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- 1. CREI Cultivating Racial Equity and Inclusion
- 2. What is CREI? A California State Library Initiative, CREI is an immersive process, designed specifically for California Libraries to infuse a race and equity focus into organizational outcomes and service delivery through evidence-based shifts in operations, processes and policies
- 3. CREI Objectives ● Renew and build skills to promote inclusion and racial equity through library programs ● Implement community needs assessments and engage community stakeholders in building equity at the community level ● Support diversity and inclusion in the library workplace that grows diverse and sustainable leadership ● Gain understanding of the role of government and libraries in relation to racial equity ● Draft a Racial Equity Action Plan and organize the internal infrastructure to implement it
- 4. Why do Libraries Take On Racial Equity Work? We acknowledge that public libraries are racialized systems, in both their staffing and the programs, services, and collections provided for public use. The unfairly biased foundation libraries are built on are detrimental to all people in our communities; even those who do not use the library are negatively affected by inequitable access to information. As an organization, SCPL, thus far has been typical of most libraries, with a predominantly white, English speaking staff, vast majority of programming and circulating materials offered in English only, and program times centered around a 9-5, Monday to Friday, workweek.
- 5. Taking Steps to Address Inequities Inspired by the growing social justice movement to address racial inequities, as well as inequities in SCPL programs, services, and staffing, Eric Howard, Interim Library Director, formed the SCPL Equity Team. The Equity Team includes staff from many levels in the organization – including upper management, librarians, branch managers, and frontline staff, who are committed to lead racial equity and social justice work within our organization. However, we are still at the beginning of driving organizational change.
- 6. Current SCPL Work Addressing Inequities ● Cuéntame un Cuento - Spanish Storytime ● Partnership with the SC County Jails and Juvenile Hall ● Life Literacies Center -transformative and equitable programs via collaborative engagement with community partners ● Spanish Translation Team ● Equity Sub Teams ○ Workplace Culture ○ Hiring & Retention ○ Collections, Programs, & Services
- 7. Looking Ahead: ● Hiring & Retention of Diverse Staff at all levels ● Building More Diverse Collections ● Developing & Implementing More Diverse Programs ● Creating an Inclusive Library Culture via staff training, building trust in the workplace, and creating library spaces that are welcoming to all ● Continued participation in CREI and implementing our Racial Equity Action Plan
- 8. Thank you! ● Susan Nilsson - Lead on Jail and Homelessness Services ○ nilssons@santacruzpl.org ○ 831-427-7700 x 7791 ● Jesse Silva - Interim Manager of Branch Operations ○ silvaj@santacruzpl.org ○ 427-7700 x 7669