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Finding ways to clean up the catalog so people don’t find a voice of “authority” using terminology that is disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning.

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Starting to build trust with diverse library users so that they feel invested in our space enough to let us know how we can do better

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Go to churches, social service centers, community events at which you feel uncomfortable to authentically engage people different than you.

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Kept LGBTQA book from being banned and opened up a town discussion about the lack of safety for the teens of that community 

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Kept LGBTQA book from being banned and opened up a town discussion about the lack of safety for the teens of that community 

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Evaluating and updating our metadata practices through a DEI lens

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Deconstructing Dewey...making our nonfiction more equitable and accessible for our middle grade readers!

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Acknowledge the work is hard

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Updating and creating more diverse reading lists for a variety of reading levels.

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Having a difficult but constructive conversation with a marginalized group we were not serving and making changes in light of it.

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Creating our Student Library Advisory Board has probably been the most impactful. We have been able to directly hear from BIPOC students what their needs and wants are from the libraries and we are able to then act upon those. It leaves them feeling empowered and we feel humbled to be able to make their voices heard to library administration. 

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Creating our Student Library Advisory Board has probably been the most impactful. We have been able to directly hear from BIPOC students what their needs and wants are from the libraries and we are able to then act upon those. It leaves them feeling empowered and we feel humbled to be able to make their voices heard to library administration. 

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Go slow to go fast

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We created a more robust and thoughtful policy, and it was accepted by the board!

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Advocated for us to revisit and revise all of our library policies through a DEI lens

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Advocated for us to revisit and revise all of our library policies through a DEI lens