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.
Happy Election Day from ILA’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee!
Scholarship Opportunity:
The Iowa Library Association (ILA)’s Committee for Diversity and Inclusion (CD&I), together with ILA’s Library Leadership and Management Association (ILA LLAMA) Subdivision, are pleased to announce that we will be accepting applications for the ILA for All Membership Award. This scholarship program offers candidates from underrepresented groups an opportunity to receive a one-year membership in ILA, which also includes ILA LLAMA membership.
ILA is committed to increasing knowledge about diversity within our organization and awareness of issues related to traditionally underrepresented groups, as well as increasing the inclusion and representation of underrepresented groups in the ILA membership. The current goal of the scholarship program is to encourage and empower Iowa library staff to participate in the career development and enrichment opportunities offered by ILA and increase the number of underrepresented members in the organization.
Please share this information and application form with anyone who might be interested in this scholarship. We are eager to get the word out as far and wide as possible.
The application form can be found here 1, and the application deadline is November 15, 2021.
Please direct any questions or concerns to CD&I or LLAMA:
CD&I Chair: Jillian Rutledge jrutledge@waterloopubliclibrary.org
CD&I Vice-Chair: Amanda Bellis abellis@ankenyiowa.gov
LLAMA Chair: Kim Kietzman KKietzman@altoona-iowa.com
LLAMA Vice-Chair: Julie Finch jfinch@urbandale.org
Social Justice Discussion Group
Throughout the month of November we will be reading, watching, and listening to resources about the topic of Restorative Justice. Discussions are scheduled for December 1st at 10:00 am (passcode 094427) and December 10th at 2:00 pm (passcode 175139).
We would love it if you joined us. 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:
- Iowa Access to Justice Summit Tickets (Free Event), Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 8:30 AM | Eventbrite
- Prison Abolition and Restorative Justice
- Effectiveness of Restorative Justice
- How Restorative Justice Could End Mass Incarceration (Video)
- How is Transformative Justice Different from Restorative Justice?
- Restorative Justice Practices of Native American, First Nation and Other Indigenous People of North America: Part One
- Restorative Justice Practices of Native American, First Nation and Other Indigenous People of North America: Part Two
- Restorative Justice is Racial Justice
- Sorry I Shot You (Restorative Justice Documentary)
- Restorative Circles: Creating a Safe Environment for Students to Reflect
Other resources of interest:
- Inclusive Entrepreneurship Tickets, Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite
- Why sharing gender pronouns in the workplace matters 1 (article)
- Staff Equity and Inclusion Training (Library Leadership podcast)
Previously shared social justice discussion group resources:
Race:
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)
10 Books About Race To Read Instead Of Asking A Person Of Color To Explain Things To You 1
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)
31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
‘Me And White Supremacy’ — A Personal Anti-Racism Tool : Life Kit
Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people | Ijeoma Oluo
What Is White Centering and Are You Doing It? Plus, 7 Ways To Stop
Proposed Iowa House bill would bar funding from schools teaching the 1619 Project
Unconscious/Implicit Bias:
- Strategies to Address Unconscious Bias
- How Racial Bias Works - and How to Disrupt It
- To Reduce Gender Bias, Anonymize Job Applications
- Project Implicit - Implicit Association Test
- End Racial Bias in School Discipline
- reWork: Raise Awareness about Unconscious Bias
- Implicit Bias in the Library Workplace
Housing:
What Would ‘Housing as a Human Right’ Look Like in California?
Cities Are Tackling the Housing Crunch—by Building Above the Library
Give Them Shelter? Libraries face tough choices when homeless patrons set up permanent residence
Strengthening Communities: The Role of the Public Library as a Site of Connection
We the Unhoused podcast
Education:
- 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
- 4 Steps You Can Take to Begin Addressing Equity in Education
- The subtle ways colleges discriminate against poor students, explained with a cartoon 1
- Diversity & Inclusion Reading List: Equity/Inclusion in Higher Ed Books
- Right to Regalia: Let Those Feathers Fly at Graduation
On behalf of ILA CD&I,
Jillian Rutledge, Chair
