[SOA] FW: Regional archival organization spotlight: SOA

Tue Jul 12 15:00:48 EDT 2022

Special thanks to past president Sherri Goudy for her contributions!!

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 2:27 PM Carleton, Janet via OHIOARCHIVISTS <
ohioarchivists at lists.oplin.org> wrote:

> Excited for SOA to be the first regional archival org to be featured in
> this RAAC series! Thanks President Amy Rohmiller for representing us so
> well.
>
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> *From:* Cathy Miller via Society of American Archivists
> <Mail at ConnectedCommunity.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 11, 2022 5:34 PM
> *To:* Carleton, Janet <carleton at ohio.edu>
> *Subject:* [SAA announcements] : Regional archival organization
> spotlight!: Society of Ohio Archivists
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> Dear SAA community,  In an effort to further engage with our fellow
> regional archival organizations, the Regional Archival Associations...
> -posted to the "Announcements" community
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> [image: Cathy Miller]
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> Cathy Miller
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> Dear SAA community,
>
> In an effort to further engage with our fellow regional archival
> organizations, the Regional Archival Associations Consortium (RAAC)
> Steering Committee is featuring spotlights on various regional archival
> organizations. If you are interested in sharing the work that your regional
> archival organization
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> .
>
> In our first highlight, the RAAC Steering Committee is happy to
> share/shine a spotlight on the Society of Ohio Archivists!
>
>    1. *Who are you? (name of your regional archival organization)*
>       1. Society of Ohio Archivists
>    2. *What is your regional organization's history? (When were you
>    founded? Do you have a journal? number of members, etc.)*
>       1. Founded in 1968, the Society of Ohio Archivists' mission is to
>       improve the state of archives in Ohio by promoting the archival profession
>       and providing professional development and networking opportunities for
>       Ohio's professional and aspiring archivists. We are the oldest continuously
>       operating state organization devoted to the archival profession in the US.
>       We take pride in providing resources and opportunities for professional
>       growth and collaboration to our 153 members. The Ohio Archivist, SOA's
>       official publication since 1970, is available online and can be found on
>       our website (issues prior to 2001 can be accessed at The Ohio State
>       University Libraries' Knowledge Bank).
>    3. *What are some recent initiatives your organization has undertaken?
>    (Note: If you have nothing to share because your organization's members
>    have been busy surviving a pandemic, we get it.)*
>       1. SOA is among many organizations in this country that is taking
>       stock and reflecting on the racist and biased systems that our profession
>       and institutions were founded and continue to operate on. In 2020, during
>       the Black Lives Matter movement that spurred the global community to rise
>       up, SOA issued a statement pledging to take action to rectify and begin the
>       reparative work necessary to be more equitable in our approach to
>       collections and access. Over the past two years, and through the leadership
>       of our various committees, SOA has recently facilitated programming to
>       encourage our members to move beyond statements - to take action and hold
>       ourselves accountable to our communities and one another. In January, we
>       held our first "Crucial Conversations" webinar, a series designed to
>       connect activists and organizers in our community to our members, providing
>       a space to have tough but necessary discussions about racial and social
>       justice and connecting those issues to our work place. This conversation
>       led to various moderated group discussions at our annual meeting in May,
>       about our efforts to provide greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in
>       the archives. Members had a chance to share what their institutions are
>       doing and to share resources with one another. Plans to have a larger forum
>       with all members in the coming months is in the works.
>    4. *Is there a particular initiative and/or accomplishment your
>    organization is proud of? Tell us about it!*
>       1. Cumulatively, all of the recent initiatives SOA has done,
>       including our most recent statement to the state legislature condemning
>       Ohio's divisive concepts bill, HB327, are a larger reflection of what our
>       organization and members across the state are capable of. For decades, our
>       society has perpetuated a myth about archives, museums, and libraries –
>       that these institutions are neutral spaces and that we as "good citizens"
>       should be agreeable and neutral, required to see and understand "both
>       sides." However, in the wake of so many efforts to silence and ultimately
>       erase some perspectives and histories, which is what HB327 in Ohio is
>       trying to do in the classroom and all spaces for education, our members
>       have demanded that we do more. SOA with the support of our members are
>       saying that we do not stand by silently and take the neutral position, but
>       rather that we are in the perfect position to take action. That we, maybe
>       more so than other professions, are able to provide access to the lessons
>       from the past that will guide us to a more perfect and equitable future.
>    5. *Tell us all about your aspirations - what would you like to see
>    your organization doing for its members?*
>       1. We'd like to keep building on the momentum of our recent
>       initiatives and keep diversity, equity, and inclusion issues at the
>       forefront of our work going forward. We would like to continue to speak out
>       on issues that affect Ohio's archivists, work for the inclusion of Ohio's
>       diverse communities in the historical record, and support and recognize
>       archivists who are doing the work.
>
> Thank you,
> Cathy
>
> ------------------------------
> Cathy Miller
> RAAC Steering Committee member
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