<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-431b5142-7fff-5dda-1d69-29a62b02dda0"><br><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:179px;height:65px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GHnZOQnNPo3ni0jdrGrAuioVNe2Y-9gLM-TWtNMqBaKJlz5rt6G6iNzLaL-mszwQeUAQoJKSH2kA3EAAixj4Ti8Fmo0CNruRajAW5n9j5N2KrgnkgJ_VcDIaV3SMYteTFY6Xb5Fh" width="179" height="65" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span><br><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions: Intellectual Freedom News - </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">JUNE 2020</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">COVID-19</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-06-16-covid-19-has-widened-the-homework-gap-into-a-full-fledged-learning-gap" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">COVID-19 Has Widened the ‘Homework Gap’ Into a Full-Fledged Learning Gap</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - EdSurge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/10/google-and-apples-rules-for-virus-tracking-apps-sow-division-among-states-312199" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Google and Apple’s rules for virus tracking apps sow division among states</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Politico</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1000961/launching-mittr-covid-tracing-tracker/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A flood of coronavirus apps are tracking us. Now it’s time to keep track of them.</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - MIT Technology Review </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/schools-surveillance-tech-prevent-covid-19-spread/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Schools Turn to Surveillance Tech to Prevent Covid-19 Spread</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Wired</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.uschamber.com/series/above-the-fold/covid-19-illustrates-why-congress-must-act-now-broadband" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">COVID-19 Illustrates Why Congress Must Act Now on Broadband</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - US Chamber of Commerce</span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span><br></span></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">First Amendment, Censorship, Banned Books</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-drops-to-45-in-ranking-of-countries-based-on-freedom-of-the-press-2018-04-25" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">U.S. drops to 45 in ranking of countries based on freedom of the press</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Marketwatch </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/protests-journalists-ali-velshi-msnbc-arrests-1234621374/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reporters Covering George Floyd Protests Face Rubber Bullets, Arrests</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Variety</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://pen.org/arresting-dissent/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Arresting Dissent: Legislative Restrictions on the Right to Protest</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - PEN America</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867420472/trump-set-address-protests-against-police-killings-in-white-house-remarks" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Trump Says He'll Deploy Military To States If They Don't Stop Violent Protests</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - NPR</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/us/politics/trump-military-troops-protests.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Trump Orders Troops to Leave D.C. as Former Military Leaders Sound Warning</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - New York Times</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/us/politics/john-bolton-book-ruling.html?auth=login-email&campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200622&instance_id=19603&login=email&nl=the-morning&regi_id=111829498&segment_id=31531&te=1&user_id=812285beb497629cc6a072f620eedba1" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Judge Rejects Trump Request for Order Blocking Bolton’s Memoir</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - New York Times</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.wthr.com/article/trump-calls-supreme-court-governors-ban-flag-burning" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Trump calls on Supreme Court, governors to ban flag burning</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - WTHR</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/05/bumper-stickers-t-shirts-confederate-flags-now-officially-off-limits-marines.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">From Bumper Stickers to T-Shirts, Confederate Flags Now Officially Off-Limits for Marines</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Military.com</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/media/facebook-state-media-label/index.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Facebook will start labeling pages and posts from state-controlled media</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - CNN Business</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/article/fight-censorship-during-rainbow-book-month-and-beyond" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fight Censorship During Rainbow Book Month and Beyond</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  I Love Libraries </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/06/08/the-short-fraught-history-of-the-thin-blue-line-american-flag" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Short, Fraught History of the ‘Thin Blue Line’ American Flag</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> The Marshall Project</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/14/us/nascar-black-fans-confederate-flag/index.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For black NASCAR fans, the Confederate flag ban is welcome but long overdue</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - CNN</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-01-11/arizona-may-criminalize-recording-cops-in-public" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Arizona May Criminalize Recording Cops in Public</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - U.S. News & World Report</span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span><br></span></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Privacy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.fee.org/articles/the-earn-it-act-wont-protect-children-but-it-will-destroy-digital-privacy/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The EARN IT Act Won't Protect Children, But It Will Destroy Digital Privacy</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Foundation for Economic Education</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-bill-governments-not-so-secret-plan-scan-every-message-online" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every Message Online</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Electronic Frontier Foundation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-minneapolis-police-privacy-trfn/debate-on-surveillance-and-privacy-heats-up-as-u-s-protests-rage-idUSKBN23902V" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Debate on surveillance and privacy heats up as U.S. protests rage</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Reuters</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/us/politics/george-floyd-protests-surveillance.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aerial Surveillance</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - New York Times</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protest-safely-surveillance-digital-privacy/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Wired</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://decrypt.co/31110/zoom-wont-encrypt-free-calls-so-it-can-work-with-the-fbi" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zoom won't fully encrypt free calls so it can work with the FBI </span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Decrypt</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/ibm-gets-out-of-facial-recognition-business-calls-on-congress-to-advance-policies-tackling-racial-injustice.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IBM gets out of facial recognition business, calls on Congress to advance policies tackling racial injustice</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - CNBC</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.aclum.org/en/news/boston-becomes-largest-city-east-coast-ban-face-surveillance#:~:text=Boston%20becomes%20largest%20city%20on%20East%20Coast%20to%20ban%20face%20surveillance,-June%2024%2C%202020&text=The%20Boston%20City%20Council%20today,the%20world%20to%20do%20so." style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Boston becomes largest city on East Coast to ban face surveillance</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - ACLU</span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span><br></span></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Diversity, Equity & Inclusion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2020/06/01/statements-from-library-organizations-re-racism-and-increased-violence/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Statements From Libraries and Library Organizations Re: Racism and Increased Violence</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Library Journal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/06/ala-statement-affirming-rights-transgender-people" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ALA statement affirming the rights of transgender people</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - ALA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/22/1004312/asian-americans-are-using-slack-groups-to-explain-racism-to-their-parents/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Asian-Americans are using Slack groups to explain racism to their parents</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - MIT Technology Review </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/23/1004336/tiktok-teens-kpop-stans-trump-resistance-its-complicated/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Artificial Intelligence researchers say scientific publishers help perpetuate racist algorithms</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - MIT Technology Review </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/116407/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ridding Schools of Reading Trauma</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - American Libraries Magazine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=weeding-out-racisms-invisible-roots-rethinking-childrens-classics-libraries-diverse-books" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Weeding Out Racism’s Invisible Roots: Rethinking Children’s Classics | Opinion</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - School Library Journal  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/about/news/national-museum-african-american-history-and-culture-releases-talking-about-race-web" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">National Museum of African American History & Culture Releases “Talking About Race” Web Portal</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - NMAAHC</span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span><br></span></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Access</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> & </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Net Neutrality</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.govtech.com/network/9-Million-Students-Lack-Home-Internet-for-Remote-Learning.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">9 Million Students Lack Home Internet for Remote Learning</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Government Technology</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/23/americas-digital-divide-is-an-emergency/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Opinion:  America’s digital divide is an emergency</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Washington Post</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/06/18/college-programs-prisons-adapt-covid" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">College Programs in Prisons Go Remote</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nu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ook Nation</font></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://www.cowlitz.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0b5394">Cowlitz Nation</font></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in Washington State.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Land acknowledgements recognize and honor the enduring relationship that Indigenous People have with their traditional homelands. The effects of settler colonization are still felt today and land acknowledgements are a small step down the path towards repair, reconciliation, and cultural revitalization. </span></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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