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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The Oregon Library Association’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) and Antiracism Committee is recruiting
new members for 2021-2022. This is exciting and rewarding work, and it cannot happen without committee members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The EDI Antiracism Committee has had an amazing trajectory since its foundation. First, as an OLA Task Force
in 2018 until presently, when the committee became an OLA Standing Committee. During these years, library workers in the EDI Antiracism Committee put together award winning initiatives and best practice strategies, such as the EDI Task Force Recommendations
(2019-2020) and the EDI Antiracism Toolkit (2021). The committee owes its success to the collective work done between its members. The EDI Antiracism Committee focal areas are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:21.5pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">· Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:21.5pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">· EDI Antiracism Initiatives and Events<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:21.5pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">· EDI Antiracism Libraries and Library staff support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">· Mentorship for Library Staff of Color<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">One-hour committee meetings are held monthly. Generally, committee members will spend an additional hour
each month for committee work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Please keep in mind the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">You do not need to be an OLA member to serve in the EDI Antiracism Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Committee Chair(s) & members must be able to serve at least a one-year term (September 2021/August 2022)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">All library workers are welcome to serve in the EDI Antiracism Committee, independently of the position held at their library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The EDI Antiracism committee values diversity and strives in the representation of its members to reflect the diversity of the libraries’ workforce.
For our current recruitment, we will be especially elated to welcome members from all library types, ages, race, ethnicities, gender identity, cultural and educational background
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">If you are interested in learning more about this great opportunity, please feel free to reach out to the
OLA EDI Antiracism current chair, Marci Ramiro-Jenkins, at <a href="mailto:marci.jenkins@mcminnvilleoregon.gov" target="_blank">
marci.jenkins@mcminnvilleoregon.gov</a>. If you are ready to submit an application to be part of the 2021/2022 OLA EDI Antiracism Committee, you can find the application
<u><a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/QjItCkRlMOiL9lqC2Yel6" target="_blank">here</a></u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Marci<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Andalus">Marci Ramiro-Jenkins<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Andalus">Reference Librarian/Latino Community Liaison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Andalus">Oregon Library Association EDI Anti-Racism Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Andalus">503-435-5568</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">– James Baldwin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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