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<p>Happy Friday! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Season 3, Episode 11 of the OVERDUE: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries podcast is now available! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:11.55pt"><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/episodes/16624031">S3, E11: Library Services for BIPOC Adoptees & Children in Care</a><br>
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In this episode, we welcome Kendra Morris-Jacobson with the <a href="https://www.orparc.org/" target="_blank">Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center</a> (ORPARC), and Lisa MM Butler, a Black, biracial, transracial, domestic adoptee working in libraries in Washington
State.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:11.55pt">Kendra and Lisa discuss the vital role that libraries, books and educational resources play in the lives of children in care and adoptees. From fostering a sense of identity and belonging to providing comfort, escapism, representation
and essential learning opportunities, access to diverse and inclusive reading materials can be life changing. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Access the <b>ORPARC Lending Library</b> <a href="https://www.orparc.org/lending-library/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">here</span></a><br>
Follow guest <a href="https://butlerl.substack.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#467886">Lisa Butler</span></b></a> on Instagram @theadopteeclown<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mentioned in This Episode:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.bipocadoptees.org/events/voices-a-bipoc-adoptee-reading" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">VOICES, a BIPOC Adoptee Reading</span></a>, April 26, 2025 at the Ellyn Bye Studio at Portland Center stage<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.bipocadoptees.org/events/2nd-annual-bipoc-adoptee-voices-conference" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">VOICES, a BIPOC Adoptee Conference</span></a>, July 24-27, 2025 at Portland State University<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://www.rebecca-carroll.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">Rebecca Carroll</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Book: <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Surviving-the-White-Gaze/Rebecca-Carroll/9781982116279" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:#467886">Surviving the White Gaze</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rebeljunemarie/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">@rebeljunemarie</span></a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://nicolechung.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">Nicole Chung</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Books: <a href="https://nicolechung.net/all-you-can-ever-know/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:#467886">All You Can Ever Know</span></i></a> and <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-living-remedy-nicole-chung?variant=41088058982434" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:#467886">A
Living Remedy</span></i></a> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nicolesjchung/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">@nicolesjchung</span></a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://isaacetter.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">Isaac Etter</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaac_etter/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">@isaac_etter</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Website: <a href="https://www.identitylearning.co/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">Identity</span></a> <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://susanharness.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">Susan Devan Harness</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Book: <a href="https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496207463/bitterroot/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:#467886">Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://www.camccaff.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">Cam McCafferty</span></a> <o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Comics and Zines<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://www.hannahjmatthews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">Hannah Jackson Matthews</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Standing-Gap-Unapologetic-Reflective-Transracial/dp/B0CVVD11DP" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:#467886">Standing in the Gap</span></i></a><i> </i>(along with
Cameron Lee Small)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hannahjacksonmatthews/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">@hannahjacksonmatthews</span></a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://therapyredeemed.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">Cam Lee Small</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Book: <a href="https://www.ivpress.com/the-adoptee-s-journey" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:#467886">The Adoptees Journey</span></i></a><i> </i>(misquoted as "The Adoptee’s Perspective” in the episode)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/therapyredeemed/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">@therapyredeemed</span></a> <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://www.angelatucker.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">Angela Tucker</span></a> <o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Book: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717407/you-should-be-grateful-by-angela-tucker/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:#467886">You Should be Grateful</span></i></a> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/angieadoptee/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">@angieadoptee</span></a> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Website: <a href="https://www.adopteementorship.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">Adoptee Mentoring Society</span></a> <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Direct link to the episode:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/episodes/16624031" target="_blank">https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/episodes/16624031</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ORPARC also released a video short on Trauma: <span style="color:black">
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i62z_Ff9JTU&t=430s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i62z_Ff9JTU&t=430s</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wishing you all the best in these hard times. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thanks,
</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Wendy
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Wendy Cornelisen (she, her, hers)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">State Librarian</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">State Library of Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="mailto:wendy.cornelisen@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">wendy.cornelisen@slo.oregon.gov</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Office: 503-378-4367| Mobile 971-375-3992<br>
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.oregon.gov/library</span></a><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><img border="0" width="218" height="61" style="width:2.2708in;height:.6354in" id="Picture_x0020_27" src="cid:image001.png@01DB89DA.D8E47BD0" alt="Title: State Library of Oregon"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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