<div dir="ltr">Yes, <div><br>Thank you all for your leadership on this.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Max </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 3:07 PM Adrienne Doman Calkins via Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or@omls.oregon.gov">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 class="msg-7229556308873426119">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Well done OIFC, Star, Arlene, and everyone involved in this work. What great timing to see this powerful and courageous
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>With appreciation for the heavy lifting and the strength you give us all in upholding the freedom to read,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>OLA President via Libs-Or<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 19, 2022 12:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Libs-OR <<a href="mailto:LIBS-OR@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">LIBS-OR@omls.oregon.gov</a>>; <a href="mailto:reforma_or@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">reforma_or@omls.oregon.gov</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Statement RE: Medford School District Removal of "The Handmaid's Tale: A Graphic Novel"<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#ffffff">-</font></div><span style="color:rgb(120,63,4)">Max Macias </span><a href="https://www.name-coach.com/max-macias" style="font-family:"open sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.538em;background-color:transparent;border-radius:0px;color:rgb(136,91,192);outline:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="A button with "Hear my name" text for name playback in email signature" src="https://www.name-coach.com/images/emailsig/email-sig.jpeg" style="border-radius: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 15px;"></a></div><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-size:12.8px">Pronouns: | He, Him, His/They |</b></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Strengths:</b> Input, Ideation, Context, Connectedness, Intellection</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><font face="arial black, sans-serif">Social media is mind control. </font></div><div><br></div>The ideas expressed in these emails in no way represent any organization's viewpoints, or opinions. The opinions, ideas and reflections are my own personal intellectual property.<br><div><br><br>Publishing<br><br><a href="http://lowriderlibrarian.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lowrider Librarian</a></div><div><a href="https://www.librarianswithspines.com/" target="_blank">Librarians With Spines </a><br></div></div></div>