This Week at ULC
Newsletter | November 25, 2020
RESERVE YOUR SPOT FOR OUR NEXT BEYOND ALLYSHIP CONVERSATION
Beyond allyship
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents — A Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson
December 17 | 2-3:15 p.m. ET
Isabel Wilkerson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, is the author of the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns, and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.

“Wilkerson's work,” in the words of The American Prospect magazine, “is the missing puzzle piece of our country's history.”

The Warmth of Other Suns won the National Book Critics Circle Award, among other honors, and was named to more than 30 Best of the Year lists, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker and The Washington Post. TIME Magazine named it one of the “10 Best Non-Fiction Books” of the decade. The New York Times Magazine named Warmth to its list of the best nonfiction books of all time.
Isabel Wilkerson
Her new book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, was published in August 2020 to critical acclaim and became a Number 1 New York Times bestseller. Dwight Garner of The New York Times called it, “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.” Oprah Winfrey chose it as her 2020 Summer/Fall book club selection, declaring it “the most important book” she had ever selected.

Wilkerson won the Pulitzer Prize for her deeply humane narrative writing while serving as Chicago Bureau Chief of The New York Times in 1994, making her the first black woman in the history of American journalism to win a Pulitzer Prize and the first African American to win for individual reporting. In 2016, President Barack Obama awarded Wilkerson the National Humanities Medal for "championing the stories of an unsung history."

As the historian Jill Lepore observed in The New Yorker: “What Wilkerson urges, isn’t argument at all; it’s compassion. Hush, and listen.”

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CALS Food
Providing Food for Patrons During the Holiday Season
Central Arkansas Library System

Through a partnership with Be Mighty Little Rock and Well Fed, Central Arkansas Library System hosted a meal box giveaway at four branch locations earlier this month. Patrons received 30 pounds of fresh ingredients with four recipes to prepare the provided food. For help cooking, families were encouraged to go online to the library’s YouTube channel to watch cooking demonstrations provided by CALS Dee Brown Library and Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library & Learning Center staff members. 
Greensboro 21-Day Challenge
Launching a Race and Social Equity Challenge for Patrons
Greensboro Public Library

After receiving many patron requests for programming related to racial equity and social justice, Greensboro Public Library started a 21-day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge learning circle last month. More than 20 people signed up for the challenge. Adult Programming Coordinator Beth Sheffield said, “We are all learning together... we just ask that people spend 20 minutes a day focused on social justice and racial equity."
Celebrating Trans Month of Remembrance
Kitchener Public Library

To celebrate and honor trans individuals, Kitchener Public Library is partnering with Rainbow Reels and ZacKey Lime to offer patrons a special storytime series — The Trans Magical Academy. The three-part YouTube puppet series offers opportunities for young patrons to hear stories of friendship and self-acceptance.
NEW ON ULC'S MEMBER
KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
All-New Member Knowledge Exchange
Columbus Metropolitan Library
UPCOMING MEMBER EVENTS
ULC Deputy Directors
Member Group Conference Call
December 2 | 4-5 p.m. ET
ULC Collections Leaders
Member Group Conference Call
December 3 | 4-5 p.m. ET
Let's Talk Race: How Conversation Challenged and Changed a Library and a Community
Webinar
December 10 | Noon-1 p.m. ET
ULC Education Leaders
Member Group Conference Call
December 15 | 2-3 p.m. ET
ULC Communications and Marketing Leaders
Member Group Conference Call
December 16 | Noon-1 p.m. ET
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents — A Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson
Beyond Allyship Conversation
December 17 | 2-3:15 p.m. ET
SOCIAL MEDIA SPOTLIGHTS
Governing
King County Library System, Virginia Beach Public Library, San José Public Library

Congratulations to Governing’s Digital Cities IT Foundation Key to COVID Response survey winners! These cities have long been following well-laid plans for modernizing infrastructure, cybersecurity and citizen services. 

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Wishing Our Friends in the U.S. a Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from ULC
To everyone celebrating tomorrow, ULC wishes you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving! Please note, the ULC office will be closed on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27 in observance of the holiday.