FW: [scholars] Fwd: [apala-l] Joint Council of Librarians of Color forms officially!
From: Mantra L Henderson [mailto:mlhenderson@mvsu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 8:10 AM
To: Sandra Phoenix
Subject: FW: [scholars] Fwd: [apala-l] Joint Council of Librarians of Color forms officially!
See what Jerome Offord has been up to below.
Mantra Henderson, MLIS
Director of Library Services
James H. White Library
Mississippi Valley State University
14000 Highway 82 W. MVSU 5232
Itta Bena, MS 38941
(office)662-254-3494
(fax) 662-254-3499
From: Melissa Cardenas-Dow [mailto:melissa.cardenasdow@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 2:49 PM
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Subject: [scholars] Fwd: [apala-l] Joint Council of Librarians of Color forms officially!
Please pardon duplication.
Melissa Cardenas-Dow, MLIS
melissa.cardenasdow@gmail.commailto:melissa.cardenasdow@gmail.com
phone: 909-793-2030
Google Hangout: melissa.cardenasdow
Twitter: @micdow
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"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- commonly attributed to Philo of Alexandria
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From: Janet Clarke <janet.clarke@stonybrook.edumailto:janet.clarke@stonybrook.edu>
Date: Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:40 PM
Subject: [apala-l] Joint Council of Librarians of Color forms officially!
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From: Don Wood [mailto:dwood@ala.org]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:50 AM
To: stuchapt@lists.ala.orgmailto:stuchapt@lists.ala.org
Subject: [STUCHAPT] Five ethnic affiliates of ALA have collaborated to officially form the Joint Council of Librarians of Color, Inc. (JCLC Inc.)
The five ethnic affiliates of the American Library Association have collaborated to officially form the Joint Council of Librarians of Color, Inc.(JCLC Inc.), a nonprofit organization that advocates for and addresses the common needs of the ethnic affiliates.
Coming together through JCLC Inc. are the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), the American Indian Library Association (AILA), the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) and REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-speaking. These five organizations each have a decades-long tradition of promoting the library and information needs of their constituent communities through various endeavors, including providing scholarships for students, awarding grants to libraries for cultural programing, acquiring and donating relevant library materials and advising ALA and other professional organizations of constituent concerns.
The newly formed nonprofit follows and takes its name from two successful joint conferences co-sponsored by these organizations; the first held in 2006 in Dallas and the second in 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. Serving as the first officers for the Joint Council are Dr. Jerome Offord, Jr. as president, Dr. Kenneth Yamashita as vice president, Dora Ho as treasurer, Heather Devine-Hardy as secretary and Isabel Espinal as director at large.
“The JCLC concept was just too powerful not to establish an organization that could keep it going strongly forward,” Offord said. “When our organizations come together as a united front and put our energies and numbers together, we are better able to confront and address certain critical issues. We believe there is great power in this unity.”
JCLC Inc.’s official purpose statement is: “To promote librarianship within communities of color, support literacy and the preservation of history and cultural heritage, collaborate on common issues, and to host the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color every four to five years.”
JCLC Inc. has not yet established its Web presence, but each member organization has a web site where the public can find more information: BCALA (www.bcala.orghttp://www.bcala.org/), CALA (http://cala-web.org/), APALA (http://www.apalaweb.org/), AILA (http://ailanet.org/) and REFORMA (http://www.reforma.org/).
More updates regarding JCLC will be forthcoming
Don Wood
Program Officer
Chapter Relations Officehttp://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/cro/index.cfm
American Library Association
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
dwood@ala.orgmailto:dwood@ala.org
1-800-545-2433, ext. 2429tel:1-800-545-2433%2C%20ext.%202429; 312-280-2429tel:312-280-2429
312-280-4392tel:312-280-4392 (fax)
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--
Janet H. Clarke
Associate Dean, Research & User Engagement
Stony Brook University Libraries
W-1514, Melville Library
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794
t: 631.632.1217tel:631.632.1217
f: 631.632.7116tel:631.632.7116
e: janet.clarke@stonybrook.edumailto:janet.clarke@stonybrook.edu
Vice President, Asian Pacific American Librarians Association
http://www.apalaweb.org/
http://apala35th.apalaweb.org/
Wow!
Cynthia L. Henderson, MILS, AHIP
Executive Director
Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library
Howard University
501 W Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059
cynthia.henderson@howard.edumailto:cynthia.henderson@howard.edu
202.884.1723 voice
202.884.1733 fax
http://hsl.howard.edu/
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Subject: FW: [scholars] Fwd: [apala-l] Joint Council of Librarians of Color forms officially!
From: Mantra L Henderson [mailto:mlhenderson@mvsu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 8:10 AM
To: Sandra Phoenix
Subject: FW: [scholars] Fwd: [apala-l] Joint Council of Librarians of Color forms officially!
See what Jerome Offord has been up to below.
Mantra Henderson, MLIS
Director of Library Services
James H. White Library
Mississippi Valley State University
14000 Highway 82 W. MVSU 5232
Itta Bena, MS 38941
(office)662-254-3494
(fax) 662-254-3499
From: Melissa Cardenas-Dow [mailto:melissa.cardenasdow@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 2:49 PM
To: tf-edi@lists.ala.orgmailto:tf-edi@lists.ala.org; scholars@lists.ala.orgmailto:scholars@lists.ala.org; srrtac-l@lists.ala.orgmailto:srrtac-l@lists.ala.org; emie-l@lists.ala.orgmailto:emie-l@lists.ala.org
Subject: [scholars] Fwd: [apala-l] Joint Council of Librarians of Color forms officially!
Please pardon duplication.
Melissa Cardenas-Dow, MLIS
melissa.cardenasdow@gmail.commailto:melissa.cardenasdow@gmail.com
phone: 909-793-2030
Google Hangout: melissa.cardenasdow
Twitter: @micdow
ORCiD: orcid.org/0000-0002-3823-6954http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3823-6954
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/melissacardenasdowhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/melissacardenasdow
FB: facebook.com/melissa.cardenasdowhttp://www.facebook.com/melissa.cardenasdow
About.me: about.me/melissa.cardenasdowhttp://about.me/melissa.cardenasdow
MiscEtcetera blog: http://wp.me/1SJSQ
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle." -- commonly attributed to Philo of Alexandria
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From: Janet Clarke <janet.clarke@stonybrook.edumailto:janet.clarke@stonybrook.edu>
Date: Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:40 PM
Subject: [apala-l] Joint Council of Librarians of Color forms officially!
To: "apala-l@lists.gseis.ucla.edumailto:apala-l@lists.gseis.ucla.edu" <APALA-L@lists.gseis.ucla.edumailto:APALA-L@lists.gseis.ucla.edu>
From: Don Wood [mailto:dwood@ala.org]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:50 AM
To: stuchapt@lists.ala.orgmailto:stuchapt@lists.ala.org
Subject: [STUCHAPT] Five ethnic affiliates of ALA have collaborated to officially form the Joint Council of Librarians of Color, Inc. (JCLC Inc.)
The five ethnic affiliates of the American Library Association have collaborated to officially form the Joint Council of Librarians of Color, Inc.(JCLC Inc.), a nonprofit organization that advocates for and addresses the common needs of the ethnic affiliates.
Coming together through JCLC Inc. are the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), the American Indian Library Association (AILA), the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) and REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-speaking. These five organizations each have a decades-long tradition of promoting the library and information needs of their constituent communities through various endeavors, including providing scholarships for students, awarding grants to libraries for cultural programing, acquiring and donating relevant library materials and advising ALA and other professional organizations of constituent concerns.
The newly formed nonprofit follows and takes its name from two successful joint conferences co-sponsored by these organizations; the first held in 2006 in Dallas and the second in 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. Serving as the first officers for the Joint Council are Dr. Jerome Offord, Jr. as president, Dr. Kenneth Yamashita as vice president, Dora Ho as treasurer, Heather Devine-Hardy as secretary and Isabel Espinal as director at large.
“The JCLC concept was just too powerful not to establish an organization that could keep it going strongly forward,” Offord said. “When our organizations come together as a united front and put our energies and numbers together, we are better able to confront and address certain critical issues. We believe there is great power in this unity.”
JCLC Inc.’s official purpose statement is: “To promote librarianship within communities of color, support literacy and the preservation of history and cultural heritage, collaborate on common issues, and to host the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color every four to five years.”
JCLC Inc. has not yet established its Web presence, but each member organization has a web site where the public can find more information: BCALA (www.bcala.orghttp://www.bcala.org/), CALA (http://cala-web.org/), APALA (http://www.apalaweb.org/), AILA (http://ailanet.org/) and REFORMA (http://www.reforma.org/).
More updates regarding JCLC will be forthcoming
Don Wood
Program Officer
Chapter Relations Officehttp://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/cro/index.cfm
American Library Association
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
dwood@ala.orgmailto:dwood@ala.org
1-800-545-2433, ext. 2429tel:1-800-545-2433%2C%20ext.%202429; 312-280-2429tel:312-280-2429
312-280-4392tel:312-280-4392 (fax)
Become a Fan of ALA Chaptershttps://www.facebook.com/ALAChapters
Follow CRO on Twitterhttp://twitter.com/ALA_CRO
Take Action for America’s Librarieshttp://cqrcengage.com/ala/home
“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”—Albert Schweitzer
--
Janet H. Clarke
Associate Dean, Research & User Engagement
Stony Brook University Libraries
W-1514, Melville Library
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794
t: 631.632.1217tel:631.632.1217
f: 631.632.7116tel:631.632.7116
e: janet.clarke@stonybrook.edumailto:janet.clarke@stonybrook.edu
Vice President, Asian Pacific American Librarians Association
http://www.apalaweb.org/
http://apala35th.apalaweb.org/
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