Just a quick follow-up, as my counter-part at the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Adrienne Butler, just announced she has compiled the following list of Anti-Racism Reading Lists and Resources. You can find it and more on the Youth & Traumatic Events Wiki.

Also, a note that all our past meeting notes, including chatboxes, can be found at https://bit.ly/MiYouthMeetings. Today’s chatbox is now up.

Thanks,

Cathy Lancaster

Youth Services Coordinator

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

LancasterC5@michigan.gov | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan

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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.
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://michigan-host.zoom.us/j/506813991

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Or Telephone:

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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,