Equity and Inclusion Subcommittee Annual Report 2020

submitted by Z. Sylvia Yang

Current Roster

  • Z. Sylvia Yang, chair (2024) 
  • Clara Burns (2024) 
  • Lisa Hooper (2024) 
  • Chuck Peters (2024) 
  • Angela Pratesi (2024) 
  • Will Scharfenberger (2024)
  • Serena Vaquilar (2024)

List of Previous Goals and Progress Made

  • Establish charge; establish membership
    • Draft charge was submitted; Approved Charge: June, 18, 2020

List of Future Goals

  • Explore options for proposing and presenting equity and inclusion-related content at MLA Annual as well as regional meetings, with the possibility of expanding to a pre-conference(s) at these meetings, including the presentation “Guiding Aspiring Allies: The Self-Advocate/Ally Relationship & Learning from Those with Lived Experience” (co-sponsored with Diversity Committee) (Goal Area: Education, Objective 1: Increase enrollment in MLA-sponsored training and professional development programs)
  • Provide leadership in conjunction with the Planning and Reports Officer and CMs regarding strategies to increase equity, accessibility, and inclusion for the 2021 meeting and submit recommendations to the board when appropriate
    • Provide leadership in conjunction with the Planning Committee regarding an Accessibility and Dependent Care Voucher (Goal Area: Membership, Objective 1: Increase outreach efforts to members from underrepresented groups; Goal Area: Advocacy, Enable and encourage members’ individual advocacy efforts)
    • Provide leadership in conjunction with the Emerging Technologies and Services Committee regarding accessibility standards for the first virtual annual meeting (March 2021) (Goal Area: Membership, Objective 1: Increase outreach efforts to members from underrepresented groups; Goal Area: Advocacy, Enable and encourage members’ individual advocacy efforts; Goal Area: Technology)
    • Provide leadership in conjunction with the MLA/TLA 2021 Task Force to create Meeting Etiquette for the first virtual annual meeting (March 2021) (Goal Area: Advocacy, Enable and encourage members’ individual advocacy efforts)
      • Normalizing that we have families and lives
      • Cross-talk / discussion
  • Explore options for creating a IDEA Toolkit that can be used by those teaching MLA sponsored courses or library instruction; in collaboration with the Diversity Committee, Instruction Subcommittee, and Education Committee (Goal Area: Education, Objective 1: Increase enrollment in MLA-sponsored training and professional development programs; Goal Area: Advocacy, Enable and encourage members’ individual advocacy efforts, Goal Area: Organizational Excellence, Objective 1: Develop and sustain the necessary resources to ensure the vitality of the Association, its programs and services)