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Update from ALA EDI groups

  • 1.  Update from ALA EDI groups

    Posted Oct 27, 2022 05:33 PM
    Edited by Adina Mulliken Oct 27, 2022 05:34 PM

    Here is 
    EDI Assembly Affiliated Groups update . Many ALA groups summarized their recent EDI work here.
    Here is a petition to sign that's especially relevant to accessibility, copied from the doc:

    American Association of School Libraries (AASL):

    Submitted by Erika Long (erikalong.lib@gmail.com):

    AASL and ALA  welcomed the bicameral introduction of the Right to Read Act (S. 5064 and H.R. 9056) by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Representative Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ-03). Among other things, as Senator Reed writes: "The Right to Read Act is about making sure that low-income, minority, children with disabilities, and English language learners have equal access to that opportunity through high quality, appropriately staffed school libraries and diverse and inclusive reading materials both at school and at home."  Please join ALA/AASL in thanking the sponsors for introducing this important legislation by signing the "thank you" at: bit.ly/Right2Read22 .



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    Adina Mulliken
    Social Work Subject Specialist & Assistant Professor
    Hunter College, CUNY
    New York, NY
    She/Her/Hers
    am2621@hunter.cuny.edu
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