<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-0.15pt">OVERDUE: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries Podcast</b></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.2px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Season 3, Episode 9:</span><b style="letter-spacing:-0.2px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/episodes/16336850" target="_blank">We STILL Need Diverse Books w/Caroline Richmond & Dhonielle Clayton</a></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><b>Description:</b></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">In this episode we welcome </span><font color="#0b5394"><a href="https://diversebooks.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-weight:bolder"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230)">We Need Diverse Books</em></span></a><span style="font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"> </span></font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">(</span><em style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">WNDB)</em><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"> board members and authors </span><a href="https://www.carolinetrichmond.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><font color="#0b5394">Caroline Richmond</font></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"> (Executive Director) and </span><a href="https://www.dhonielleclayton.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><font color="#0b5394">Dhonielle Clayton</font></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"> (COO)</span><em style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"> </em><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">to discuss why it is more important now than ever to ensure diverse books are available and accessible to youth. </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">Since its creation in 2014, </span><em style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">WNDB</em><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"> has championed diverse books and creators, and has pushed back against the lack of diverse representation in youth literature, publishing and collections. Their advocacy efforts include, but are not limited to: mentoring marginalized creators, donating diverse books to schools and libraries across the nation, providing resources to diverse publishing professionals, and supporting educators and creators facing censorship attempts. </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">Learn more about </span><em style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">WNDB</em><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">'s </span><a href="https://diversebooks.org/programs/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><font color="#0b5394">programs</font></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">, </span><a href="https://diversebooks.org/resources/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><font color="#0b5394">resources</font></a><a href="https://diversebooks.org/resources/" target="_blank" style="color:inherit;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"> </a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">and </span><a href="https://diversebooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/WNDB-Successes.pdf" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><font color="#0b5394">successes</font></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">Hosts:</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"> Gene Ipaguirre and LaRee Dominguez</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">Date of recording:  </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">November 8, 2024</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"></span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-weight:bolder;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">Mentioned in this episode:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><font color="#0b5394"><a href="https://indigenousreadsrising.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">Indigenous Reads Rising</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><a href="https://diversebooks.org/programs/books-save-lives-program/#:~:text=Books%20Save%20Lives%20employs%20a,to%20connect%20them%20with%20students." target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">Books Save Lives Campaign</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><a href="https://diversebooks.org/programs/walter-grant/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">Walter Grant</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><a href="https://amytan.net/books" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">Amy Tan'</a></font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">s </span><em style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">The Joy Luck Club</em><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><font color="#0b5394"><a href="https://www.carolinetrichmond.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">Caroline Richmond's Author Website</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px"><a href="https://www.dhonielleclayton.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid rgb(228,229,230);font-family:Graphik,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";letter-spacing:-0.16px">Dhonielle Clayton's Author Website</a></font></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>Full Link to episode:</b> <font color="#0b5394"><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/episodes/16336850" target="_blank">https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/episodes/16336850</a></font></div><br></div></div><div>Happy Listening!</div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font color="#7f6000">OVERDUE Podcast Production Team</font></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">OLA EDI Antiracism Committee</b></div><div><img width="200" height="72" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yRlBxK2T5ZuK8qdHz72Wl0bcR_Cv-ZWzMWLYvKRskJknVfwsNYrWNrNnQb2WNzLYjiOVAADM8" style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/ola-edi-antiracism-committee---HOME" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font face="times new roman, serif">EDIA Committee Webpage</font></a></div><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">EDIA </a><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">OVERDUE Podcast</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>