[Libs-Or] Corrected URL for EDI Cohort application

[Stephanie Chase]

A big thank you to Jennifer Maurer for letting me know I incorrectly
copy-and-pasted the URL to the EDI Cohort application! Here's the correct
link:

https://bit.ly/38s6CAO

For more about the cohorts, read the original message below.

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021, 11:00 AM Stephanie Chase <acornsandnuts at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Oregon Library Community!
>
> We are thrilled to share the Libraries of Eastern Oregon (LEO) has been
> awarded a grant funding six regionally-based cohorts in rural Oregon,
> supporting library staff, board members, and key volunteers in a year-long
> commitment to move equity work forward in rural, conservative communities.
>
>
>
> The work of the cohorts will be based on the Oregon Library Association's
> recently developed and released Anti-Racism toolkit with a focus in each
> session of putting the learning into practice, supporting cohort
> participants in implementing what they have learned at their libraries and
> in their communities. Participants can expect to learn about:
>
>
>
>    -
>
>    Breaking bias
>    -
>
>    Power, Privilege, and Oppression
>    -
>
>    Equity in Action
>    -
>
>    Funding EDI work.
>
>
> This will be an opportunity for both those new to equity work and those
> experienced with equity work to learn more and begin to work together. The
> cohorts are safe spaces for learning, growing, and community building.
>
>
>
> The six cohorts will meet four times between October 2021 and June 2022,
> with the first two meetings taking place virtually on October 19, 2021 and
> January 13, 2022, and the last two in person. The grant funds the travel
> expenses for all participants, as well as a pool for substitute coverage
> for our colleagues in solo libraries. The cohorts will meet in Pendleton,
> La Grande, Ontario, Prineville, Lakeview, and, thanks to a partnership with
> our colleagues in the Southern Oregon Library Federation, in Grants Pass.
> There are 15 spots available in each cohort.
>
>
>
> Priority for participation is first given to public library staff, but in
> recognition of the essential role they play in small libraries, public
> library trustees and key library volunteers are also welcome to apply.
> Library staff in community college libraries and school library staff in
> Eastern and Southern Oregon are also welcome to apply to participate, with
> the understanding the cohort sessions will have a strong public library
> focus. Colleagues from Idaho, south central and eastern Washington, and
> northeastern California are welcome to apply and will be invited to
> participate if room permits. You must come with a learner's mind, ready
> to engage in the learning (and unlearning) necessary to truly explore the
> concepts in the OLA Anti-Racism toolkit.
>
>
> Please note: the framework of the cohort learning prioritizes
> participation of interested library staff of color, while also ensuring
> participating library staff of color do not have the burden of additional
> and undue emotional labor.
>
>
>
> Interested in participating? Please fill out our short application at
> https://bit.ly/2X3knn6. We encourage applications to be filed by
> September 17. Library directors, please be sure to share this email with
> your staff and let your Board members and key volunteers know of the
> opportunity.
>
>
>
> You can find out more by visiting the EDI Cohorts page on our website,
> https://www.librariesofeasternoregon.org/edi-cohorts.
>
>
>
> This project is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and
> Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act,
> administered by the State Library of Oregon.
>
> Please feel free to contact me with any questions!
>
> Stephanie Chase
> Executive Director, Libraries of Eastern Oregon
> PO Box 233, Baker City, OR 97814
> 541/362.4258
> she/her/hers
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://omls.oregon.gov/pipermail/libs-or/attachments/20210830/323566f8/attachment.html>