[Libs-Or] Land Acknowledgement / EDIA Statement

[Matthew Baiocchi]

I wanted to make sure this got out:


We must take time to acknowledge the land we live on was taken from our Indigenous brothers and sisters through violence and deceit; the wealth which built our country was made off the backs of our BIPOC brothers and sisters; the wealth which sustains our country is taken from the lives of all working people; and the persecution our LGBTQIA+ brothers and sisters suffer simply for being who they are. We must work toward equity for all who are marginalized and othered in America.


And the best I could do in Spanish translation:


Debemos dedicar tiempo a reconocer que la tierra en la que vivimos fue arrebatada a nuestros hermanos y hermanas indígenas mediante la violencia y el engaño; que la riqueza con la que se construyó nuestro país se hizo a costa de nuestros hermanos y hermanas BIPOC; que la riqueza que sustenta nuestro país se arrebata de las vidas de todos los trabajadores; y que la persecución que sufren nuestros hermanos y hermanas LGBTQIA+ simplemente por ser quienes son. Debemos trabajar por la equidad para todos los marginados y marginadas de Estados Unidos.



Matthew Baiocchi
REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
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