<div dir="ltr">Thank you ACRL Oregon!<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Max<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#ffffff">-Thank </font></div><span style="color:rgb(120,63,4)">Max Macias, MLS<br></span><b style="font-size:12.8px">Pronouns: | He, Him, His |</b> <br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Strengths:</b> Input, Ideation, Context, Connectedness, Intellection</span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">IT Training</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99)">971-722-8151</span><span></span><span></span><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=14qNNkcU97ZoQj4QgbKaAfJwOBBKkcy8j&revid=0B708RRH9oaMINGVLTEJEWURxUTVQdmN3WmhnSjlUclZLTDl3PQ"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 4:04 PM ACRL Oregon <<a href="mailto:acrlor@olaweb.org" target="_blank">acrlor@olaweb.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_-3580829731208067510gmail-m_7691664895506733779gmail-docs-internal-guid-0582aa68-7fff-4ac4-8d29-1f7a014284d6"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Colleagues,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On September 22, 2020, the White House issued </span><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-race-sex-stereotyping/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Executive Order No. 13950 on “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;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 Association of College and Research Libraries/Academic Division of the Oregon Library Association (ACRL-OR) strongly opposes Executive Order 13950. The Order has implications far beyond the federal workforce and is antithetical to the values, missions, and goals of the ACRL-OR.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ACRL-OR is committed to progressing racial and gender equity. ACRL-OR is committed to advocating and taking action toward creating a culture amongst its members and their organizations that reinforces the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Further, academic libraries and academic librarians support evidence-based research, theories, and practice. The Executive Order willfully denies the validity of a growing body of evidence and academic research, which proves the corrosive and deep-seeded racism endemic in the social, legal, and cultural history of the United States. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ACRL-OR will continue to: </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asia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