[Libs-Or] A poem for the occasion

[Martín Blasco]

Thank you Cynthia for posting this.
In the last OLA conference, we had an informal meeting to launch a new Chapter of REFORMA in Oregon.
We decided to have our first informal meeting during the Fall. The librarians of MCL were so generous as to offer one of their libraries to have our first formal and organizational meeting.
For those of you who are interested to participate in this chapter, please send me an email so I can add the names in the list for the first meeting (the date for the meeting will be established at the end of the summer).
After Max posted his opinion through this channel and generated so much discussion, it’s crucial and urgent to begin a conversation about not only diversity but also inclusion. This is an imperative issue.

Martín Blasco
Outreach Librarian for Latino and Multicultural Services
Washington County Cooperative Library Services
503-681-5093
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“Que otros se jacten de las páginas que han escrito;
a mí me enorgullecen las que he leído.”
“Let others brag about the pages which they have written,
I’m proud of those which I have read.”
Jorge Luis borges




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For those Oregon librarians who are Spanish-speakers, or who are interested in issues re. Latino issues in libraries, don't forget the organization REFORMA - there is national and regional membership.  And check out April postings, [Libs-Or] REFORMA meeting <http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/libs-or/2014-April/007597.html>  for those interested in an Oregon chapter.



Cynthia Thiessen
Senior Reference Librarian
Salem Public Library
585 Liberty St. SE
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 588-6184

"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance;
and a people who mean to be their own governours,
must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

James Madison, over the Library of Congress
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