April 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 forDiversity & Inclusion

·         28 Titles Exploring & Celebrating Native History & Culture https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=native-history-culture-collection-development-indigenous-people-march-1-2017 (Thank you to Jeff Meyer for sharing!)

·         Unintentional Inequity: Examining equity gaps in our libraries https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/03/01/unintentional-inequity/

·         The world’s first genderless voice assistant is challenging gender stereotypes https://thenextweb.com/tech/2019/03/18/worlds-first-genderless-voice-challenging-gender-stereotypes/ (Thanks to Julie Finch for sharing!)

·         Defeating Bullies and Trolls Skokie (Ill.) Public Library event offers strategies to protect librarians from harassment https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/librarians-defeating-bullies-trolls/ (Thanks to Jenny Parker for sending our way!)

·         Why We Created a Gender-Inclusive Stock Photo Library https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/qvyq8p/transgender-non-binary-stock-photos-gender-spectrum-collection (Thanks to Julie Finch for sharing!)

·         10 Children's Books Handling Race and Identity In A Smart Way https://www.romper.com/p/10-childrens-books-handling-race-identity-in-a-smart-way-15955367?fbclid=IwAR0k4xu9HlvUOaWp3dGfmc8_JlPg44QHJgnUW21Y_raEiRKw3hiYsJPycR0

·         95-year-old caught four buses to join rally against racism https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018688318/95-year-old-caught-four-buses-to-join-rally-against-racism

·         ‘Biased’ By Dr. Jennifer L. Eberhardt Explains What You Need to Know About Hidden Prejudice https://www.bustle.com/p/biased-by-dr-jennifer-l-eberhardt-explains-what-you-need-to-know-about-hidden-prejudice-16984655?fbclid=IwAR0FeSL1PUPOdgxDmFBw3GOKwduIeydA8JO8zkdJO9uUmMC5hMeypo4w8QY

·         Indie Author Creates Online Community for Fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy https://blackgirlnerds.com/indie-author-creates-online-community-for-fans-of-science-fiction-and-fantasy/?fbclid=IwAR2t2O6_zvVDyLMyPO08w8SY-S7C67Q9jwJdhJ7gIx08WvjIiZWTyEzkxQo

·         TECH NEWS Facebook bans white nationalism from platform after pressure from civil rights groups https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-bans-white-nationalism-after-pressure-civil-rights-groups-n987991?fbclid=IwAR3vpeZItial4KQyJZv4nMfHkWxl3kjfv1zPtAqhWV4QP8-IJt6xHMAhFY0

·         Reparations & White Privilege - Between the Scenes video https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2432691540347452

·         Dear White Teachers: You Can't Love Your Black Students If You Don't Know Them https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/03/20/dear-white-teachers-you-cant-love-your.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-FB&fbclid=IwAR33RZ0o1rK3x7xrwOVl-_xZWxR4j9APbdiNKRpEEfPqvUcFuqRW69lDS0o

·         School district turns unused cafeteria food into take-home meals for kids https://www.koat.com/article/school-district-turns-unused-cafeteria-food-into-take-home-meals-for-kids/27028248?fbclid=IwAR0frkqaV-ewCLQ8WM_tXyv_5ljSc5b15G0LGAPeegOzvh5TiJX0oPULVpk

·         University to offer 'Angry White Male Studies' class this fall https://www.kcci.com/article/university-to-offer-angry-white-male-studies-class-this-fall/27065015?fbclid=IwAR3OYqzY3EzHZQRJdTvIBQEL5W2oUyu2PsFvdtAPXir4Q21hy35BjD0BJD0

·         Intentional approach: Diversity depends on efforts to recruit and retain talent https://wcfcourier.com/business/local/intentional-approach-diversity-depends-on-efforts-to-recruit-and-retain/article_3abc032b-aac9-5183-8480-e7fc4323d808.html?fbclid=IwAR15SOhcg-Szgh3-t0uaPl31NafNdWdWdlsS5GvbgEgorMztmQH-z6Es43Q

·         Iowan Kyle Korver Writes on his Struggle With White Privilege and Calls for Denouncing Racism ‘At Every Level’ https://whotv.com/2019/04/09/iowan-kyle-korver-writes-on-his-struggle-with-white-privilege-and-calls-for-denouncing-racism-at-every-level/?fbclid=IwAR0aovb71f4rS3IzDcvYwlK12_x2k4NCNo0__Gbs4CWkmD3c1A7tBpyp180

·         Privileged by Kyle Korver https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kyle-korver-utah-jazz-nba?fbclid=IwAR2MvybD7X_A5eXM3LidPwNEPCPHAquV6QkgmrD7MUAkjIS2n05lWGGT4Lg

·         Community supports students during Westboro protests https://www.amestrib.com/news/20190408/community-supports-students-during-westboro-protests?fbclid=IwAR1XXTHJ6jEeg-dcyLCmSnvZbe5MJLPF2puRExkdOWKYixAdH7w3Mklf1vQ

·         New clinic offers much-need medical care for LGBTQ community https://www.kcci.com/article/new-clinic-offers-much-need-medical-care-for-lgbtq-community/27079227?fbclid=IwAR0BmM0GBgDyaDV-cRFZRn2c0ttHUTX-OGgfq5zAa-7DUA9uSGGauI3cX5I

·         UnityPoint Opens LGBTQ Clinic in Des Moines https://whotv.com/2019/04/08/unitypoint-opens-lgbtq-clinic-in-des-moines/?fbclid=IwAR1Vx9k6hA8QZMZMpicMCsM1SWU58pfI4LbByMCU0Jb1h_-ceGS4LO5YCg8

·         Photos: Meskwaki College and Career Fair https://meskwaki.org/photos-meskwaki-college-and-career-fair/?fbclid=IwAR3l0zMmhZL8VqIreoitAwzeDbNF_OObaR74Fst8EH2QIwDFxqZytkPHYQo

·         10 Native women you should have learned about in history class https://hellogiggles.com/lifestyle/native-women-learned-history-class/?fbclid=IwAR2qOa9VkOiwr8t25MyceYRl58OWURxcAFjPIup9GiPEzrHT94xEvPO4-1s

·         What’s Wrong With This Diorama? You Can Read All About It https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/20/arts/design/natural-history-museum-diorama.html?fbclid=IwAR1o8rR3aC5NNVhvwmv2NGHxognFVRPiW1RxtDr5cjG5YQ4WfR6R8lkjiQE

·         Georgetown Students Agree to Create Reparations Fund https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/us/georgetown-reparations.html?fbclid=IwAR0wHHuYnGkoneZuSQRsLE3lS0b8Ruyq9XU2xgqg3GKePtOKoP3ViUoINUw

·         Omari Hardwick & Steven Yeun Discuss Code-Switching For Blacks & Asian-Americans https://www.bet.com/celebrities/exclusives/sorry-to-bother-you-code-switching.html

·         Racial Equity Tools - Whiteness and White Privilege http://www.racialequitytools.org/fundamentals/core-concepts/whiteness-and-white-privilege

·         Attacks by White Extremists Are Growing. So Are Their Connections. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/03/world/white-extremist-terrorism-christchurch.html

·         Hate at School: January 2019 https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/hate-at-school-january-2019

·         The Subtle Linguistics of Polite White Supremacy https://medium.com/@YawoBrown/the-subtle-linguistics-of-polite-white-supremacy-3f83c907ffff

·         WOC+lib (Women of Color + Libraries) https://www.wocandlib.org/

·         No Box For Me. An Intersex Story https://www.tiff.net/events/no-box-for-me-an-intersex-story-event

·         ‘Map Twins’ Bridge the Gap in a Segregated Chicago https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/08/folded-map-twins-chicago-south-side-segregation/568903/

·         Racism, whiteness, and burnout in antiracism movements: How white racial justice activists elevate burnout in racial justice activists of color in the United States http://edchange.org/publications/White-Activists-Causing-Burnout-Racial-Justice-Activists-Gorski-Erakat.pdf

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.