning

·         Stages of Multicultural Curriculum Transformation http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/curriculum/steps.html

·         Sample Activities & Templates for Exploring Privilege, Power, and Oppression https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/sample-activities-templates/

·         In little University Heights, big issue of racial profiling up for a ban https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/in-little-university-heights-big-issue-of-racial-profiling-up-for-a-ban-first-in-iowa-20190206

·         University of Cincinnati’s Data Day 2019: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Data http://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/blogs/dataday/

·         White Privilege Conference - Cedar Rapids, March 20-23, 2019, registration now open https://www.whiteprivilegeconference.com/

Resources Related to ALA Midwinter 2019

·         ALAMW: What Happened, and What Should Happen Next https://aprilhathcock.wordpress.com/2019/01/30/alamw-what-happened-and-what-should-happen-next/

·         Racism and the American Library Association https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/01/american-library-association-criticized-response-racism-complaint

·         Directory/Collection of statements from ALA units and affiliates on racism within ALA https://bit.ly/2HU9FaF (Compiled by Diedre Conkling)

·         ALA President announces future EDI Efforts http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2019/02/ala-president-announces-future-edi-efforts

·         Open letter addressing racialized aggression during 2019 ALA Midwinter https://bit.ly/2MLnI10

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