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In this episode, the remarkable Heidi Estrada & Sophie Kenney discuss RAILS BIPOC Library Workers Group and RAILS BIPOC Library Workers Mentorship Program—two inclusive programs for library professionals in Illinois that foster support and mitigate racial disparities. More specifically, RAILS BIPOC Library Workers Group aims to foster connection, share resources and discuss specific experiences in a safe, welcome, and open space for all library workers who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color.

Hosts: LaRee Dominguez & Roxanne M. Renteria
Date of recording: December 9, 2024

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We are joined in this episode by Oregon State University Associate Professor and Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC) Curator, Natalia Fernández.

How can academic archives confront harmful narratives and create more inclusive records? Fernández shares how SCARC'S Antiracist Description Activities project is challenging biased language, improving finding aids and ensuring collections are represented with dignity, non-prejudice and accuracy.

Date of Interview: February 6, 2025

Hosts: Joan Vigil & Brittany Young

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In this episode, we welcome Kendra Morris-Jacobson with the Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC), and Lisa MM Butler, a Black, biracial, transracial, domestic adoptee working in libraries in Washington State.

Kendra and Lisa discuss the vital role that libraries, books and educational resources play in the lives of children in care and adoptees. From fostering a sense of identity and belonging to providing comfort, escapism, representation and essential learning opportunities, access to diverse and inclusive reading materials can be life changing.

Hosts: LaRee Dominguez & Ericka Brunson-Rochette
Date of recording: December 2, 2024

Access the ORPARC Lending Library here
Follow guest Lisa Butler on Instagram @theadopteeclown

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VOICES, a BIPOC Adoptee Reading, April 26, 2025, 6:30-9PM @ the PAM CUT Tomorrow Theater, in Portland, OR, FREE (more details to come)

VOICES, a BIPOC Adoptee Conference, July 24-27, 2025 @ Portland State University, in Portland, OR, REGISTRATION

Additional (Not Mentioned) Upcoming BIPOC Adoptee Events:

BIPOC Adoptees Mixer, March 13, 2025, 5-8PM @ Stormbreaker Brewing in Portland, OR FREE

BIPOC Adoptees Writing Workshop, May 24, 2025, 1-5PM @ Seeding Justice in Portland, OR with amazing BIPOC adoptee writer, Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka, FREE

Check out the robust list of content creators mentioned in this episode here!