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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="es-419">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you haven’t had a chance yet, now is a great time to listen to an interview with REFORMA Oregon’s President and Past President. (Podcast description and link below)
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<p class="MsoNormal">Don’t forget to mark your calendar’s for REFORMA Oregon’s next quarterly meeting: Saturday, February 25 on Zoom from 10 a.m – 1 p.m.
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Zoom link</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kristen <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Overdue: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries</span></b></em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A"><br>
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Antiracism (EDIA) Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;outline: 0px"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Episode 11:
<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/11919155"><span style="font-weight:normal">https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/11919155</span></a></span></strong><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Centering Equity in Oregon Libraries with Brandace Rojo and Eduardo Arizaga</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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In this episode, we talk with leadership from REFORMA Oregon about centering equity work as the foundation of library work, how to begin shifting Oregon library culture to better serve diverse communities as well as how a culture shift can support library workers
of color. We also talk about how REFORMA Oregon supports EDI Antiracism work in the state and how this organization serves as a structure of support for library workers who identify as Latinx, speak Spanish or serve Latinx and Spanish-speaking communities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;outline: 0px"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Brandace Rojo is the Current President of REFORMA Oregon and the Communications and Partnerships Manager at Josephine
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Eduardo Arizaga is the Past President of REFORMA Oregon and the Community Engagement Manager at Multnomah County Library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">REFORMA Oregon is a division of the Oregon Library Association as well as the Oregon chapter of REFORMA: The National Association
to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, an affiliate of the American Library Association. REFORMA Oregon is a professional organization for librarians and library staff who serve the Spanish-speaking and Latino communities.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ES" style="color:gray">Kristen Curé<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">REFORMA Oregon Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">OLA EDI Anti Racism Committee member<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Latino Liaison Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:gray">Springfield Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray">225 5<sup>th</sup> St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray">Springfield, OR 97477<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray">(541) 726-2232 / Relay: 711<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:kcure@springfield-or.gov">kcure@springfield-or.gov</a></span></u><span style="color:gray">
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