Thanks to those able to join us this morning!  A quick recap:

• LM’s Library Law Consultant, Clare Membiela, shared how libraries differ from retail, set & enforce policies, deal with unsupervised minors, LM’s Template for re-opening, and employee rights & responsibilities all in a time of COVID-19.
  Notes can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pur0LK9lAPefoJTF5q93Dl3Ej-w4gu3K/view?usp=sharing. 
  We encourage you to take a look at all of LM’s COVID-19 Resources at: https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88855_98256---,00.html. If you have specific questions, please reach out to Clare at MembielaC@Michigan.gov.
• Kristin Fontichiaro and I shared the following resources & news articles, as a start to a greater time of listening, reflecting, and taking action:
• #KidLit Community Rally for Black Lives on June 4th, 7pm on Facebook Live @TheBrownBookShelf
• ALA Executive Board statement condemning violence and racism.  
• www.SLJ.com for additional resources, booklists, conversation starters.
• Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books from Social Justice Books.
• The Cooperative Children’s Book Center, University of Wisconsin
• Gretchen Whitmer: The Coronavirus Is a Civil Rights Battle, Too - NY Times, 6/2/20
• Before You Check In On Your Black Friend Read This, Refinery29 6/2/20
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice - Medium, 8/13/17.

Next week we’ll hear from the new MI Library Quest team, who are creating an interactive virtual challenge for teens across Michigan!

MiYouth Meetings are weekly, at 10am on Wednesdays; they are not recorded.  
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If you’ve missed past weeks you can find all the notes/chatboxes here: https://bit.ly/MiYouthMeetings.
For a list of various Virtual Resources, including links to publishers, eBooks, trainings, etc: http://bit.ly/MiYouthVirtual

Thank you,

Cathy Lancaster

Youth Services Coordinator

Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915

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