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<div style="font-family:sans-serif;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:22px;"><font face="Times New Roman" style=""><strong style=""><font size="4">FACRL stands with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) and other organizations that condemn violence and racism aimed at Black people and communities of color</font><span style="font-size:16px;">.</span></strong></font></div>
<div style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:22px;"><font face="Times New Roman">FACRL’s Board of Directors denounces the deaths of Black people at the hands of law enforcement, among them George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others who were targeted because of their race. The Board asks members of the Florida library community to recognize, acknowledge, and work in solidarity to eradicate systemic racism. Ignoring the threats of racism serves not only as a barrier to equality for citizens and residents of our country but ensures that the violence associated with racism remains unchecked and continues to spread within our borders and beyond.</font></div>
<div style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:22px;"><font face="Times New Roman">In addition to fighting racism, FACRL is committed to enhancing the diversity of its leadership by creating a more inclusive Board of Directors. To that end, the FACRL Board of Directors pledges to make diverse representation and inclusivity a priority, and will actively seek out Black members and people of color to run for leadership roles for upcoming elections and to fill chair positions.</font></div>
<div style="font-size:16px;font-family:sans-serif;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:22px;"><font face="Times New Roman">The fight against racism is important. We must do better; and starting now FACRL commits to be engaged and vocal in the fight.</font></div>
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<div align="center" style="margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;"><font face="Times New Roman"><strong>Another Opportunity to Get Involved: </strong></font><strong style="font-family:New;background-color:transparent;">Volunteer for ACRL Diversity Alliance Task Force!</strong></div>
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</font></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;"></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Times New Roman">The ACRL Board of Directors approved the establishment of the Diversity Alliance Task Force. The Diversity Alliance Task Force will oversee the ACRL Diversity Alliance program and will be tasked to carry out the recommendations from the current oversight task force, whose terms expire in June 2020, to grow and develop the program. ACRL President Karen Munro and ACRL President-Elect Jon Cawthorne invite you to volunteer to serve on the task force.</font>
<div style="margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;"><font face="Times New Roman">The deadline to volunteer is 5:00 p.m. CST on <strong style="background-color:transparent;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:New;">June 30, 2020</strong>. Complete details on the task force and the link to volunteer are available on the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://facrl.wildapricot.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=PRoU*2fUwlBbze5b490t*2bGkKFDJHt3JKydTTm6ZZUlQXEHbSPWT9n7G8k59Pr2ooDjixQ9aK11qH1h0z*2fi*2bAdjmrZ*2fb2jnbW6*2fjfsM2XRibKs*3d__;JSUlJSUlJQ!!PhOWcWs!njfHaF9cmOaFnnZia1QNmUEvVRyor16thK3Z7Y0wZotrHxHiOt-3mYU1vvQto511quOQEQ$" style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:blue;"><font color="#5874D0">ACRL website</font></a>.</font></div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family:New Times, serif;">Sent by </span><span style="font-family:New Times, serif;font-size:12pt;">Guy Cicinelli</span></div>
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