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Fwd: [lapmembers] Accessing Palestine @ ALA Annual

  • 1.  Fwd: [lapmembers] Accessing Palestine @ ALA Annual

    Posted 12 days ago



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    From: Mandy Nasr (via lapmembers Mailing List) <lapmembers@lists.riseup.net>
    Date: Jun 20, 2024 at 2:45 PM
    To: Mandy Nasr (via lapmembers Mailing List) <lapmembers@lists.riseup.net>
    Subject: [lapmembers] Accessing Palestine @ ALA Annual


    Hello everyone,

    I hope to see a lot of you at ALA in San Diego!

    There will be a panel on Sunday, June 30th from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. titled "Accessing Palestine: Awareness, Education, and Advocacy in Library Spaces in San Diego Convention Center, Room 28.

    Jaena Ray Cabrera, The President of Asian Pacific American Libraries, is looking for Palestinian library workers who may be interested in joining the panel. Please see below for her post and contact information:

    Hello all,

    We're looking for Palestinian library workers attending ALA Annual who might be interested in speaking on this panel with us. We recognize the collective grief, emotional labor, and trauma of the ongoing genocide in Palestine, but we also know it is important to include Palestinian voices in this panel. If you'd like to advise only or contribute anonymously in some way, that is totally fine too. 

    Please let me know if you have additional questions or concerns.

    Thank you.

    Conference scheduler: https://cdmcd.co/wjjWPa.

    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
    president@apalaweb.org
    C: 310-650-9316

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