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Charge: ACRL’s Library EDI Committees Discussion Group seeks to provide a forum for practitioners, especially members of Library Diversity committees, to discuss EDI topics in academic libraries, and share resources useful to library workers engaged in EDI initiatives in libraries. They plan to work to support both library workers who are thinking about starting a diversity initiative and diversity committees that are already established.
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Libraries Respond: Advocating for Queer Literacy in 2025. Join us on June 5!

  • 1.  Libraries Respond: Advocating for Queer Literacy in 2025. Join us on June 5!

    Posted May 27, 2025 12:57 PM

    Good afternoon, 

    ALA invites you to attend Libraries Respond: Advocating for Queer Literacy in 2025 on Thursday, June 5th, 2025, at 3pm Central Time. This panel is organized by the Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services (ODLOS). In our current climate, the attack on queer literacy has a ripple effect on our library communities through book bans, criticism on inclusive programming, and isolating members of the LGBTQ community. Join our panel discussion made up of ALA round table members that will highlight their experiences and perspectives on overcoming the challenges that LGBTQIA+ library professionals face and persevere through. In this ninety minute session, attendees will also learn from specialty related topics in a lightning round of mini-presentations led by panel members.

    Our panel will be moderated by Shira Pilarski, President of ALA's Graphic Novels & Round Table and Director-At-Large of Rainbow Round Table (RRT). Our panelists include MC Brickell (ALA 2025 Class of Emerging Leaders), Ashley McGuire (Co-Chair, RRT Israel Fishman Adult Non-Fiction Award Committee), Allison Mader (Member, Rainbow Round Table), Heath Umbreit (Advisor, ALA's Libraries Transforming Communities), and Ricardo "Ricky" Rodriguez (Member, RRT Book Award Committee). We hope you will join us in hearing from our panelists on their ways to highlight and celebrate queer literacy and the LGBTQ community year-round through Pride Month and beyond.

    Register for the Zoom webinar today! ASL interpretation and human-generated captions will be provided. Reach out to diversity@ala.org or call 312.280.5020 if additional accessibility services are needed to fully participate. 



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    Hillary Pearson
    she/her/hers
    Program Manager, Accessibility Services, Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS)
    American Library Association
    P: (312) 280-5020
    hpearson@ala.org
    www.ala.org | www.ala.org/diversity
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