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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Greetings! I’m passing along this, please forward to your networks, thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>From:</b> Ozy Aloziem <<a href="mailto:oaloziem@denverlibrary.org">oaloziem@denverlibrary.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 20, 2021 4:02 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> EDI Library Leaders Survey<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black">Hello everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black">I hope that this email finds you well and that your day thus far is meeting you where you’re at and offering you what you need. I'm passing along a survey I hope you can all complete and
spread. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black">Denver Public Library (DPL) was recently awarded an IMLS LB21 grant to actualize its aspirational values of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into concrete actions that demonstrate
that commitment. A foundational component of this grant project is that it must have broad impact and facilitate cross-collaboration so that libraries throughout the nation can increase their EDI capacity. As DPL will be convening a national cohort of libraries
to co-create and/or vet all tools that can build libraries’ capacity to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion. We are looking to recruit and convene a national cohort of 10-15 people serving in EDI roles in their libraries to guide this project. This cohort
will be the first of its kind in the United States and will provide support and resources to staff who are working to expand the scholarship around EDI in libraries in the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black">This group will also serve in an advisory capacity for the project and make recommendations about the type of staff training they see as imperative. During their monthly meetings, members
of the cohort will benefit by having other people to collaborate with and receive support from while they are doing this vulnerable and difficult work. Because the cohort will be nationally representative, members will be able to provide insight into how local
context may affect the effectiveness of various EDI strategies. Together, members of the cohort can understand the scope of the problems and how solutions to those problems play out in different contexts. All of those insights will contribute to the development
of a generalizable EDI toolkit with vetted tools that libraries and other cultural institutions can use to apply an EDI lens to every aspect of their operations to transform their culture so all staff and customers feel welcomed, supported, included and valued
by staff and each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="color:black">Please share this survey widely. The survey can be asked through this <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsurveys.denverlibrary.org%2Fs3%2FEDI-Library-Leaders-Survey&data=04%7C01%7Cltadena%40tsl.texas.gov%7C9ee775ff7c9549544ce208d97c79ef92%7Ca4597bff9f384145a0334a2168399a5e%7C0%7C0%7C637677685444304369%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=SFrDmQFKTErYuFqDdwdCHrbLkXtLNu30wwddH4EZPSA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">link</a>.
This survey will close on October 15th. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="color:black">Even if individuals are unable to be a part of the cohort, we are hoping to gather a better sense of the number of people currently in EDI roles and how they are functioning across library
systems. If you have any questions, please reach out to Denver Public Library’s EDI manager at <a href="mailto:oaloziem@denverlibrary.org" target="_blank">oaloziem@denverlibrary.org</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Thank you in advance for helping spread the word!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black">Imagining and working to build a more equitable world,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black">Ozy Aloziem (she/her/hers), MSW</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black">Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Manager </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="color:black">This is your gentle reminder to unclench your jaw & take a deep breath</span></i></b><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black;background:yellow">Schedule meetings with me <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalendly.com%2Foaloziem&data=04%7C01%7Cltadena%40tsl.texas.gov%7C9ee775ff7c9549544ce208d97c79ef92%7Ca4597bff9f384145a0334a2168399a5e%7C0%7C0%7C637677685444314366%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=TxLQjmkmmImEjep2X03Y7yMuiuYO2bk%2FQoMTghg5rys%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="color:#666666">Currently reading: Currently reading: </span></i><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.denverlibrary.org%2Fsearch%2Ftitle.aspx%3Fctx%3D1.1033.0.0.6%26pos%3D1%26cn%3D2201695&data=04%7C01%7Cltadena%40tsl.texas.gov%7C9ee775ff7c9549544ce208d97c79ef92%7Ca4597bff9f384145a0334a2168399a5e%7C0%7C0%7C637677685444314366%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=516%2BIBvywxUx4SBwMb3dHlI%2FouZFysRqodwyhg%2BrzWU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Set
Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself </a>by Nedra Glover</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="color:#666666">Currently thinking about: </span></i><span style="color:black"> <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fepisode%2F5InxYtaXwTOB09iygQl1EM&data=04%7C01%7Cltadena%40tsl.texas.gov%7C9ee775ff7c9549544ce208d97c79ef92%7Ca4597bff9f384145a0334a2168399a5e%7C0%7C0%7C637677685444324366%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=5MlU0m7%2B%2BzqDDcM0OSQe2fBDveAg1iXv8v5%2FfiVXMB8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Remembering
with Alexis Pauline</a> from the Finding Our Way Podcast by Prentis Hemphill </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="color:#0B5394">In the spirit of accountability & healing, I acknowledge and honor the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Ute Tribes, and all of the original Indigenous peoples of the land upon which Denver
Public Library stands. </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#0B5394">Denver Central Library</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#0B5394">10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway / Denver, CO / 80204-2731.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#0B5394">T-720.865.1158 /
</span><a href="mailto:oaloziem@denverlibrary.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">oaloziem@denverlibrary.org<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Darci Hanning, MLIS (she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Public Library Consultant / CE Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">State Library of Oregon <b>|</b> Library Support and Development Services
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darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov</a> <b>|</b> <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library">
www.oregon.gov/library</a> <u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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