The ARLIS/NA Anti-Racism Task Force is seeking members. We are looking for a diversity of backgrounds, identities, job types, regions, and institution types and sizes to contribute to this effort. If you are passionate about this work, please consider volunteering. 

The Anti-Racism Task Force is a 12 month commitment with monthly meetings and potential ad-hoc meetings for emergent topics. Please see below for the task force make up, project scope, and intended deliverables for the Task Force. 

Please fill out this form to volunteer for the Anti-Racism Task Force. 

Task Force:

• Heather Slania & Amy Trendler, co-chairs

• Diversity Committee representative

• Strategic Directions Committee representative

• Up to 4 additional members

Project scope: 

In the June 8th 2020 ARLIS/NA Advocacy: Statement Against Anti-Black Racism and Violence, it was stated “As an organization, the Art Libraries Society of North America will hold itself accountable to continue the challenging, but necessary, work ahead: educating and self-educating, disrupting structural racism perpetuated in our institutional systems, and building equity through forums for discussion, policy, and action.”

The Anti-Racism Task Force will develop a long-term plan in order to realize our commitment to addressing systemic racism in ARLIS/NA and the visual arts information profession.

Deliverables: 

• Solicit input from membership and gather information on past and current ideas 

• Review and assess information

• Identify potential actions and recommendations

• Develop actions and recommendations into SMARTIE goals

• Build a plan and establish a timeline

• Propose implementation responsibilities

• Develop evaluation and accountability processes

• Share quarterly progress reports with membership

• Prepare recommendations for the board by the end of the 12 month period for next steps and the next iteration of the task force