Plan an Event with a Colorado Author
The Colorado Book Club Resource (BCR) has a growing collection of works by Colorado authors,…
Michael Peever
When the Black Panthers Denver Chapter Leader Made TV History
The Black Panther Party (BPP) was a left-wing Black power political organization founded by Bobby…
Book Club Titles for Black History Month
During the Black Lives Matter protests, book clubs were seized on as a way to…
Longer Book Club Reads in the Colorado Book Club Resource
Winter is here, and what better way to escape the cold than with a good,…
Book Club Reads for People in a Hurry
Fact: between family, work, and hobbies, time is a hot commodity for a lot of…
LGBTQ+ Crisis Resources
Our hearts are so heavy with the recent mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado…
800+ Titles Now in the Book Club Resource!
In recent years, we have worked hard to expand the Colorado Book Club Resource collection,…
What is Critical Race Theory?
Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic legal theory that originated in the 1970-80s from the…
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Your Book Club!
What comes to mind when you think of poetry? Do you imagine rhyming verses in…
19th Century Colorado Feminist Newspapers, The Antelope and The Queen Bee
On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution became law and American women…
Land Acknowledgements
A land acknowledgement is a statement that recognizes the history of colonization and the original…
Colorado Authors in the Book Club Resource Collection
In 2020, we resolved to include more of our state’s literary talent in our Book…
Next Draft: EDI digest – September 2021
Next Draft is a digest from EDIT, the Colorado State Library’s (CSL) equity, diversity, and…
Diversity and Diversity Audits
The Associated Press recently reported that, although whites remain the largest racial group in the…
What We Learned From the 2021 CAL EDSJI Conference
The Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) second annual Equity, Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusion Conference…
What is Racism? What is Antiracism?
The meaning of a word can be nuanced, multi-layered, and hard to fully comprehend. Adding…
Why EDI Jargon Can Be Counterproductive
Incivility on the Web In the information age, online debates have come to represent the…
Next Draft: A Quarterly Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion digest from EDIT
This month we launched a quarterly Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion digest from EDIT, the Colorado…
A Window to History: News from Amache – Colorado’s Japanese Concentration Camp
Camp Amache, also known as the Granada War Relocation Center, was a Japanese concentration camp…
New Titles in the Book Club Resource Collection
Since August 2019, we have added around 200 titles to the Colorado Book Club Resource…