<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c0986117-7fff-12e1-f376-dcea0015724c"><br><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:179px;height:65px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/yy112QhAvmZTpzxXWEoSFImM8158nQNeyrX4Hi-Sn5dKinUB3BhsZAk_HhAhlPkcsPWxV3c7KX-PJz0Sj0Ah-c1hZs2XLdAV2v9brDh-MqzTQf5kymgyIALNSjMr57kHRpWSfIyH" 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:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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 - DECEMBER 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:"Open Sans",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</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/world/americas/mexico-journalists-killings-double.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">Murders of Journalists Doubled in 2020</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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.reuters.com/article/global-rights-journalists-int-idUSKBN28P0DZ" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">Record number of journalists imprisoned in 2020 - report</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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"> - Reuters</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/12/viet-nam-tech-giants-complicit/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">Tech giants complicit in "industrial-scale" repression in Viet Nam</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">  - Amnesty International</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/2020-congress-threatened-our-speech-and-security-earn-it-act" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">In 2020, Congress Threatened Our Speech and Security With the “EARN IT” Act</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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"> - EFF</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/21/oregon-police-arrests-covid-protests-salem-capitol/4003055001/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">Oregon police make 4 arrests amid COVID-19 protests at Capitol</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">  - USA Today</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://deadline.com/2020/12/armed-protesters-enter-oregon-state-capitol-building-assault-police-chemical-agent-1234660385/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">Armed Protesters Break Into Oregon State Capitol Building, Break Windows, Assault Journalists, Hit Police With Chemical Agent</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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"> - Deadline</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/12/judge-finds-city-of-portland-in-contempt-of-order-restricting-less-lethal-impact-munitions-during-protests.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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 finds city of Portland in contempt of order restricting less-lethal impact munitions during protests</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">  - OregonLive</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.koin.com/news/protests/portland-protests-what-happened-in-2020-whats-next-in-2021/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">Portland protests: What happened in 2020, what’s next in 2021</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">  - KOIN News</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://mcdowellnews.com/opinion/columnists/first-five-the-freedom-issues-that-arent-going-away/article_1f8eeda2-4ae9-11eb-8828-abba78ee842b.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">First Five: The freedom issues that aren't going away</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">  - McDowell News</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">Censorship</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=24087" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Remember to Report Censorship for 2020! - Intellectual Freedom Blog</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://myburbank.com/burbank-superintendent-bans-use-of-n-word-in-schools-makes-five-books-non-mandatory-for-classroom-work/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Burbank Superintendent Bans Use Of N-Word In Schools, Makes Five Books Non-mandatory For Classroom Work</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - My Burbank</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/allegheny-county-jail-restores-policy-allowing-physical-books-delivered-to-inmates/Content?oid=18482601" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Allegheny County Jail restores policy allowing physical books delivered to inmates</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Pittsburgh City Paper</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/12/09/elections-2020-youtube-remove-misleading-videos-election-results/6506325002/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">YouTube to Remove Misleading Videos about Outcome of the Presidential Election</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - USA Today</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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.npr.org/2020/12/15/946776718/u-s-scrambles-to-understand-major-computer-hack-but-says-little" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What We Know About Russia's Alleged Hack Of The U.S. Government And Tech Companies</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);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/2021/01/02/us/politics/russian-hacking-government.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210103&instance_id=25601&nl=the-morning&regi_id=59120542&segment_id=48251&te=1&user_id=9a69fe78aebac1ea4f9488f93447e9a8" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As Understanding of Russian Hacking Grows, So Does Alarm</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/cost-facebooks-monopoly-user-privacy-on-the-media" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Cost of Facebook's Monopoly is User Privacy</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - On the Media</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2020/12/final-ndaa-calls-establishment-national-cyber-director/170478/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Final NDAA Calls for the Establishment of a National Cyber Director</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Nextgov</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.vox.com/recode/22175021/school-cheating-student-privacy-remote-learning" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How teachers are sacrificing student privacy to stop cheating</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Vox</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/student-privacy-and-fight-keep-spying-out-schools-year-review-2020" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Student Privacy and the Fight to Keep Spying Out of Schools: Year in Review 2020</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - EFF </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/02/1012901/no-face-no-service/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Podcast: Facial recognition is quietly being used to control access to housing and social services</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/delete-your-old-accounts/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Delete Your Old Accounts (If You Can)</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://sierranevadaally.org/2020/12/08/douglas-county-library-board-hears-the-results-of-diversity-statement-investigation/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">Douglas County Library Board hears the results of diversity statement investigation</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">  - Sierra Nevada Ally </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="http://hereweeread.com/2019/11/the-2020-ultimate-list-of-diverse-childrens-books.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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 2020 Ultimate List of Diverse Children's Books</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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"> - Here Wee Read</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="http://bestof.multcolib.org/2020/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">MCL's Best Books of 2020 </span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">- Multnomah County Library</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://diversebooks.org/joy-of-native-storytelling/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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 Joy of Native Storytelling Structures</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">  - We Need Diverse Books</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://diversebooks.org/indigenous-representation-in-comics-and-graphic-novels/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">Indigenous Representation in Comics and Graphic Novels</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">  - We Need Diverse Books</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/in-promoting-the-myth-of-white-self-sufficiency-the-little-house-books-rewrite-history/16545/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">In promoting the "myth of white self-sufficiency," the "Little House" books rewrite history</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">  - PBS</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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 & Net Neutrality </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/us-internet-being-starved-its-potential" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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 U.S. Internet Is Being Starved of Its Potential: 2020 in Review</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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"> - EFF</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.govtech.com/network/Will-Net-Neutrality-Have-Another-Chance-Under-Biden.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">Will Net Neutrality Have Another Chance Under Biden?</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">  - GovTech</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=23786" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">Library Access Beyond English </span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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 Intellectual Freedom Blog </span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",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">--</span></p><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-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is a monthly roundup of Intellectual Freedom News compiled by the Multnomah County Library Intellectual Freedom Committee.</span></p><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-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We welcome suggestions of articles to include at </span><a href="mailto:lib.ifc@multco.us" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">lib.ifc@multco.us</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;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);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In general, submissions should follow the following criteria: (1) News articles; (2) Published in the relevant month; (3) Prioritize issues of either local relevance or national interest.</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Ekatrina Sotomayor (she/her/hers)</div><div dir="ltr">Access Services Assistant<br><div>Holgate Library</div><div>My schedule is Wednesday/ Thursday/ Sunday</div><div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font color="#000000"><b><img src="https://multco.us/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/AllAreWelcome_email-signature_PRIDE_ENGLISH.jpg" width="96" height="65"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Multnomah County operates on the ancestral homelands of the</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Multnomah, Mollala, Kathlamet, Chinook, Clackamas, Tualatin Kalapuya and many other Indigenous Nations. These Nations have become the </span><a href="https://www.grandronde.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">Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde</font></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, the </span><a href="http://ctsi.nsn.us/" 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">Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians</font></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, as well as the </span><a href="http://www.chinooknation.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">Chinook 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>