February 2021

 February 1, 2021

The Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has some great webinars scheduled for this upcoming year. Please visit the State Library’s website and look under the Events column for more details. 

Throughout the month of January we have been reading, watching, and listening to resources about the topic of Race. Discussions are scheduled for February 3rd  at 9:00 am (passcode 094427) and February 8th at 2:00 pm (passcode 175139). 

We would love it if you joined us for either or both calls. The level of participation is up to each attendee; you may actively contribute to the discussion or just listen & learn. Here are some resources for the discussion groups:

• Nikole Hannah-Jones on Race, Education, and Growing up in Waterloo (Talk of Iowa) 

• 26 Mini-Films for Exploring Race, Bias and Identity With Students (Published 2017)

• Teaching While White 

• 10 Books About Race To Read Instead Of Asking A Person Of Color To Explain Things To You 

• 17 Books On Race Every White Person Needs To Read 

• Twitter thread on Structural Racism in Libraries 

• Advancing Racial Equity in Public Libraries 

• Race, Ethnicity, Nationality and Jellybeans

• Understanding the difference between race and ethnicity

• Why We Confuse Race and Ethnicity A Lexicographer’s Perspective

• Why diversity matters: A roundtable discussion on racial and ethnic diversity in librarianship

• Racial Microaggressions: Comments That Sting | The New York Times

• Reading and Talking about Race: An Intro to ALA’s Great Stories Club (Part 1: Deeper Than Our Skins)

• Discussing Race with Young Kids | First Steps

• 31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance

• Exploring the Race and Ethnicity Question

• Understanding the difference between race and ethnicity