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href="https://www.hafuboti.com/blacklivesmatter-at-libraries/?fbclid=IwAR3EZWPQcdzTlcmPHS9GAZxmUL_LY_VCYLqZ8IsefrSLqRxmoE1DuCjhn_I" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55204125',_st_inc_return: this});">Download #BLM library images on the Hafuboti blog.</a></span></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-28313980" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-28313980"><div id="s-lg-box-24129095-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-24129095" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Books</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-24129095" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-57690026" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55091306" class=""><span><a href="https://wiki.cya.oklibshare.org/images/7/7c/Anti-Racism_Reading_Lists_and_Resources.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55091306',_st_inc_return: this});">Anti-Racism Reading Lists and Resources</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55091306" class="s-lg-link-desc">Compiled by Adrienne Butler,<br /> Youth Services Consultant, Oklahoma Department of<br /> Libraries, June 3, 2020</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55085647" class=""><span><a href="https://bpl.overdrive.com/collection/1086201" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55085647',_st_inc_return: this});">An Anti-Racist Reading List</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55085647" class="s-lg-link-desc">Boston Public Library</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55085581" class=""><span><a href="https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/list/share/129831741_ccontelmo/1649514943_social_justice_for_teens" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55085581',_st_inc_return: this});">Social Justice for Teens</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55085581" class="s-lg-link-desc">Boston Public Library</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55084994" class=""><span><a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/books-about-racism-and-social-justice" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55084994',_st_inc_return: this});">Books about Racism and Social Justice</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55084994" class="s-lg-link-desc">Common Sense Media</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55084624" class=""><span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/parenting/kids-books-racism-protest.html" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55084624',_st_inc_return: this});">These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55084624" class="s-lg-link-desc">By Jessica Grose. New York Times, June 2, 2020</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55084860" class=""><span><a href="https://www.bcpl.info/blog/2020/anti-racist-book-list" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55084860',_st_inc_return: this});">Anti-Racist Book List</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55084860" class="s-lg-link-desc">Baltimore County Public Library, June 4, 2020</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55084530" class=""><span><a href="https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=antiracism-starter-booklist" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55084530',_st_inc_return: this});">Antiracism: A Starter Booklist</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55084530" class="s-lg-link-desc">Library Journal, March 31, 2020</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55206689" class=""><span><a href="https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/06/09/schomburg-center-black-liberation-reading-list?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NYPLConnect_20200609&utm_campaign=NYPLConnect" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55206689',_st_inc_return: this});">Schomburg Center Black Liberation Reading List</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55206689" class="s-lg-link-desc">New York Public Library. June 9, 2020.</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-28362826" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-28362826"><div id="s-lg-box-24171238-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-24171238" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std s-lib-floating-box"> <div id="s-lg-box-collapse-24171238" > <div class="s-lib-box-content s-lib-floating-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-55204057" class=" clearfix"> <p><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="//libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/116252/images/library-logo-blm-heart.png" /></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div id="s-lg-col-2" class="col-md-9"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-28313793" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-28313793"><div id="s-lg-box-24128928-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-24128928" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Selected Library Resource Guides about Antiracism</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-24128928" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-57796619" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55207205" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/diversity/librariesrespond/black-lives-matter" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55207205',_st_inc_return: this});">ALA Libraries Respond: Black Lives Matter</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55207205" class="s-lg-link-desc">Includes terminology, a plan for action (Commit to Doing Everyday Actions, Center and Support Black Voices in LIS, Staff Development, Library Programming, and Evaluate Policies), and ALA statements.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-57562349" class=""><span><a href="https://guides.masslibsystem.org/antiracismyouth/home" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '57562349',_st_inc_return: this});">Anti-Racism for School and Youth Services Librarians</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-57562349" class="s-lg-link-desc">A collaborative project of the Massachusetts Library System and the Massachusetts School Library Association</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55207272" class=""><span><a href="https://www.library.wisc.edu/gwslibrarian/bibliographies/disrupting-whiteness-in-libraries/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55207272',_st_inc_return: this});">Disrupting Whiteness in Libraries and Librarianship: A Reading List</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55207272" class="s-lg-link-desc">This bibliography contains citations and links (when available) to resources focused on race, racism, and disrupting whiteness and white supremacy in libraries. Particular emphasis is placed on the field of library and information science and librarianship as a profession.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55084306" class=""><span><a href="https://watertownlib.org/545/Anti-Racist-Reading-and-Resources" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55084306',_st_inc_return: this});">Anti-Racist Reading and Resources: Know Your History. Speak Up. Organize.</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55084306" class="s-lg-link-desc">Watertown Free Public Library</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55084226" class=""><span><a href="https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/books-for-talking-to-children-about-race/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55084226',_st_inc_return: this});">Books for Talking to Children about Race (Boston Public Library)</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55084226" class="s-lg-link-desc">By Maggie. November 26, 2018</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55084115" class=""><span><a href="https://countway.harvard.edu/news/black-lives-matter-antiracism-health-suggested-resources" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55084115',_st_inc_return: this});">Black Lives Matter: Antiracism and Health Suggested Resources</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55084115" class="s-lg-link-desc">Matthew Noe, Harvard Countway Library: "As the country - and the world - mourns the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the cruel killings of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ahmaud Arbrey in Georgia, and the long history of cruelty to Black people in the United States, it is important that we take pause to reflect and listen."</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55084377" class=""><span><a href="https://simmons.libguides.com/anti-oppression/anti-racism" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55084377',_st_inc_return: this});">Anti-Oppression: Anti-Racism</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55084377" class="s-lg-link-desc">Simmons University</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55084456" class=""><span><a href="https://libguides.framingham.edu/anti-racism" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55084456',_st_inc_return: this});">Anti-Racism</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55084456" class="s-lg-link-desc">Whittemore Library, Framingham State University</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-28314085" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-28314085"><div id="s-lg-box-24129177-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-24129177" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Initiatives </h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-24129177" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-57683635" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55084717" class=""><span><a href="https://www.racialequityalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GARE_LibrariesReport_v8_DigitalScroll_WithHyperlinks.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55084717',_st_inc_return: this});">Advancing Racial Equity in Public Libraries Case Studies from the Field</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55084717" class="s-lg-link-desc">Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE)</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55085095" class=""><span><a href="http://ready.web.unc.edu/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55085095',_st_inc_return: this});">Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55085095" class="s-lg-link-desc">A free online professional development curriculum (IMLS)</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55085299" class=""><span><a href="https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/collections/racism-and-health.html" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55085299',_st_inc_return: this});">Racism, Race, and Health</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55085299" class="s-lg-link-desc">Examining the connections between race, racism and health in the United States. (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55085446" class=""><span><a href="https://www.wkkf.org/what-we-do/overview" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55085446',_st_inc_return: this});">W.K. Kellogg Foundation</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55085446" class="s-lg-link-desc">Grant opportunities to "ensure all children, families and communities – regardless of race or income – have opportunities to reach their full potential."</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-28313032" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-28313032"><div id="s-lg-box-24128231-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-24128231" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Resources:</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-24128231" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-57796729" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55207325" class=""><span><a href="https://www.racialequitytools.org/home" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55207325',_st_inc_return: this});">Racial Equity Tools</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55207325" class="s-lg-link-desc">“Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.”</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55082073" class=""><span><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/things-you-can-do-to-help-end-racism-3026187?utm_campaign=Community&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=88585923&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8WFXywI47KLSoKyQ8KJ68qC1kTcfbtonbaYurwcJZLE_d3zGI0HwV4LbwfX22TJomeroXlZ3CU8STp6SM97MX8LttP1g&_hsmi=88585923" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55082073',_st_inc_return: this});">Guide to Be an Anti-Racist Ally</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55082073" class="s-lg-link-desc">By Lisa Nicki Cole. ThoughtCo, June 29, 2019</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55082121" class=""><span><a href="https://www.un.org/en/letsfightracism/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55082121',_st_inc_return: this});">More than Meets the Eye: Let's Fight Racism! (UN)</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55082121" class="s-lg-link-desc">"Racism, xenophobia and intolerance are problems prevalent in all societies. But every day, each and every one of us can stand up against racial prejudice and intolerant attitudes. Be a human rights champion, #fightracism and #Standup4humanrights."</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55082168" class=""><span><a href="https://bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55082168',_st_inc_return: this});">Anti-Racism Resources</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55082168" class="s-lg-link-desc">Document compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55082327" class=""><span><a href="https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55082327',_st_inc_return: this});">75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55082327" class="s-lg-link-desc">By Corrine Shuttack. Medium, August 13, 2017</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55082443" class=""><span><a href="https://www.mic.com/articles/97900/10-simple-rules-for-being-a-non-racist-white-person?utm_campaign=Community&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=88585923&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8WFXywI47KLSoKyQ8KJ68qC1kTcfbtonbaYurwcJZLE_d3zGI0HwV4LbwfX22TJomeroXlZ3CU8STp6SM97MX8LttP1g&_hsmi=88585923" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55082443',_st_inc_return: this});">10 Simple Ways White People Can Step Up to Right Racism Every Day</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55082443" class="s-lg-link-desc">By Derrick Clifton. Mic, September 4, 2014</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55082535" class=""><span><a href="https://booksforlittles.com/racial-diversity/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55082535',_st_inc_return: this});">Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55082535" class="s-lg-link-desc">Raising Luminaries.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55102371" class=""><span><a href="https://www.embracerace.org/resources/teaching-and-talking-to-kids" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55102371',_st_inc_return: this});">10 tips for teaching and talking to kids about race</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55102371" class="s-lg-link-desc">By EmbraceRace with MomsRising</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-28349791" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-28349791"><div id="s-lg-box-24159909-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-24159909" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">National Organizations</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-24159909" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-57764391" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55170919" class=""><span><a href="https://blacklivesmatter.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55170919',_st_inc_return: this});">Black Lives Matter</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55170919" class="s-lg-link-desc">"Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes."</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55171214" class=""><span><a href="https://boldorganizing.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55171214',_st_inc_return: this});">BOLD (Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity)</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55171214" class="s-lg-link-desc">"national training intermediary focused on transforming the practice of Black organizers in the US to increase their alignment, impact and sustainability to win progressive change."</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55170953" class=""><span><a href="https://dreamdefenders.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55170953',_st_inc_return: this});">Dream Defenders</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55170953" class="s-lg-link-desc">"Today, the Dream Defenders is a multiracial group of young people who are organizing to build power in our communities to advance a new vision we have for the state."</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55170987" class=""><span><a href="https://www.naacp.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55170987',_st_inc_return: this});">National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55170987" class="s-lg-link-desc">"The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons."</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55171026" class=""><span><a href="https://unitedwedream.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55171026',_st_inc_return: this});">United We Dream</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55171026" class="s-lg-link-desc">"United We Dream is the largest immigrant youth-led community in the country."</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-28313384" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-28313384"><div id="s-lg-box-24128550-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-24128550" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Library Association Statements</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-24128550" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-57863628" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55278871" class=""><span><a href="https://mblc.state.ma.us/news/news-releases/2020/nr200610.php" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55278871',_st_inc_return: this});">MBLC Statement on Racism and Racial Justice</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55278871" class="s-lg-link-desc">June 9, 2020</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55156032" class=""><span><a href="https://mailchi.mp/nelib/nelas-statement-on-racism-xenophobia" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55156032',_st_inc_return: this});">NELA's Statement on Racism & Xenophobia</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55156032" class="s-lg-link-desc">June 4, 2020</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55155869" class=""><span><a href="https://www.arsl.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55155869',_st_inc_return: this});">ARSL Statement on Anti-Racism</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55155869" class="s-lg-link-desc">June 2, 2020</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55083053" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/06/ala-executive-board-stands-bcala-condemning-violence-and-racism-towards-0" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55083053',_st_inc_return: this});">ALA Executive Board stands with BCALA in condemning violence and racism towards Black people and all People of Color</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55083053" class="s-lg-link-desc">June 1, 2020</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55083117" class=""><span><a href="https://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/19911" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55083117',_st_inc_return: this});">ACRL Supports ALA, BCALA, and APALA Statements Condemning Violence and Racism</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55083117" class="s-lg-link-desc">June 2, 2020</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55083342" class=""><span><a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2020/06/01/statements-from-library-organizations-re-racism-and-increased-violence/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55083342',_st_inc_return: this});">Statements From Libraries and Library Organizations Re: Racism and Increased Violence</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55083342" class="s-lg-link-desc">Compiled by Gary Price, InfoDocket</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-55223140" class=""><span><a href="https://medium.com/@libraryfreedom/its-not-enough-to-say-black-lives-matter-libraries-must-divest-from-the-police-2ab4adea58f1" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '55223140',_st_inc_return: this});">It’s not enough to say Black Lives Matter — libraries must divest from the police</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-55223140" class="s-lg-link-desc">Library Freedom Project, June 9, 2020</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-127" class="col-md-12"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes s-lg-box-special"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-30206881" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-30206881"><div id="s-lg-box-18271614-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-18271614" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">MLS Declaration of Inclusion</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-18271614" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-40225670" class=" clearfix"> <p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto;">The MLS Team is committed to providing services that benefit and contribute to the library profession’s core values: diversity, inclusion, equity, access to information, free expression, privacy, and social justice.</span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></div> <ul 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