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North American Libraries Send Strong Message of Commitment to Racial and Social Equity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2021 ULC Press Contact Curtis Rogers (202) 750-8658 [email protected] North American Libraries Send Strong Message of Commitment to Racial and Social Equity 206 urban libraries sign statement aimed at achieving racial and social equity WASHINGTON – In a strong aCt of Commitment to a more equitable soCiety, 206 publiC libraries aCross North AmeriCa have signed the Urban Libraries CounCil’s Statement on Race and Social Equity. This statement serves as a baseline upon WhiCh libraries Can build poliCies and aCtions that make their communities more inclusive and just. The statement reads as folloWs: As leaders of North America’s public libraries, we are committed to achieving racial and social equity by contributing to a more just society in which all community members can realize their full potential. Our libraries can help achieve true and sustained equity through an intentional, systemic and transformative library-community partnership. Our library systems are working to achieve equity in the communities we serve by: • Eliminating racial and social equity barriers in library programs, services, policies and practices • Creating and maintaining an environment of diversity, inclusion and respect both in our library systems and in all aspects of our community role • Ensuring that we are reaching and engaging disenfranchised people in the community and helping them express their voice • Serving as a convener and facilitator of conversations and partnerships to address community challenges • Being forthright on tough issues that are important to our communities Libraries are trusted, venerable and enduring institutions, central to their communities and an essential participant in the movement for racial and social equity. The folloWing libraries have signed on to the above statement: ALABAMA Douglas County Libraries Birmingham PubliC Library Jefferson County PubliC Library Poudre River PubliC Library DistriCt ALASKA AnChorage PubliC Library CONNECTICUT Bloomfield PubliC Library ALBERTA The Ferguson Library Bibliothèque de Beaumont Library Hartford PubliC Library Calgary Public Library ManChester PubliC Library Edmonton PubliC Library NeW Haven Free PubliC Library Lethbridge PubliC Library NorWalk PubliC Library System Otis Library ARIZONA Pequot Library Pima County PubliC Library Russell Library ARKANSAS Wallingford PubliC Library Central Arkansas Library System DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BRITISH COLUMBIA DC PubliC Library Fort St. John PubliC Library FLORIDA Surrey Libraries BroWard County Library CALIFORNIA JaCksonville PubliC Library Alameda County Library Mandel PubliC Library of West Palm BeaCh Berkeley PubliC Library Miami-Dade PubliC Library System Carlsbad City Library Palm BeaCh County Library System Contra Costa County Library Tampa-Hillsborough County PubliC Library Fresno County PubliC Library GEORGIA LA County Library Athens Regional Library System Los Angeles PubliC Library Atlanta-Fulton PubliC Library System Marin County Free Library ChattahooChee Valley Libraries Oakland Public Library DeKalb County PubliC Library Oceanside Public Library Gwinnett County PubliC Library PaCifiC Library Partnership Palo Alto City Library ILLINOIS Pasadena PubliC Library Arlington Heights Memorial Library San Diego PubliC Library Bloomington PubliC Library San FranCisCo PubliC Library Chicago Public Library San José PubliC Library Oak Park Public Library San Mateo County Library Schaumburg ToWnship DistriCt Library Santa Clara County Library Skokie PubliC Library Santa MoniCa PubliC Library Sonoma County Library INDIANA Sunnyvale PubliC Library Allen County PubliC Library Chatham Area Public Library District COLORADO Evansville Vanderburgh PubliC Library Anythink The Indianapolis PubliC 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