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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Has your library normalized a shared lexicon or other formalized initiatives around EDISJ?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In what ways has your library developed hiring practices that support the recruitment and retention of those who are BIPOC?
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Does your library have a systematic review of racial equity?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.65pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What are some of the societal shifts in a post-COVID world that will impact the public library workforce & values?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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