The VSLA Board has adopted the following position statement:

“What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those
moments you shouldn’t be?”
*― Starr Carter, via Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give *

The Vermont School Library Association denounces bias, discrimination, and
hate of all kinds. While libraries are public spaces, they cannot be
neutral. Our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion needs to be
more than an updated book catalog.
Those books, ideas, and ideals must flow out from our libraries through
the halls and curricula of our schools.
We must take a stand against language and actions that aim to exclude,
dehumanize, or harm our students, especially those identifying as members
of historically underrepresented and marginalized groups.
Our policies and practices must change.
We must use our spaces as catalysts for collective liberation from oppression.
We must strive to be anti-racist in every decision we make.
We must stand on the side of justice.
Black Lives Matter. Today. Always.