<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-5368696870864902628m_-1938806365680882289gmail-docs-internal-guid-77225981-7fff-7310-c699-84b80ca22698"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="1">Please excuse the cross-posting</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oregon Library Association Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Committee’s </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meaningful Support for BIPOC Library Workers </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">statement</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Message of Support from The Unpacking Discussion Group</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We have been called in. We need to do better.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Unpacking Discussion Group organizers (Brittany, Caitlin, and Taylor) are still learning our role in the Oregon library world. Being a newly formed group and not exactly formally organized, we admittedly had not considered the impact our silence or absence would have. We do now.  This is a reminder that silence is complicity. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> OLA EDIA Meaningful Support for BIPOC Library Workers</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is directly related to the Unpacking Discussion Group:</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><a href="https://unpackingdiscussion.weebly.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Unpacking </span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is a discussion-based forum created to provide a space in which white and white-identifying individuals can examine the realities of their white privilege. </span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The OLA EDIA</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Meaningful Support for BIPOC Library Workers </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">statement calls out the white privilege in library work. The statement provides ways in which we can begin to identify that privilege.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Excerpts from OLA EDIA</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Meaningful Support for BIPOC Library Workers </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">statement</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“... BIPOC often experience trauma in majority White spaces, mental and physical health disparities, disparities in access to quality care, and pressure to prioritize excellence at work over their well-being.”</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Who are the people you are prioritizing when it comes to support and resources following traumatic events?”</span></p></li></ul></ul><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Through conversation, we explore how to actively dismantle systems which oppress Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and from which all white and white-identifying individuals benefit.</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The OLA EDIA</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Meaningful Support for BIPOC Library Workers </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">statement furthers the conversation by putting words to not only dismantle the systems of oppression but also to support our BIPOC colleagues and patrons that face oppression and the effects of oppression every day. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Excerpts from OLA EDIA</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Meaningful Support for BIPOC Library Workers </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">statement</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“The movement to ban books that discuss race or racism, and erase the reality of the BIPOC experience further stresses and demoralizes library workers. This trauma can be mitigated through impactful racial equity and antiracism efforts.”</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Are you offering accessible support opportunities for your staff and community members who are experiencing fear, anger or confusion around identity-centered acts of hate?”</span></p></li></ul></ul></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We repeat, our voices joining and uplifting the EDIA Committee, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BIPOC library workers and patrons are not okay.</span></p><br><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please read the full statement </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jhza4KoIxM-Epf6M5zsmqVpeKJNwN1jE1pFYpKBUTgI/edit" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Share it. Do better. </span></font></span><div><br></div><div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you, </span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br clear="all"></b></span></font><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="width:1520px"><div style="width:1448px"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b>The Unpacking Team</b></div><div><a href="http://unpackingdiscussion.weebly.com/" target="_blank">unpackingdiscussion.weebly.com</a></div><div><a href="mailto:unpackingdiscussion@gmail.com" target="_blank">unpackingdiscussion@gmail.com</a></div><div><font size="1">Caitlin McMahan (she/her) Eugene Public Library</font><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><font size="1">Taylor Worley (she/her) Springfield Public Library</font><div><font size="1">Brittany Young (she/her) Lane County Law Library</font></div></div></div><div><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><em style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://unpackingdiscussion.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Unpacking </a></em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">is a discussion-based forum created to provide a space in which white and white-identifying individuals can examine the realities of their white privilege. Through conversation, we explore how to actively dismantle systems which oppress Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and from which all white and white-identifying individuals benefit. </span><em style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Unpacking</em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> is designed for the communal education of white and white-identifying individuals, but welcomes all people who would like to contribute to or engage in this work. Additionally, though </span><em style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Unpacking </em><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">is rooted in conversations about race, we welcome a broad range of topics which can help libraries and museums to become more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="width:0px"><div></div></div><div style="width:719px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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