Mark your Calendars– Upcoming ALASC Events in February

Please join the ALASC for a discussion on February 10 @ 6pm PST with Jody Gray, the Director for ALA's Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services. Ms. Gray will share what the ALA is doing to encourage and ensure diversity in information professions and information spaces and what you can do to take part. Login here: bit.ly/1O23wUb This session will…

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The Arizona Ban on Ethnic Studies

by Mira Geffner At the beginning of January, the Tucson Unified School District bowed to a state ban on ethnic studies education, effectively censoring a list of more than 50 books that were part of the city’s Mexican American Studies curriculum. A few weeks later, I learned about the ban when a classmate posted news about it to our open…

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