<div dir="ltr">Thank you Max! Deeply appreciative, and many congratulations!<div>Elsa<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">OLA Awards Committee</div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 11:27 AM Max Macias <<a href="mailto:max.macias@gmail.com">max.macias@gmail.com</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">Thank you.<div><br></div><div>The award I received is the <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"">OLA EDI Anti-Racism Recognition Award Award.</span></strong></div><div><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><br></span></strong></div><div><font color="#4a4a4a" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>In humble gratitude, </b></span></font></div><div><font color="#4a4a4a" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="font-size:14px"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><font color="#4a4a4a" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>Max Macias </b></span></font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 11:20 AM OLA Awards via Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">libs-or@omls.oregon.gov</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"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Hello Oregon Library Community!</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">As chair of the Oregon Library Association's Awards Committee, I am delighted to widely announce the recipients of the following awards which were announced at the OLA Conference on Friday, April 23. </font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Presidents’ Award (conferred by President Kate Lasky and Past-President Elaine Hirsch): <b>Marci Ramiro-Jenkins</b></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">  </font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="gmail-m_3964840396126428540gmail-m_-730150282672195577gmail-docs-internal-guid-59a8dcd6-7fff-113d-6c28-b6e9abcf1218"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oregon Library Employee of the year:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11pt"> </font><b>Lauren Calbreath</b></span></p></span></font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oregon Library Supporter of the year: <b>Barbara Wright</b></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">EDI Achievement Award (Inaugural award!): <b>Max Macias</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
Oregon Librarian of the year: <b>Librarians and Staff of the State Library of Oregon</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Children Services Division's Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award:<b> Tehlor Kay Mejia</b></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Public Library Division's Pearl Award:<b> Lanel Jackson</b>

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