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<div dir="auto">Good morning Greg and all,</div>
<div dir="auto">I am very interested in joining this effort. Thank you for reaching out to this group, Greg. </div>
<div dir="auto">Julie</div>
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<div dir="auto">Julie Nurse</div>
<div dir="auto">Library Director</div>
<div dir="auto">Centralia College</div>
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<div dir="auto"><b>From: </b>Bem, Greg via LIBRARYDIR</div>
<div dir="auto"><b>Date: </b>Sat, May 30, 2020 9:51 PM</div>
<div dir="auto"><b>To: </b>WACTC Library Directors;</div>
<div dir="auto"><b>Cc: </b>Bem, Greg;</div>
<div dir="auto"><b>Subject:</b>[LIBRARYDIR] Anti-Blackness Solidarity</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After participating in the protest today, I am wondering how each of you are feeling about your library and your school and their commitment to anti-blackness and anti-racist practices.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am also wondering if there is anything the Library Leadership Council would be interested in doing in solidarity—issuing a statement, thinking about practices, engaging in conversations with staff, or something else entirely.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I write this pretty late on a Saturday, I realize, and am not expecting any immediate responses—but I am “fired up” (as they say) and would love to work with others who are as well.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Be safe, and thank you for considering,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greg</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0">Greg Bem, MLIS</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0">Faculty Library Coordinator</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0">Library Learning Commons</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0">Lake Washington Inst. Of Technology</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0">Vice President, AFT 3533, ’19-‘20</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:greg.bem@lwtech.edu%0d"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:blue">greg.bem@lwtech.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:black">425-739-8100 xt.8898</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.lwtech.edu/campus-life/library"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:blue">http://www.lwtech.edu/campus-life/library</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#1F497D">Chat with me on
<a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Microsoft Teams</span></a>, or</span></b></p>
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