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Greetings Oregon library community,</div>
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Happy new year! I am so excited to be reaching out in my position as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Consultant for the Library Support Division of the State Library of Oregon. This position would not exist without the tireless championing from all
of you, so thank you all for pushing for equitable, diverse, inclusive and welcoming libraries in our state!</div>
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The first six months in this role has allowed me the sincere pleasure of meeting with some of you already, and I am looking forward to expanding this reach further over the next year and beyond. My current priority is to listen, observe and learn what barriers
libraries and library staff across the state are facing, and to identify areas where support is most needed. I am also focused on compiling and sharing resources to help move us forward in this work, and plan to be launching a LibGuide soon that will link
people to articles, trainings, best practices, and more.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is the first of a monthly email that I will be sending out with upcoming events, learning opportunities, and suggestions for continued growth around diversity, equity, and inclusion. I also want to use this as an opportunity
to highlight some of the amazing work Oregon libraries are already doing to create a sense of belonging in their spaces and services. For example, Estacada Public Library’s
</span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><i><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/estacadapubliclibrary/posts/pfbid0VVwKXgQY8YCNLQ8g3u54m6TsQNfvKJDjWEiFpXN3fxegebzyncgJpf3W5wbjYE39l" target="_blank" id="OWA16ed5986-60b5-b77a-d1c5-719254e29197" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://www.facebook.com/estacadapubliclibrary/posts/pfbid0VVwKXgQY8YCNLQ8g3u54m6TsQNfvKJDjWEiFpXN3fxegebzyncgJpf3W5wbjYE39l. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">Thursday
Night Book Club</a></u></i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> reads books that ‘center the LGBTQIA+ experience’, and Happy Valley Library is partnering with Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette to offer
</span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://happyvalleyor.libcal.com/event/13650026" target="_blank" id="OWA624d4bda-7203-d333-efca-e4f0bddb9e5f" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://happyvalleyor.libcal.com/event/13650026. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">citizenship
classes</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. We see your efforts, and your communities do, too!</span></div>
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I welcome feedback on the resources provided in this and subsequent emails, to include what is missing and what could be expanded on further.</div>
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<b>New Virtual Meetups:</b></div>
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<b>DEI Virtual Meetup for Oregon Libraries</b></div>
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<i>For anyone engaged in diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging work in Oregon libraries</i></div>
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Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 3:30-4:30p</div>
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Meetup Link: <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81502980247?pwd=fpyomcb21US548fuDgTaavCoo6dlIt.1" target="_blank" id="OWA05b741ff-7512-73a6-6255-68eeeaa68c9c" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81502980247?pwd=fpyomcb21US548fuDgTaavCoo6dlIt.1" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81502980247?pwd=fpyomcb21US548fuDgTaavCoo6dlIt.1</a></u></b></span></div>
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<b>BIPOC Virtual Affinity Meetup</b></div>
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<i>For Black, Indigenous, and other people of color employed, volunteering, or looking for work in Oregon libraries</i></div>
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Meeting details and link can be found<b> </b><span style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149);"><b><u><a href="https://www.cognitoforms.com/StateLibraryOfOregon/BIPOCAffinityMeetup" target="_blank" id="OWA84441a0a-8264-71bc-20d7-1c70c755d6f7" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://www.cognitoforms.com/StateLibraryOfOregon/BIPOCAffinityMeetup. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149); margin: 0px;">here</a></u></b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://www.ala.org/pla/education/onlinelearning/webinars/standing-up" target="_blank" id="OWA8297ed6c-534b-0f30-1045-a3e085db16e1" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://www.ala.org/pla/education/onlinelearning/webinars/standing-up. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">Public
Libraries Standing Up and Standing Together</a></u></b></span><b> </b><i>(Public Library Association-ALA)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">Virtual Town Hall <b>
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<div style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://www.nonprofitlearninglab.org/webinars" target="_blank" id="OWAb7199fa3-a7f9-8722-8f0b-6f93f455446a" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://www.nonprofitlearninglab.org/webinars. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">Designing
Inclusive Surveys for Effective Fundraising</a></u></b></span><i> (Nonprofit Learning Lab)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">Online Workshop <b>
| </b>Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 9:00a</div>
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<div style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://vimeo.com/759521079" target="_blank" id="OWA7c9b3319-a08d-6fcf-d1f4-dc13a1c0357b" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://vimeo.com/759521079. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="6" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">Practicing
Inclusion: Welcoming Transgender Customers and Colleagues</a></u></b></span> <i>(Infopeople)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">Archived Webinar <b>
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<div style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://vimeo.com/946761683?share=copy" target="_blank" id="OWAd65f9d1d-42bf-5ea4-c3da-f84814f21a4a" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://vimeo.com/946761683?share=copy. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="7" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">Addressing
Body Shape and Size Stigma in Libraries: Getting Started</a></u></b></span><b> </b><i>(Infopeople)</i></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><b>Find additional free training events on the State Library of Oregon’s
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149);"><b><u><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted/free#s-lib-ctab-24120710-1" target="_blank" id="OWA17e40978-08f0-d464-17a4-4b1a5f52ffff" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted/free#s-lib-ctab-24120710-1. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="8" style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149); margin: 0px;">Continuing
Education Calendar</a></u></b></span></div>
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<b>Fee-based $:</b></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149);"><b><u><a href="https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1097" target="_blank" id="OWAafa1ec0a-d518-075b-cbdc-0fe18c3d9025" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1097. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="9" style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149); margin: 0px;">Tools
and Techniques for Promoting Early Literacy in BIPOC Communities</a></u></b></span><b> </b><i>(</i><span style="color: black;"><i><u><a href="https://elearning.ala.org/catalog/" target="_blank" id="OWA400092ee-176d-5157-d601-8c0673641ec7" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://elearning.ala.org/catalog/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="10" style="color: black; margin: 0px;">ALAeLearning/ALSC)</a></u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">6-week online course
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<div style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149);"><b><u><a href="https://www.amigos.org/services/continuing-education/improving-accessibility-through-document-remediation" target="_blank" id="OWAf0daf519-4fef-f520-1dda-117f984ae880" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://www.amigos.org/services/continuing-education/improving-accessibility-through-document-remediation. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="11" style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149); margin: 0px;">Improving
Accessibility Through Document Remediation</a></u></b></span><b> </b><i>(</i><span style="color: black;"><i><u><a href="https://www.amigos.org/" target="_blank" id="OWAa3e7f06c-a872-2670-f862-fccac76dae1d" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://www.amigos.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="12" style="color: black; margin: 0px;">Amigos
Library Services</a></u></i></span><i>)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">Online session <b>|</b> February 5, 2025, 1:00p</div>
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<div style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149);"><b><u><a href="https://my.marvelouspages.com/nisha-mody/trauma-informed-and-relational-care-for-libraries" target="_blank" id="OWA065635d2-b412-64e9-8df4-ade875650f85" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://my.marvelouspages.com/nisha-mody/trauma-informed-and-relational-care-for-libraries. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="13" style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149); margin: 0px;">Trauma-Informed
and Relational Care for Libraries</a></u></b></span><b> </b><i>(Facilitated by Nisha Mody)</i></div>
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Article(s)-<b> </b><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><i><u><a href="https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/what-neurodivergent-patrons-want-small-and-rural-libraries" target="_blank" id="OWA4a350e1b-5618-8d80-9ae3-c4da97c8c5da" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/what-neurodivergent-patrons-want-small-and-rural-libraries. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="14" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">What
Neurodivergent Patrons Want from Small and Rural Libraries</a><a href="https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/what-neurodivergent-patrons-want-small-and-rural-libraries" target="_blank" id="OWA92993481-247c-8bcc-6ce9-8529e532c342" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/what-neurodivergent-patrons-want-small-and-rural-libraries. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="15" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;"> </a></u></i></b></span><b> </b>and,
<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><i><u><a href="https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/putting-nothing-about-us-without-us-practice-small-and-rural-libraries" target="_blank" id="OWA6302132e-efab-89d6-661a-1dce858e7e32" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/putting-nothing-about-us-without-us-practice-small-and-rural-libraries. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="16" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">Putting
“Nothing About Us Without Us” into Practice in Small and Rural Libraries</a></u></i></b></span><i> </i>by
<span style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149);"><b><i><u><a href="https://knology.org/" target="_blank" id="OWAf6524b6f-2e93-f2d6-c80c-63f8ded00efe" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://knology.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="17" style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149); margin: 0px;">Knology</a></u></i></b></span></div>
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<b> </b><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><i><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB5eAjW7Tq8" target="_blank" id="OWAe2f7cea8-82a1-3b09-3d21-b8683b065df7" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB5eAjW7Tq8. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="18" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">African
American Policy Forum-Books Unbanned (TM) Author Talk featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones</a></u></i></b></span><i> </i>, 22 min</div>
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<i>OVERDUE: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries </i>(a podcast produced by the OLA EDI & Antiracism Committee)-<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/episodes/16336850" target="_blank" id="OWAd6fb0138-2eca-95ec-3f7b-f86fda411ddd" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/episodes/16336850. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="20" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">S3,
E9: We STILL Need Diverse Books</a></u></b></span>, 56 min</li></ul>
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January is <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://nib.org/press/13407/" target="_blank" id="OWAf43fa461-f4c0-b625-30c3-878e84617356" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://nib.org/press/13407/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="21" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">National
Braille Literacy Month</a></u></b></span>. Explore resources provided by the State Library of Oregon’s
<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/Library/print-disabilities/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" id="OWAb68350cd-dfad-9ff5-856a-686b810e95a7" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.oregon.gov/Library/print-disabilities/Pages/default.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="22" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">Talking
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Luther King Jr. Day</a></u></b></span> - January 20, 2025</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); align-self: start; margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149);"><b><u><a href="https://dayofracialhealing.org/" target="_blank" id="OWAb250150d-1ad8-63ce-d189-580df367bd1e" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://dayofracialhealing.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="25" style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149); margin: 0px;">National
Day of Racial Healing</a></u></b></span>- January 21, 2025</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); align-self: start; margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149);"><b><u><a href="https://asia.si.edu/whats-on/events/celebrations/lunar-new-year-celebration/" target="_blank" id="OWAca049967-7d9b-1f0b-94c8-25c6c94de9b1" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://asia.si.edu/whats-on/events/celebrations/lunar-new-year-celebration/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="26" style="color: rgb(93, 126, 149); margin: 0px;">Lunar
New Year</a></u></b></span>- Begins on January 29, 2025</li></ul>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;"><b>Ericka Brunson-Rochette (she/her/hers)</b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%;">Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant</p>
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<p style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:ericka.brunson-rochette@slo.oregon.gov" id="OWA9723c08d-d5d7-f95e-0ae4-fdaa110c8e94" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">ericka.brunson-rochette@slo.oregon.gov</a>| 971-375-5126<br>
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