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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Here is a list minute addition to the monthly Online Continuing Education events for May:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Free: Leading Through Example:
<i>Exploring Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Library Workplace</i>, Thursday, May 6, 4pm PT.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">The program will begin with all participants attending a brief introduction before
<b>separating into one of two tracks</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Revolutionary Futures for Library Workers: Confronting White Supremacy to Imagine Liberatory Libraries</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Reading alongside Sofia Leung and Jorge Lopez-McKnight, we will be imagining what revolutionary and transformational change toward social justice looks like in library work. Participants are asked to download and read the following <a href="https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1407&context=comminfolit" target="_blank" title="Dreaming Revolutionary Futures">article</a> in
preparation for the discussion.<br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Leading Through Language: Promoting Bias-free Communication in the Library</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
In this discussion, we will examine how biases pervade communication in unintentional ways and explore best practices to create a bias-free discourse inside and outside of the library space. Participants are asked to download and read the following <a href="https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/bias-free-language/" target="_blank" title="Bias-free Language">guide</a> in
preparation for the discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Please note that this looks to be a 3-hour online learning event. Register here:
<a href="https://uic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vcumqrD8rGd1oG0ys_ocAqCJpe6BOHjzj">
https://uic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vcumqrD8rGd1oG0ys_ocAqCJpe6BOHjzj</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Darci Hanning, MLIS (she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Public Library Consultant / CE Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">State Library of Oregon</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79"><br>
</span></b><span style="color:#1F3864"><a href="mailto:darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F4E79">
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<span style="color:#1F3864">971-375-3491<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.oregon.gov/library</span></a></span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Continuing Education Resources:</span></b><b><span style="color:#404040">
</span></b><span style="color:#1F3864"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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