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The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness is a 2018 book by Ryan Dowd that examines homelessness in libraries. Published by ALA Editions, it has been reviewed in several publications. Published by ALA Editions, it has been reviewed in several publications.
In November 2019, a group of homeless mothers in Oakland took over an empty house owned by a house-flipping developer. Inspired by their actions, Roberto Flores, a 76-year-old former Caltrans ...
Drabinski's first professional librarian job was as an academic reference librarian from 2004 to 2008 at Sarah Lawrence College. [5] [6] [4] Drabinski was an early member of Radical Reference, where she protested the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City and taught fact-checking workshops for independent journalists. [7]
American Library Association (3 C, 45 P) C. Coretta Scott King Award–winning works (52 P) N. ... The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness; Library Awareness Program;
In the mid-1980s, NLCHP's founder, Maria Foscarinis, was a lawyer working at Sullivan & Cromwell when she volunteered to represent homeless families on a pro bono basis. After seeing the impact of first-rate legal advocacy on the lives of homeless people, Maria left the firm with a new goal; to end homelessness in America. [2]
Human rights is a professional ethic that informs the practice of librarianship. [8] The American Library Association (ALA), the profession's voice in the U.S., defines the core values of librarianship as information access, confidentiality/privacy, democracy, diversity, education and lifelong learning, intellectual freedom, preservation, the public good, professionalism, service and social ...
Tracie D. Hall (born 1968) [1] is an American librarian, author, curator, and advocate for the arts who served as the executive director of the American Library Association from 2020 to 2023. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Hall is the first African American woman to lead the association since its founding in 1876.
Maria Foscarinis is the founder of the National Homelessness Law Center (formerly known as the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty), a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., United States, and dedicated to using the power of the law to end homelessness in America.