ULC Statement on Race and Social Equity

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:

ALASKA Contra Costa County Library Anchorage Public Library County of Public Library Fresno County Public Library ALBERTA Los Angeles Public Library Calgary Public Library Marin County Free Library Edmonton Public Library Oakland Public Library Palo Alto City Library ARIZONA Pasadena Public Library Pima County Public Library Public Library San Francisco Public Library BRITISH COLUBMIA San José Public Library Surrey Libraries San Mateo County Library Santa Clara County Library Santa Monica Public Library Sunnyvale Public Library Berkeley Public Library Carlsbad City Library

COLORADO KENTUCKY Anythink Lexington Public Library Aurora Public Library Louisville Free Public Library Denver Public Library Jefferson County Public Library LOUISIANA Poudre River Public Library District East Baton Rouge Parish Library New Orleans Public Library CONNECTICUT Shreve Memorial Library Hartford Public Library New Haven Free Public Library MAINE Russell Library Portland Public Library

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARYLAND District of Columbia Public Library Enoch Pratt Free Library Prince George’s County Memorial Library FLORIDA System Broward County Library Jacksonville Public Library MASSACHUSETTS Miami-Dade Public Library System Boston Public Library Palm Beach County Library System Cambridge Public Library Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library Springfield City Library

GEORGIA MICHIGAN Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System Detroit Public Library Chattahoochee Valley Libraries Grand Rapids Public Library Gwinnett County Public Library Kalamazoo Public Library Kent District Library ILLINOIS West Bloomfield Township Public Library Chicago Public Library Oak Park Public Library MINNESOTA Skokie Public Library Hennepin County Library St. Paul Public Library INDIANA Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library MISSOURI Indianapolis Public Library Kansas City Public Library Johnson County Public Library Mid-Continent Public Library St. Louis County Library IOWA St. Louis Public Library Cedar Rapids Public Library Des Moines Public Library NEBRASKA Do Space KANSAS Lincoln City Libraries Johnson County Library Omaha Public Library Wichita Public Library

NEVADA PENNSYLVANIA Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Free Library of Philadelphia NEW JERSEY Newark Public Library RHODE ISLAND Providence Public Library NEW MEXICO Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library SOUTH CAROLINA System Richland Library

NEW YORK TENNESSEE Brooklyn Public Library Chattanooga Public Library New York Public Library Memphis Public Library and Information Rochester Public Library Center Nashville Public Library NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte Mecklenburg Library TEXAS Durham County Library Dallas Public Library Greensboro Public Library El Paso Public Library Fort Worth Library OHIO Frisco Public Library Cleveland Public Library Harris County Library Columbus Metropolitan Library Houston Public Library Cuyahoga County Public Library San Antonio Public Library Dayton Metro Library East Cleveland Public Library UTAH Stark County District Library Salt Lake County Library Services The Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County VIRGINIA Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Alexandria Library Chesterfield County Public Library OKLAHOMA Roanoke County Public Library Pioneer Library System Virginia Beach Public Library Tulsa City-County Library WASHINGTON ONTARIO Fort Vancouver Regional Library District Hamilton Public Library King County Library System Kitchener Public Library Pierce County Library System Ottawa Public Library Sno-Isle Libraries Toronto Public Library WISCONSIN OREGON Madison Public Library Multnomah County Library Milwaukee Public Library