Max Macias Wins Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-racism Recognition Award

Max Macias was awarded the OLA EDI Anti-Racism Recognition Award for 2021

[Email from the Oregon Library Association Awards Chair. Big congratulations and shout out to Marci Ramiro-Jenkins!] Hello Oregon Library Community! As chair of the Oregon Library Association's Awards Committee, I am delighted to widely announce the recipients of the following awardswhich were announced at the OLA Conference on Friday, April 23. Presidents’ Award (conferred by President Kate Lasky and Past-President Elaine Hirsch): Marci Ramiro-Jenkins Oregon Library Employee of the year: Lauren Calbreath Oregon Library Supporter of the year: Barbara Wright EDI Achievement Award (Inaugural award!): Max Macias Oregon Librarian of the year: Librarians and Staff of the State Library of Oregon Children Services Division's Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award: Tehlor Kay Mejia Public Library Division's Pearl Award: Lanel Jackson Congratulations on this well deserved recognition! OLA Awards Committee: Elsa Loftis, Portland State University, Chair Leah Griffith, Newberg Public Library, Retired, Past-Chair Esther Moberg, Seaside Public Library Sonja Somerville, Salem Public Library Karen Muller, Hillsboro Public Library Susan Stone, Portland Public Schools Emily O’Neal, Deschutes Public Library

Judy Lee and Melissa Cardenas-Dow Recording, Dec. 2020 Showcase

Greetings Friends!

We hope you and yours are safe and well.

Hinchas Press and Librarians with Spines presents another stimulating session to help you through the pandemic!

Please join us in an engaging conversation about ethnographies, scholarship, identity, books, culture and more! Librarians with Spines editors, Yago Cura and Max Macias, Librarians with Spines Designer/Art Director Autumn Anglin Interview Judy Lee and Melissa Cardenas-Dow about their amazing work.

Judy and Melissa wrote an amazing chapter in Librarians with Spines Vol. 2 called:LWS2 - Remembering Consciousness is Power: Working to Center Academic Library Outreach in the Service of Social Justice, Asian and Pacific Islander American Ethnic Visibility, and Coalition-Building

San Jose State School of Information Diversity Series: Moving Beyond Diversity to Anti-Oppression

Slide from session

I was honored to be be selected to speak at San Jose State's Information School last month.

San Jo is my hometown and it was super cool to be able to speak at SJSU!

I hope you find this worthwhile.

Comments encouraged!

Special thanks to Dr. Michele Villagran and San Jose State!

Max