Earth Day? How About Every Day!
Stories about climate change are going to come from conversations we have with friends, family, and colleagues — we need …
Michael Peever
Chess is Booming and Library Workers Should Pay Attention
Chess is one of the oldest games still played today. It originated in the game of Chaturanga which is traced …
War and Peace in the Library
Tolerance is not a moral absolute; it is a peace treaty. Tolerance is a social norm because it allows different …
Plan an Event with a Colorado Author
The Colorado Book Club Resource (BCR) has a growing collection of works by Colorado authors, and we are always looking …
When the Black Panthers Denver Chapter Leader Made TV History
The Black Panther Party (BPP) was a left-wing Black power political organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton …
Book Club Titles for Black History Month
During the Black Lives Matter protests, book clubs were seized on as a way to respond to the racialized violence …
Longer Book Club Reads in the Colorado Book Club Resource
Winter is here, and what better way to escape the cold than with a good, long book? The Colorado Book …
Book Club Reads for People in a Hurry
Fact: between family, work, and hobbies, time is a hot commodity for a lot of people. Another fact: book clubs …
LGBTQ+ Crisis Resources
Our hearts are so heavy with the recent mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs. In times like these, …
800+ Titles Now in the Book Club Resource!
In recent years, we have worked hard to expand the Colorado Book Club Resource collection, which now stands at a …
What is Critical Race Theory?
Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic legal theory that originated in the 1970-80s from the work of Black scholars such …
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Your Book Club!
What comes to mind when you think of poetry? Do you imagine rhyming verses in flowery language about Nature? Do …
19th Century Colorado Feminist Newspapers, The Antelope and The Queen Bee
On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution became law and American women were finally guaranteed the universal …
Land Acknowledgements
A land acknowledgement is a statement that recognizes the history of colonization and the original occupation of land by Indigenous …
Colorado Authors in the Book Club Resource Collection
In 2020, we resolved to include more of our state’s literary talent in our Book Club Resource (BCR) collection. Since …
Next Draft: EDI digest – September 2021
Next Draft is a digest from EDIT, the Colorado State Library’s (CSL) equity, diversity, and inclusion team. It includes links …
Diversity and Diversity Audits
The Associated Press recently reported that, although whites remain the largest racial group in the US, their share of the …
What We Learned From the 2021 CAL EDSJI Conference
The Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) second annual Equity, Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusion Conference was a jam packed day …
What is Racism? What is Antiracism?
The meaning of a word can be nuanced, multi-layered, and hard to fully comprehend. Adding to the confusion is that …