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Letter to Asian Diasporic Library Workers

  • 1.  Letter to Asian Diasporic Library Workers

    Posted Feb 22, 2021 02:04 PM
    Please read and share widely (as appropriate). 

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    From: Jessica Dai <jessica.y.dai@gmail.com>
    Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 2:55 PM
    Subject: [apala-l] Letter to Asian Diasporic Library Workers
    To: APALA 


    APALA members,

    In light of recent events and the anti-Black racism occuring in our communities, Desmond Wong, Anastasia Chiu, Deborah Yun Caldwell, Charlotte Roh, and I wrote a "Letter to Asian Diasporic Library Workers," published with up//root, a we here publication. We hope this letter resonates with you as we continue to concurrently navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing fight for racial justice. We, by all means, do not have it all figured out, but we offer some starting points to help us work in solidarity with our Black and Brown communities.

    Please share as appropriate.

    Stay safe and take care,
    Jessica 


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    Cheers, 
    Twanna 

    Twanna Hodge, MLIS
    Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Librarian 
    University of Florida Libraries 
    2013 Spectrum Scholar  
    2018 ALA Emerging Leader
    My pronouns are she, her, hers