1. Diversity Talks and Project SAFE Ally Profile Badges at NCSU Libraries
Sydney Thompson
Vice Chair, NCSU Libraries Diversity Committee
27th Annual North Carolina Serials Conference

2. NCSU Libraries Diversity Committee Charge
To assess the Libraries' activities and recommend programs and policies to insure consistency with the goals of fostering greater diversity and inclusion
To maintain and present diversity and cultural awareness and understanding information to the Libraries staff and to the university community
To monitor and participate in similar diversity efforts at NCSU and elsewhere
To participate actively in planning and implementing of programs and events for Libraries staff and with the university community to celebrate and enhance diversity and to bring issues of relations between people from different racial and cultural groups into focus
To serve as a conduit/contact person/liaison for staff concerns related to the climate of understanding and openness to all
To foster a dialogue on the climate for diversity to promote understanding across racial and cultural lines within the Libraries and beyond, as appropriate

3. Monthly workshop, speaker, discussion group, or campus event sponsored or co-sponsored by the Libraries Diversity Committee
Purpose is to foster engaging, open discussion about current diversity topics in the library, on campus, and in our larger communities
Intended for all Libraries staff; occasionally open to students or the larger NCSU community

4. Guest speakers / workshops
Universal Design for Spaces & Services/Learning with Carli Spina, Boston College Libraries
Resisting Imposter Syndrome with Bess Sadler, Data Curation Experts

5. Discussions
Common Reading: “Between the World and Me”
Critical Librarianship
Show & Share of personally meaningful piece of art or literature
Careers in Libraries Panel

6. Campus workshops and events
Trans 101
Green Zone Training
Project SAFE Ally

7. Project SAFE Ally Profile Badges
Project SAFE Ally Workshops
Three-hour workshop led by NCSU GLBT Center staff
Designed to prepare participants to understand and address the needs of GLBT students
Participants of the workshop are named Project SAFE Allies and provided a physical badge to display outside their offices

8. Project SAFE Ally Profile Badges
Many Libraries staff work in spaces not easily accessible to the NCSU Community
Libraries Web Team created an electronic badge for Allies within the Libraries to add to their staff profile pages
[Thank you to our Web Team!]

11. Thank you!
Sydney Thompson
NCSU Libraries