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<h1 style="margin:0in 0in 10.5pt;font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,102,91);font-weight:normal">Continue the Discussion</span><span style="font-size:27pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"></span></h1>
<h4 style="margin:0in 0in 9pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">"From
Being to Doing: Anti-racism as Action at Work"</span></h4>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Based upon feedback from participants at the recent 2020
ALAO Preconference session, "From Being to Doing: Anti-racism as
Action at Work," ALAO is pleased to offer an additional
opportunity for the library community to come together and strategize
ways we can develop specific anti-racist actions that we can
implement, particularly around professional culture in library
workspaces. The presenter, Ione T. Damasco, will be facilitating two
online discussion sessions as follow-up programs to the original
preconference event. </span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">These sessions will be structured around a racial
caucus/affinity group model. When it comes to anti-racist work, white
people and Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) have work
that they need to do separately, and work that must be done together
in solidarity. Caucuses provide spaces for people to do some work
within their own racial groups. </span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">From <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaoweb.org%2FEmailTracker%2FLinkTracker.ashx%3FlinkAndRecipientCode%3DNAWX7XcT6tbSNEanUHv8JSu8Nn05hEJhmj8fjycR6JBaYJm5mOr2JRrMhk0km6NSFJbYl9FK74qqw13vfh%252fq2J81NUBvdGtYdLnPXyXkiRI%253d&data=04%7C01%7Cleahmonger%40ferris.edu%7C9aca343858de47e3812908d8962cba23%7C64b0362e85c04e95a4ce5651d96cb739%7C1%7C0%7C637424466133599518%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=MeNyOijd%2BQVFFHkjDFLmoDAApjR40tFRGcJ7zTcvl20%3D&reserved=0" style="color:blue">Racial
Equity Tools</a>:</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">"White people and people of color each have work to
do separately and together. Caucuses provide spaces for people to
work within their own racial/ethnic groups. For white people, a
caucus provides time and space to work explicitly and intentionally
on understanding white culture and white privilege and to increase
one’s critical analysis around these concepts. A white caucus also
puts the onus on white people to teach each other about these ideas,
rather than constantly relying on people of color to teach them. For
people of color, a caucus is a place to work with their peers on
their experiences of internalized racism, for healing and to work on
liberation."</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Before you attend the session for your caucus group,
please be sure you have watched the recorded presentation: <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaoweb.org%2FEmailTracker%2FLinkTracker.ashx%3FlinkAndRecipientCode%3DusNEaNBpSFWlSo6Wltk4R25mrju0gnMjW8WIEn3dYgjKkv19vmbEqAi30qx6gZwR%252bT5RE6CIKl83ZNzU04sLfijYTnlozmpUs7TH%252bRvTOcw%253d&data=04%7C01%7Cleahmonger%40ferris.edu%7C9aca343858de47e3812908d8962cba23%7C64b0362e85c04e95a4ce5651d96cb739%7C1%7C0%7C637424466133599518%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=2YTsreHkat9C1fzLHhs6io2QVgRDjXc24xw2%2BkJPnVM%3D&reserved=0" style="color:blue">https://youtu.be/xTXlNHmScbQ</a>
Also, please be mindful when you register to be sure you have signed
up for the caucus group appropriate to your racial identity. We look
forward to continuing the conversation from ALAO, and hope to see you
in one of the sessions in December.</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaoweb.org%2FEmailTracker%2FLinkTracker.ashx%3FlinkAndRecipientCode%3DGGYpe4Krq1JIeqIvn6pccryulQPTPxf1TRP2TdKtaKSIyYQdPdrMdhrq983dzmD9E6TRsFLHxoUZ2Zl4k8w46cvSrEP2ynWLK7HcGgAOf58%253d&data=04%7C01%7Cleahmonger%40ferris.edu%7C9aca343858de47e3812908d8962cba23%7C64b0362e85c04e95a4ce5651d96cb739%7C1%7C0%7C637424466133609518%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=hLvIGe%2BLaJ415Negqe%2FEyCQfGul3gTVF8T8zeSx4EU4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Register to participate in the Anti-racism as
Action at Work Live Discussion (BIPOC caucus)</a>, December 4,
12-12:45pm</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaoweb.org%2FEmailTracker%2FLinkTracker.ashx%3FlinkAndRecipientCode%3DCp5UT83axp2hbmGgoyWkj%252bPjHZ9x4O%252bExIjtmyWikEPn5nHaWd1YV%252fXGgAwry1Wx99Y7cerU7QffkQvlTyJUfyrZwy3rdmEQ4YJgXFz4XgM%253d&data=04%7C01%7Cleahmonger%40ferris.edu%7C9aca343858de47e3812908d8962cba23%7C64b0362e85c04e95a4ce5651d96cb739%7C1%7C0%7C637424466133609518%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=4uS1apkEcuK16fM%2BmHk4yoiDfUT7Hf%2BsVUoz3MvArSU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Register to participate in Anti-racism as Action
at Work Live Discussion (white/Caucasian caucus)</a>, December
7, 12-12:45pm</span></li>
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