<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>Ruth's description of the CA Guadalajara-book-buying consortium caught my imagination! (In brief: that some CA libraries formed a collaborative to send delegates to the Guadalajara Book Fair (aka the FIL) to buy materials and gather information on behalf of the greater group.) *Have* any Oregon libraries collaborated that way already? If not, I think it could be a worthwhile conversation to start. (I know that this thread caught the interest of some of the Clackamas LINCC directors...) Maybe we could pull it off in the future. Like Barratt, I might also be able to help consult, coordinate or strategize. </div><div><br></div><div>I was fortunate when working for Multnomah as a bilingual youth librarian to attend the Guadalajara Book Fair a few times to select juvenile Spanish-language materials. Although it's true that some material, even there, is in translation (my favorites are the translations from the French -- French picture books can be so surreal and hilarious!), we typically found lots of terrific, Spanish-original, mostly Latino material that we simply couldn't get through any publishers or distributors state-side. It really enriched MCL's collection with materials reflecting and honoring the origins of many in our service population. </div><div><br></div><div>I know that sending delegates to the FIL is simply outside budget likelihood for many libraries, but I think a combination of capitalizing on the <a href="http://www.ala.org/offices/iro/awardsactivities/guadalajarabook">scholarships</a> available and some collaborative strategizing might really be do-able. (And on the simplest end, even if we just organized for FIL attendees to share lists of the best titles and other resources they found, it could be helpful, since at least some of the titles can be bought in the US. As Ruth said, "Not everyone could afford to send someone to Guadalajara, but every library could participate, spend what they determined they could afford, and learn and be helped in the process.") And since some OR libraries do sometimes send staff to the FIL, perhaps there is already some momentum to build upon? </div><div><br></div><div>Deborah Gitlitz</div><div><br></div><div>p.s. I haven't chimed in for quite a while, so for background: I was with Multnomah (MCL) for 15 years as a Bilingual Youth Librarian, including coordinating a bilingual family literacy grant for them for a couple years; and am delighted to be starting in October as the brand-new Outreach Librarian for Wilsonville. I also do some library consulting and work as a family and early literacy trainer.</div><div><br></div><div>____________</div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#444444">Deborah Gitlitz</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#444444">Outreach Librarian</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#444444">Wilsonville Public Library</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#444444">8200 SW Wilsonville Road</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#444444">Wilsonville, OR 97070</font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 23:50:09 +0000<br>
From: Barratt Miller <<a href="mailto:BMiller@crooklib.org" target="_blank">BMiller@crooklib.org</a>><br>
To: Ruth Metz <<a href="mailto:ruthmetz@spiretech.com" target="_blank">ruthmetz@spiretech.com</a>>, 'libs-or'<br>
<<a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:uwmosaic@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">uwmosaic@u.washington.edu</a>'"<br>
<<a href="mailto:UWMOSAIC@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">UWMOSAIC@u.washington.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>"<br>
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Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] [REFORMANET] RE: Reading While White<br>
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Hi everyone,<br>
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I think Ruth?s suggestion is a great one! I?m not going to the Guadalajara Book Fair anytime soon, unfortunately, but I?d be happy to help with organization (creating selection profile forms for libraries that can?t go, working out logistics, and other behind-the-scenes stuff) if any Oregon attendees are willing to serve in this capacity.<br>
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CSD is starting a blog soon and is looking for content. Posts about awesome Spanish-language and Latin@ books for kids would be really helpful for children?s librarians around the state! Please send me and our Web Editor Taylor Worley (<a href="mailto:tworley@springfield-or.gov" target="_blank">tworley@springfield-or.gov</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:tworley@springfield-or.gov" target="_blank">tworley@springfield-or.gov</a>>) an e-mail if you?d be willing to recommend some gems that aren?t on the mainstream library-land radar.<br>
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(I?d be excited to see it become a regular series, personally! We just need a steady stream of content provided by people in the know to make it happen. ?)<br>
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If anyone wants to go the Guadalajara Book Fair, don?t forget that CSD and other OLA divisions offer scholarships for conference attendance, too! We tend to have too few people apply than too many, so don?t be shy about applying. ?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Barratt Miller<br>
Chair, Children?s Services Division<br>
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Barratt Miller, MSLIS<br>
Assistant Director<br>
Crook County Library<br>
175 NW Meadow Lakes Drive<br>
Prineville, OR 97754<br>
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Crook County Library ? Experience the Journey!<br>
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From: Libs-Or [mailto:<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>] On Behalf Of Ruth Metz<br>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 4:27 PM<br>
To: 'libs-or'; '<a href="mailto:uwmosaic@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">uwmosaic@u.washington.edu</a>'; <a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>; <a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a>; <a href="mailto:grace@gracefullyglobal.com" target="_blank">grace@gracefullyglobal.com</a><br>
Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] [REFORMANET] RE: Reading While White<br>
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The references to the Guadalajara International Book Fair bring to mind a model that might benefit Oregon libraries. Years ago, libraries in the Bay Area, through the cooperative, Bay Area Library and Information System (BALIS), sent a small delegation to purchase for the consortium members that wished purchases made for them. Bibliotecas para la Gente (BPLG), the northern CA chapter of Reforma (who were also staff of the member libraries and included bilingual and bilingual/bicultural professional and paraprofessional staff in No CA) helped organize the selection profiling before the trip. It was very successful and the purchase amount became greater and greater each year, with more libraries joining in each year because it made a remarkable improvement in local and the region?s collections. BALIS served as the fiscal agent so that each library didn?t have to set up a P.O.?BALIS issued the P.O. and billed back those libraries that participated. This occurred for many yea<br>
rs?perhaps still does. It was a great, grass-roots solution to the extreme challenge of developing collections for children and adults whose first language is Spanish and who are from Mexico and Central and South American countries. The libraries shared the costs of travel for the delegation (added to the bill for the participating libraries but shared)and the delegation makeup rotated, with some carryover from the previous year. Being one of the delegates became an honored role because the delegation was representing a body of libraries. There were many beneficial results?more collections, better collections, improved collection savvy across the region, staff development and interlibrary cooperation, and especially being at the table in Guadalajara?influencing the market and the trade. Not everyone could afford to send someone to Guadalajara, but every library could participate, spend what they determined they could afford, and learn and be helped in the process. The p<br>
reparation beforehand (led by BPLG and including selectors from the participating libraries) raised the bar and the buy-in throughout the region. Are Oregon libraries already doing a version of this? Might they?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
From: Libs-Or [mailto:<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>] On Behalf Of Ted Smith<br>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 1:35 PM<br>
To: 'Katie Anderson' <<a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us" target="_blank">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us" target="_blank">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>>>; Grace Tiscareno-Sato < >; <a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
Cc: libs-or <<a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>>>; <a href="mailto:uwmosaic@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">uwmosaic@u.washington.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:uwmosaic@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">uwmosaic@u.washington.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] [REFORMANET] RE: Fwd: Reading While White<br>
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What would be more helpful is if there was some kind of clearing house or respected journal that we could rely upon for reviews of Latin authors, etc. Barking at the moon thinking any significant number of libraries can send someone to Reforma Conferences let alone Mexico. Most of us never go to Book Expo or even NPBA. We are lucky to have money to send staff to our state conferences.<br>
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Message: 5<br>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:16:39 +0000<br>
From: Katie Anderson <<a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us" target="_blank">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>><br>
To: Marti?n Blasco <<a href="mailto:MartinB@wccls.org" target="_blank">MartinB@wccls.org</a>>, "'Kimbre Chapman'"<br>
<<a href="mailto:Kimbre.Chapman@ci.mcminnville.or.us" target="_blank">Kimbre.Chapman@ci.mcminnville.or.us</a>>, Grace Tiscareno-Sato<br>
<<a href="mailto:grace@gracefullyglobal.com" target="_blank">grace@gracefullyglobal.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a>"<br>
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Cc: libs-or <<a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>>, Youth Services<br>
Librarians <<a href="mailto:CHILD@wccls.org" target="_blank">CHILD@wccls.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>>, Latino Services<br>
<<a href="mailto:LatinoServices@wccls.org" target="_blank">LatinoServices@wccls.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] [Reforma_or] [REFORMANET] RE: Fwd: Reading<br>
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Great ideas! I think it would also be helpful to include information about where to libraries can purchase the books in the data bank.<br>
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Katie Anderson, Youth Services Consultant<br>
Library Support and Development Services<<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/index.aspx" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/index.aspx</a>><br>
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From: Marti?n Blasco [mailto:<a href="mailto:MartinB@wccls.org" target="_blank">MartinB@wccls.org</a>]<br>
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 8:40 AM<br>
To: 'Kimbre Chapman'; Katie Anderson; Grace Tiscareno-Sato; <a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a><br>
Cc: libs-or; <a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>; Latino Services; Youth Services Librarians<br>
Subject: RE: [Libs-Or] [Reforma_or] [REFORMANET] RE: Fwd: Reading While White<br>
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Good morning Everyone:<br>
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Kimbre brings a good point. We should organize, through REFORMA Oregon Chapter, a data bank with one list of Latino authors/illustrators (English, bilingual, Spanish), and another of Latin American and Spanish ones.<br>
A good way to begin is participating not only in the REFORMA chapter meetings, but we also have the opportunity (offered and suggested by OLA?s CSD) to discuss about books focused on the Latino experience during the first Mock Pura Belpr? Award workshop which is going to take place on Sat., December 12, from 10 to 4 at the Hillsboro Public Library ? Main, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy in Hillsboro.<br>
We have to work together and help each other in order to better our services to the Latino and the Spanish speaking community in the state. Librarians of the world, unite!<br>
Have a great weekend,<br>
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Mart?n<br>
Chair of REFORMA Oregon Chapter<br>
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From: Libs-Or [mailto:<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>] On Behalf Of Kimbre Chapman<br>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 1:02 PM<br>
To: Katie Anderson; Grace Tiscareno-Sato; <a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
Cc: libs-or; <a href="mailto:uwmosaic@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">uwmosaic@u.washington.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:uwmosaic@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">uwmosaic@u.washington.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] [Reforma_or] [REFORMANET] RE: Fwd: Reading While White<br>
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I look continually for books written by Latino authors. They are not easy to find, but when I do find them, I purchase them, particularly if I can get them through Ingram. I cannot go to Guadalajara at the present time, and would love it if a listing of books written for children were given to me, and where they could be most easily purchased, and Reviews, if possible. Maybe some reader reviews?<br>
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We have also had a lot of trouble getting a number of books shipped to us. We have a limited budget and it is expensive to have them shipped. If we go to the book fair, they would also need to be shipped. As an example of shipping problems we have encountered, one company shipped us books one-at-a-time and charged us for shipping each individual book. And when the books are really expensive to obtain, it presents a further problem.<br>
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The idea I?d like to present is that those of us who are in charge of purchasing books are not necessarily tied to a known entity when it comes to books from another country. What we do lack is accessibility. It shouldn?t be necessary to have to go to the book fair in order to obtain books. So, help us please, by suggesting titles and resources. For me, this means children?s titles, and teen titles that I can suggest to our teen librarian.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
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Kimbre Chapman<br>
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Kimbre Chapman<br>
Children's Services Supervisor<br>
McMinnville Public Library<br>
<a href="tel:503-435-5569" value="+15034355569" target="_blank">503-435-5569</a><br>
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From: Reforma_or [mailto:<a href="mailto:reforma_or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>] On Behalf Of Katie Anderson<br>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 12:37 PM<br>
To: Grace Tiscareno-Sato; <a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
Cc: libs-or; <a href="mailto:uwmosaic@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">uwmosaic@u.washington.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:uwmosaic@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">uwmosaic@u.washington.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Reforma_or] [Libs-Or] [REFORMANET] RE: Fwd: Reading While White<br>
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Yes and?<br>
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Lots of libraries send staff and more should send staff to purchase books written by Latino authors and illustrators at the Guadalajara International Book Fair?<<a href="https://www.fil.com.mx/ingles/i_default.asp" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fil.com.mx/ingles/i_default.asp</a>>. Yes, it?s very expensive. That is why ALA offers free passes<<a href="http://www.ala.org/offices/iro/awardsactivities/guadalajarabook" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/offices/iro/awardsactivities/guadalajarabook</a>>, this year to 150 librarians!<br>
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Katie Anderson, Youth Services Consultant<br>
Library Support and Development Services<<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/index.aspx" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/index.aspx</a>><br>
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On Sep 24, 2015 11:12 AM, "Mario Bencastro" <<a href="mailto:mbencastro@bellsouth.net" target="_blank">mbencastro@bellsouth.net</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:mbencastro@bellsouth.net" target="_blank">mbencastro@bellsouth.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
Hi Martin and Max:<br>
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Thanks for bringing up these very crucial issues:<br>
? ?Racism is embedded, permeated, in a minority of the planet?s population; racism is the tool of the privileged to perpetuate power. Of course, this is reflected in our education and what it is published (in the media as a whole).?<br>
? ?It?s almost impossible to find books written by Latino authors and illustrators (only 2% of what is printed is relevant to the Latino culture).?<br>
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To that point, I will add that most of what is presented to our community as Latino culture is just regular consumer products with Spanish names, and in many cases the so call ?Latino heroes? do not even understand Spanish, or are some famous sports or Hollywood millionaires far removed from our Latino reality.<br>
? Specifically on Latino culture publications: In most libraries in the United States the ?Spanish? section ?if there is any-- contains non Latino author books in Spanish. This will increase even more now that Penguin has bought Alfaguara.<br>
? Librarians always tell you that they can?t buy your book because you are an ?Independent? writer. I thought that was the highest honor that an artist could aspire to. Not when it comes to having your books at the library. It seems that libraries in general are tied to a system where they can only buy products from the ?official? and ?traditional? industry, which is run of course by the big media empire. Sadly, our so called ?Latino culture?, image and products are established by this big machine; for them ?Latino culture? is just a commercial opportunity.<br>
? To that respect, it will be interesting to ask our community what makes them Latinos, and if they ever read a book by a Latino author -- asking them if they read a book in Spanish will be perhaps expecting too much.<br>
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BUT libraries and librarians are still key players in these difficult issues; they may not resolve them but they can keep them alive on the discussion table.<br>
Thank you REFORMA, I have faith in you.<br>
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Mario Bencastro<br>
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<a href="http://www.MarioBencastro.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.MarioBencastro.org</a><<a href="http://www.MarioBencastro.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.MarioBencastro.org</a>><br>
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From: <a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a>>] On Behalf Of Marti?n Blasco<br>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 12:04 PM<br>
To: 'Max Macias'; <a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
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Subject: [REFORMANET] RE: [Libs-Or] Fwd: Reading While White<br>
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Hi Max:<br>
This is a very important, crucial issue to bring on the table. As librarians working with the Latino and Spanish speaking community, we always have to be aware of our ?core beliefs? and don?t be afraid of making a point. Racism is embedded, permeated, in a minority of the planet?s population (yes, white people, including myself, even when I?m Latino). Racism is the tool of the privileged to perpetuate power. Of course, this is reflected in our education and what it is published (in the media as a whole).<br>
We are trying to select books for the Mock Pura Belpr? Award, and it?s like doing an archeological work. It?s almost impossible to find books written by Latino authors and illustrators (only 2% of what is printed is relevant to the Latino culture).<br>
Our presenter for the Mock Pura Belpr? Award in Oregon is going to touch this issue. A good space to have a discussion.<br>
Thank you so much for sharing the article in the blog,<br>
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Mart?n<br>
Chair REFORMA Oregon Chapter.<br>
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From: Libs-Or [mailto:<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>>] On Behalf Of Max Macias<br>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 6:58 AM<br>
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Subject: [Libs-Or] Fwd: Reading While White<br>
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New Blog worth checking out:<br>
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<a href="http://readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com/</a><br>
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Date: Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:12 AM<br>
Subject: Reading While White<br>
To: Julie Todaro <<a href="mailto:jtodaro@austincc.edu" target="_blank">jtodaro@austincc.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:jtodaro@austincc.edu" target="_blank">jtodaro@austincc.edu</a>>>, Martin Garnar <<a href="mailto:mgarnar@uccs.edu" target="_blank">mgarnar@uccs.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:mgarnar@uccs.edu" target="_blank">mgarnar@uccs.edu</a>>><br>
Cc: "<a href="mailto:tf-edi@lists.ala.org" target="_blank">tf-edi@lists.ala.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:tf-edi@lists.ala.org" target="_blank">tf-edi@lists.ala.org</a>>" <<a href="mailto:tf-edi@lists.ala.org" target="_blank">tf-edi@lists.ala.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:tf-edi@lists.ala.org" target="_blank">tf-edi@lists.ala.org</a>>><br>
You may not have heard of this new blog...the posts of the creators have already initiated engaging and honest conversation.<br>
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<a href="http://readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com/</a><br>
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