<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="" class=""><span style="" class="">Hi everyone,</span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="" class=""><span style="" class="">Please keep conversations about diversity and other tough topics on Libs-Or. <br style="" class=""></span></span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br style="" class=""><span style=""
class=""><span style="" class=""></span></span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="" class="">Conversations about racism/lack of </span><span style="" class=""><span style="" class="">diversity</span>, poverty, sexism, and other tough issues are difficult. They are supposed to be. <br></span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="" class=""><br></span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="" class="">Hopefully, they inspire us to work past our discomfort in the words we might use to express ourselves and even past any
feelings of helplessness we might have to figure out as individuals, as libraries or library systems to support and encourage ourselves and our colleagues to build greater diversity in our profession and by example support diversity in our communities. <br style="" class=""></span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br style="" class=""><span style="" class=""></span></div><span style="" class=""></span>It's too easy to silo topics. As professionals and residents of the 21st Century, we are buried with information. As a result, we make choices about what we read and what groups and listservs we belong to. <br style="" class=""><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br style=""
class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="" class=""><span style="" class="">I joined this listserv when I enrolled in Emporia's Portland cohort, even though I live and work in Washington. </span></span>I remain a member <span style="" class="">because of the fabulous discourse, information and support on various
topics. If I had a question, I know my Oregon library colleagues would
generously help. That's the way things roll on Libs-Or. We don't have a listserve like this in Washington. (I'm on a WLA committee that is working to change that.) <br></span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""></span></span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="" class=""><span style="" class="">Racism may not overtly thrive in our communities like it did just a couple of decades ago, but it still lurks under the surface. I've heard </span></span><span style="" class="">library patrons grumble about other patrons who speak Spanish, Vietnamese or Ukrainian. </span>I've heard Anglo <span style=""
class=""><span style="" class="">fishermen cursing </span></span><span style="" class=""><span style="" class="">indigenous </span>peoples for winning a lawsuit 40 years ago that made it clear tribal people have the right to fish in Washington state. I used to live in Mount Vernon where one in three people are Hispanic and one in three speaks another language at home, but a few years ago a mayor (now former) prevented the library from continuing to the word biblioteca when the aging sign was replaced. <br style="" class=""></span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></span></div><span style="" class="">If
tough issues like racism and lack of diversity leave Libs-Or to move to another listserve or blog, then lack of diversity and racism stop
being part of the mainstream conversation. <br style="" class=""></span><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div>Thank you for a discussion that knocked me out of the mad scramble of summer reading and made me think about better ways to serve my colleagues and more importantly my community. <br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Marta<br><font style="" class="" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3"> </font><div class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;"><font style="" class="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif" size="4"><b style="" class="">Marta Murvosh</b>, MLS<b style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></b></font><font style="" class="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif" size="2"><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="mailto:murvosh@yahoo.com">murvosh@yahoo.com</a></font></div><div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif" size="3"><b style="" class="">360-610-9642 - mobile</b><br style="" class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font><font style="" class="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif" size="3">Arlington, WA</font></div><div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3"><font style="" class="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><i style="" class="">Pacific Time zone<br style="" class=""></i><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marta-murvosh/48/548/2a2">Linkedin</a><br style="" class=""><font style="" class="" size="2"><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://murvosh.weebly.com/">Website</a><br style="" class=""><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://www.facebook.com/MartaMurvosh">Facebook</a></font></font><br></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="" class="" dir="ltr"> <hr style="" class="" size="1"> <font style="" class="" face="Arial" size="2"> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jane Salisbury <janesa@multcolib.org><br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Elizabeth M. Rivera <erivera@cclsd.org> <br style="" class=""><b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" <libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us> <br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:
bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:01 AM<br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Libs-Or] A poem for the occasion<br style="" class=""> </font> </div> <div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><div style="" class="" id="yiv5523460939"><div style="" class=""><div style="" class="" dir="ltr"><div class="" style="font-family: times new roman,serif; font-size: 13px;">I think that libs-or is a fine place to have a discussion about diversity issues in Oregon libraries, long or otherwise. As far as I know, there is no other forum that is common to all libraries in Oregon. </div>
</div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class="" clear="all"><div style="" class=""><div style="" class="" dir="ltr"><div style="" class=""><b class="" style="font-family:arial, verdana;font-size:13px;">Jane Salisbury</b><br style="" class="" clear="none"></div><div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="georgia, serif"><span class="" style="font-family:arial, verdana;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;">Supervisor, Library Outreach Services<br style="" class="" clear="none">
</span></font><font style="" class="" face="georgia, serif"><span class="" style="font-family:arial, verdana;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;">Multnomah County Library<br style="" class="" clear="none">205 NE Russell</span></font></div><div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="georgia, serif"><span class="" style="font-family:arial, verdana;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;">Portland, OR 97212</span></font></div>
<div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="arial, verdana"><br style="" class="" clear="none"></font></div><div style="" class=""><font style="" class="" face="georgia, serif"><span class="" style="font-family:arial, verdana;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;">Phone: 503.988.4081 Website: <a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.multcolib.org/">www.multcolib.org</a><br style="" class="" clear="none">
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