{"id":41464,"date":"2022-07-13T21:40:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T01:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=41464"},"modified":"2023-07-10T21:54:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T01:54:25","slug":"pla-member-welcome-breakfast-ala-annual-conference-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=41464","title":{"rendered":"PLA Member Welcome Breakfast – ALA Annual Conference Day Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In this series, I’m hitting the highlights of the 2022 ALA Annual Conference in DC — first time in-person since 2019. And since the 2019 conference was a peak experience for me, and I was given the Allie Beth Martin Award at the Public Library Association Member Breakfast<\/a>, I thought it would be fun to attend it again. (During the pandemic, the awards are on hiatus, so I didn’t get to cheer someone else getting it.)<\/p>\n

The speaker was April Ryan, the first black woman to be a White House correspondent. She’s written The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America<\/em> and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House<\/em>, and has an upcoming book, Black Women Will Save the World<\/em>. Since childhood, she’s been a benefactor and supporter of the public library system.<\/p>\n

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She reminded us the story is being written right now. They’ll come to us. Be well-read in the midst of book bans.<\/p>\n

This moment is one people will write about, and we’ll have on our shelves. Every avenue of this country, there’s a challenge. We matter in these moments. Information matters. Breaking stereotypes matters.<\/p>\n

When no one else will, who will? Shirley Chisholm said, “If you don’t have a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” It’s about owning the table.<\/p>\n

When we get there, there’s a thing called imposter syndrome. She’s the longest serving black woman covering the White House. Groups fought for her not to be there.<\/p>\n

We still have underserved communities. Reach back and bring them in.<\/p>\n

What does the fight look like? It’s not just at the Supreme Court. <\/p>\n

All the controversy and consternation is over Truth. Black women are leading. This is a moment to use critical thinking.<\/p>\n

There’s a rollback for every advance, and the rollback is here. Where do you stand in this moment?<\/p>\n

Truth. Stories. The Written Word. They’re all so crucial in this moment. Books are more important than they’ve ever been.<\/p>\n

Who can we trust to give us information today? Each of us plays a part in this system. Fight for those who don’t know what’s going on.<\/p>\n

We are the curators of this moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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