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<p class="MsoNormal">Passing along a free webinar opportunity hosted by Oberlin Group DEI & Antiracism Committee entitled,<b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
</span></b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Sites of Community, Fights for Community: Equity Work in Contested Times” happening on April 28 at 10a. More information can be found in the forwarded email below.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Rastanty Cortez";color:black">Ericka Brunson-Rochette<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Ericka Brunson-Rochette (she/her/hers)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Community Engagement Consultant</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">State Library of Oregon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:ericka.brunson-rochette@slo.oregon.gov">ericka.brunson-rochette@slo.oregon.gov</a> | 971-375-5126</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries">www.oregon.gov/library/libraries</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="323" height="43" style="width:3.3645in;height:.4479in" id="Picture_x0020_473016616" src="cid:image001.png@01DCD0D9.465CCDC0" alt="Logo for the Library Support & Development Services division at the State Library of Oregon"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Work Schedule: Monday-Thursday<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:black">Check out my <a href="https://slo.oregon.gov/CommunityEngagement">
LibGuide</a>!</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>
From: <strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Jennifer Hadley</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:jthom@wesleyan.edu">jthom@wesleyan.edu</a>><br>
Date: Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 6:47<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM<br>
Subject: Free Webinar: "Sites of Community, Fights for Community: Equity Work in Contested Times" -- hosted by ODAC<br>
To: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Oberlin
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Group <span style="color:black">
DEI and Antiracism Committee (ODAC) invites you to attend a free webinar</span> (flyer attached). All welcome!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(This email is being sent to all previous ODAC event attendees. Please excuse cross-posting.)</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sites of Community, Fights for Community: Equity Work in Contested Times</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Tuesday, April 28 at 1-2 pm ET via Zoom</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
(<a href="https://tinyurl.com/ODACApril2026talk" target="_blank">Register here)</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What does it mean to sustain equity and accessibility work when that work is increasingly contested?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Join Jasmine C. Jennings, attorney and public policy expert, and Nancy S. Kirkpatrick, Dean of Libraries at Smith College, for a conversation on navigating federal and state challenges to knowledge-making,
democratized history, and inclusive storytelling. Together, they will reflect on how to continue advancing a mission of equity and inclusion–while reframing the work to be less vulnerable to critique and more effective amid pushbacks.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Rather than offering a set of fixed answers, this session will model an appreciative inquiry approach–centering generative questions that participants can carry into their own contexts. The goal is not just
to respond to the moment, but to expand the ways we think, ask, and act. And perhaps, to recognize the quiet power in being underestimated.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Jasmine C. Jennings</span></b><span lang="DA" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">is an attorney and policy expert dedicated to strengthening democratic institutions through the power of the arts and humanities. A graduate of Yale
Law School and Northwestern University, she has spent her career at the intersection of culture and governance–working within museums, higher education, government, and politics. Most recently, Ms. Jennings served as Lead Counsel to the President<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span>s
Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and as Associate General Counsel at the Institute of Museum and Library Services, where she navigated the complex legal challenges facing our
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premier cultural institutions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nancy S. Kirkpatrick</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> is Dean of Libraries at Smith College and
a leader working at the intersection of libraries, law, and nonprofit strategy. A graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Drake University, she brings a multidisciplinary lens to advancing access,
knowledge-making, and institutional change.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">With more than fifteen years of senior leadership experience, she has led research libraries and nonprofit organizations through strategic transformation–centering equity, strengthening research ecosystems,
and building capacity in moments of uncertainty. Her work focuses on sustaining inclusive access to knowledge while navigating the realities of increasing public scrutiny and shifting political landscapes.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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