{"id":4147,"date":"2020-06-18T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.oclc.org\/next\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2022-03-24T21:04:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T21:04:15","slug":"supporting-racial-equity-in-individual-steps-toward-common-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oclc.org\/next\/supporting-racial-equity-in-individual-steps-toward-common-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting racial equity\u2014in individual steps toward common goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier this month, I wrote about the killing of George Floyd<\/a> and about the necessity for a response. While that post itself was one kind of a response, I know that hundreds of millions of other people, in communities all over the world<\/a>, are responding in many other ways, too. It\u2019s an extraordinary outpouring. It is a moment and a movement unlike any other in my lifetime.<\/p>\n

I also said that an event such as this requires time to reflect, to understand, and to learn from each other. Something this important is worthy of our resources, and one of those resources is time. For that reason, OCLC dedicated Friday, 5 June 2020, for staff to take the day off and reflect, engage, be active, and support the African American community in a way that is in line with our values.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to share with you some of the very personal ways that OCLC team members are engaging.<\/p>\n

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Many individuals. Many ways to move forward.<\/h2>\n

So many of our staff have told me that they were glad for an \u201cofficial\u201d day to support causes of racial equity in their communities. I say \u201cofficial,\u201d because, of course, many of them were already very much engaged. But as I said, time is a resource. Where we put our intention and our time, that is where we will focus attention.<\/p>\n

In giving our staff time to focus their attention, I learned that their efforts fell into some broad categories:<\/p>\n