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Do you believe that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities? Do you believe in equitable access to these opportunities-meaning that everyone is supported in getting what they need to succeed?

For me, access to high-quality literacy learning is a social justice issue. If you believe that access to high-quality literacy learning is an essential right of all children in the U.S. and around the globe, how will you take action for this human right?

Social justice must manifest in the everyday lives of all people. Finding a workable definition for social justice is not an easy task. Many definitions focus on "fairness" and "equalization" but they fail to suggest how (universal) equity can be achieved.

Social Justice in the Library
What does social justice look like in the library? In addition to a diverse collection of resources that is available and barrier-free for all library users, what are the criteria with which we can assess the evolution of our library programs toward social justice? In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, access to paper print and technology resources for learning through school and public libraries and the work of librarians are two of many areas of inequity and injustice in U.S. society that have been exposed during the current health and socioeconomic crisis. (See @MediaJustice and the #Right2Connect campaign and get involved.)

What are other ways that social injustice in manifest in our schools and libraries? Are we meeting the needs of all English language learners and their families? Are we providing the necessary technology and support to students with special needs? Is our community serving incarcerated and homeless youth? Have school closures finally made voters in our states aware that a large percentage of young people in the U.S. today rely on their school for daily meals? Are many of these injustices based on race and socioeconomic status?

If social justice is to be achieved for children, it is up to adults to ensure that preK-12 students advocate for and enact these rights for youth.

Educating Ourselves
Librarians must first educate ourselves. Project READY is an Institute of Museum and Library Services funded initiative of the University of South Carolina, Wake County Public Schools, and North Carolina Central University. "The primary focus of the Project READY curriculum is on improving relationships with, services to, and resources for youth of color and Native youth."

As noted in the Project READY glossary: "Social and institutional power is unequally distributed globally and nationally, and may be conferred by one's gender, race, sexuality, wealth, education, or other means." If social and institutional power were equally distributed, then social justice would be achieved.

The website offers a "series of free, online professional development modules for school and public youth services librarians, library administrators, and others interested in improving their knowledge about race and racism, racial equity, and culturally sustaining pedagogy" (Project READY).

I believe today during school closures is the opportune time to access the information and resources on this site. Why not invite other librarians or classroom teacher and administrator colleagues to join you in this professional learning opportunity?

Educating Students for Social Justice
With this knowledge and a commitment to continuing to learn and reflect on our practice, we can collaborate with our classroom teacher and specialist colleagues, and public librarian children's and teen librarians to teach K-12 students the principles of social justice. Two resources may be of particular interest in that endeavor.

Teaching Social Justice
TeachingTolerance.org offers social justice standards to support a K-12 anti-bias education. Educators and administrators can use the Teaching Tolerance curriculum guide "to make schools more just, equitable, and safe." The standards are divided into grade bands and are organized around four domains: identity, diversity, justice, and action. The curriculum includes school-based scenarios to help students explore anti-bias attitudes and behaviors.

These are examples of standards under each of the domains.

" Identify: Students will develop positive social identities based on their membership in multiple groups in society.

Diversity: Students will examine diversity in social, cultural, political and historical contexts rather than in ways that are superficial or oversimplified.

Justice: Students will recognize stereotypes and relate to people as individuals rather than representatives of groups.

Action: Students will express empathy when people are excluded or mistreated because of their identities and concern when they themselves experience bias" (Teaching Tolerance 2016).

A recent EBSCO blog post offers additional resources and connections including a link to a January/February 2020 Knowledge Quest article " School Librarians & Social Justice Education" by Marianne Fitzgerald, Donna Mignardi, Jennifer Sturge, and Sandy Walker. In their article, these coauthors share how they are implementing the Teaching Tolerance Social Justice Standards alongside the American Association of School Librarians' National Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries (2018).

Librarian Activism
As we prepare to return to our schools and libraries this spring, summer, or next fall, let's consider how we are supporting students, other educators, and administrators in enacting principles of social justice. Let's make a commitment to be leaders who act on our belief that high-quality literacy learning is an essential right of all children and take action to address this human right for their benefit and for our shared future.

Works Cited

EBSCO. 2020. "Social Justice Education Ideas and Resources for School Libraries," https://www.ebsco.com/blog/article/social-justice-education-ideas-and-resources-for-school-libraries

Fitzgerald, Marianne, Donna Mignardi, Jennifer Sturge, and Sandy Walker. 2020. "School Librarians & Social Justice Education." Knowledge Quest 48 (3), https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/KNOW_48_3_OE_SocialJustice.pdf

Teaching Tolerance. 2016. "Teaching Social Justice: The Teaching Tolerance Antibias Framework." https://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/2017-06/TT_Social_Justice_Standards_0.pdf

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@PMSlibrarylady


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Blake Hopper 
Twitter: @pvslibrarian
Instagram and Facebook 
@travelingbuybrarian

Diane R. Chen, AASL Division Councilor
Diane R. Chen, AASL Division Councilor
@dianerchen  
Mary Moen
Mary Moen
Twitter @Mary_moen
Sue Kowalski
Sue Kowalski
@spkowalski
@nyla_ssl

Kathy Lester
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@LibraryL

Ashlee Cornet
Ashlee Cornet
Twitter @beach_nole
IG mscornett_librarian 
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Amanda Kordeliski
Twitter @akordeliski
Insta: @amandalibrarian_reads
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@CactusWoman

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Sam Northern
Sam Northern
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www.misterlibrarian.com
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Vicki Winstead -Tennessee
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