April,
I have been in touch with the President of the APALA, which is co-sponsoring an important session at Annual called "Accessing Palestine " The other sponsors are Librarians and Archivists for Palestine (LAP) and the Library Freedom Project (LFP). She would welcome adding SRRT's official co-sponsorship. I need top get back to her soon. Theey would also be happy to have a financial contribution covering part of the stipend expenditures as well as any speaker we might wish to add to the panel (neither necessary for co-sponsorship) .
Can you and Charles arrange a quick vote on this online?
The description of the event is below
Mark Rosenzweig
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Here is the panel description:
This event will consist of a panel discussion with representatives from the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association, Library Freedom Project, and Librarians and Archivists with Palestine, in dialogue with Asian American social justice educator Shengxiao 'Sole' Yu. Informed by our historical understanding, professional ethics, and social justice lens as librarians of color and librarians working closely with communities of color, we will collectively discuss ways to foster awareness and dialogue around the issue of Palestine. We will examine how Palestine constitutes a key equity, diversity, and inclusion issue that libraries have an ethical responsibility to address. Attendees will come away with an understanding of how Palestine constitutes a key equity, diversity, and inclusion issue that libraries have an ethical responsibility to address. Presenters will share ideas around library activities such as information literacy instruction, collections, professional development, and public programming that people can bring back to their institution.
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Jaena Rae Cabrera