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.
Greetings from ILA’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee!
First up please mark your calendar for Wednesday, July 7th at 10:00 am, for our next deep dive into January’s Racial Equity workshop. We will be examining Library Behavior Policies. Zoom link 1, Meeting ID: 976 6000 8323, Passcode: 233917.
Throughout the month of July we will be reading, watching, and listening to resources about the topic of Education. Discussions are scheduled for August 4th at 10:00 am (passcode 094427) and August 9th at 2:00 pm (passcode 175139).
We would love it if you joined us for any or all of the three 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:
- Science of Equality
- Toward a Humanizing Framework for Student Success
- The Difference Between Educational Equality, Equity, and Justice… and Why It Matters by Joseph Levitan
- Beware of Equity Traps and Tropes 1
- 4 Steps You Can Take to Begin Addressing Equity in Education
- The subtle ways colleges discriminate against poor students, explained with a cartoon 2
- Diversity & Inclusion Reading List: Equity/Inclusion in Higher Ed Books
- Right to Regalia: Let Those Feathers Fly at Graduation
Publishing opportunity!
Queer in the Corn Belt zine is looking for content from organizations, advocates, and members of the LGBTQ+ community for our second issue. We are aiming to help LGBTQ+ folks find and create community. To that end, we are focusing on sharing stories, interviews, initiatives and/or projects of those who have successfully built or are in the process of creating safe spaces and communities centering LGBTQ+ folks. This may also include expressive forms of story sharing that would work in a zine format.
If you would like to contribute to the second issue of Queer in the Corn Belt, please send in your submission to iowalibrarycdi@gmail.com with a subject line of ‘QCB entry’ by September 1, 2021. The maximum word count is 1500. The finished zine will be distributed in print and published online indefinitely. If you have any questions, please let us know.
Thank you for your time and consideration. If you have any questions please feel free to respond to this email or contact Amy Golly at agolly@northlibertyiowa.org.
On behalf of ILA’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee,
Jillian Rutledge, Chair
