Book Club – Inside and Out
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside…
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DEI Efforts From the Bottom Up: Trial and Error in a Branch-Level Committee
While Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a growing field, with an increase in businesses creating…
Transgender in the Workplace
Recently I attended a training held by the State of Colorado on how to understand…
Climate Equity and Environmental Justice
Climate change has been on our minds a lot lately. Long stretches of hot days…
The history of Chinese and Japanese Americans in Colorado
Every May, Colorado celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month to recognize the…
What is Critical Race Theory?
Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic legal theory that originated in the 1970-80s from the…
Equal Pay Day and Wage Transparency in Colorado
This year, Equal Pay Day falls on March 15 in the United States. Equal Pay…
“Hidden Voices” in the American Music Research Center
One of the perks of working in a library is stumbling across intriguing new resources….
The K-12 Library Connection:
Vol. 1, Issue 3 We’re excited to bring you this short-bytes newsletter focused on Equity,…
Land Acknowledgements
A land acknowledgement is a statement that recognizes the history of colonization and the original…
Transgender Youth
It is hard sometimes for me to read the news, to be open to hearing…
Colorado Authors in the Book Club Resource Collection
In 2020, we resolved to include more of our state’s literary talent in our Book…
Next Draft: EDI digest – September 2021
Next Draft is a digest from EDIT, the Colorado State Library’s (CSL) equity, diversity, and…
Hispanic Heritage in Colorado
Today marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month running from September 15th through October…
Diversity and Diversity Audits
The Associated Press recently reported that, although whites remain the largest racial group in the…
Nothing About Us, Without Us
When you wake up, one of the first things you might do is open your…
What We Learned From the 2021 CAL EDSJI Conference
The Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) second annual Equity, Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusion Conference…
What is Racism? What is Antiracism?
The meaning of a word can be nuanced, multi-layered, and hard to fully comprehend. Adding…
Being an Ally: What it Means and How to Do it
We all hold different identities simultaneously—an intersection of race, class, sex, gender, religion, ability, etc….
Why EDI Jargon Can Be Counterproductive
Incivility on the Web In the information age, online debates have come to represent the…