Greetings from ILA’s Diversity & Inclusion committee!
This message is from the Committee for Diversity and Inclusion and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the Iowa Library Association as a whole.
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 March we will be reading, watching, and listening to resources about the topic of Implicit Bias. Discussions are scheduled for April 7th at 10:00 am (passcode 094427) and April 12th at 2:00 pm 1 (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:
- Strategies to Address Unconscious Bias 1
- How Racial Bias Works - and How to Disrupt It 2
- To Reduce Gender Bias, Anonymize Job Applications
- Project Implicit - Implicit Association Test
- End Racial Bias in School Discipline
- reWork: Raise Awareness about Unconscious Bias 1
Other resources of interest:
- Police in Libraries: What the Cop-Free Library Movement Wants
- When not to call the cops 1
- University of Iowa’s Center for Human Rights YouTube channel 1
- The Privilege Institute virtual conference
- (Not) Another Anti-racist Reading Group webinar 2 from UNC Greensboro
- The Inner Work of Racial Justice 1
- Why Diversity Programs Fail and What Works Better - Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev 2
- Stop White Centering 2
- How to Attract Diverse Talent with Inclusive Job Postings
- 7 Examples of LGBTQ Exclusionary Language [in Job Descriptions] 1
- Creating a More Inclusive Job Posting
- Gender Encoder (Find subtle bias in job ads)
- Abolishing Inequity in the Workplace 1
- Dr. Seuss was a racist. Why are we still reading his books? 3
On behalf of ILA CD&I,
Jillian Rutledge, Chair
jrutledge@waterloopubliclibrary.org
