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<p class="MsoNormal">The Michigan Library Association and the Michigan Association for Media in Education have released a joint statement in support of Jurnee Hoffmeyer:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Joint Statement in Support of Jurnee Hoffmeyer</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#717A80"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">The Michigan Library Association (MLA) and the Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME) are committed to doing everything we can, in our libraries, schools, and communities
to promote justice and equality for all. It has come to our attention that a white media assistant that works in the library at Ganiard Elementary School in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, cut the hair of a biracial child without parental permission.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">MLA and MAME are using our voices as representatives of all Michigan libraries and library workers, including school libraries, to stand in support of 7-year-old Jurnee Hoffmeyer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">It is unacceptable that a library worker in a Michigan school library would cut the hair of a child without parental permission. This is a violation of Jurnee’s civil rights
and an assault on her person. We believe the media assistant and any others that were involved in cutting Jurnee's hair should be held accountable and disciplined. We are outraged that school leadership, including the principal and superintendent, did not
immediately address this atrocious, racist and violent act of a white staff member cutting the hair of a BIPOC individual. We call on school leadership to support Jurnee and take the actions necessary to educate school staff on the history, causes, and consequences
of structural racism in the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">We want to make clear that the media assistant who perpetrated these acts is not a “librarian,” she is not a “teacher,” and she is not a “media specialist” as defined by the
Michigan Department of Education. But she does represent the library profession even as a media assistant/paraprofessional, and this is why MLA and MAME must address this. MLA and MAME believe that our K-12 schools are best served when a certified school librarian,
who has a valid Michigan teaching certificate with a Library Media (ND) endorsement, is hired to work directly with our students in these critical positions. Their professionalism, high principles and values, and the code of ethics to which they are committed
are embodied in their extensive training.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">As a result of this egregious behavior, the Michigan Library Association and the Michigan Association for Media in Education call on Michigan lawmakers to amend the 1976 Elliott-Larsen
Civil Rights Act and support and enact House Bill 4275 – Michigan CROWN Act – as sponsored by Representative Sarah Anthony, specifically created to prohibit discrimination against hair texture and hairstyle choices. We also call on Michigan lawmakers to support
and enact bills HB4663, HB4664, and HB4665 that are being introduced by Representative Camilleri, Representative Koleszar, and Representative O’Neal to ensure that no child is without access to a certified school librarian.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">When horrific actions and behaviors like those outlined are brought to our attention, we must all stand united and speak out when anyone is threatened, marginalized, and discriminated
against because of their race or ethnicity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Jennifer L. Dean, PhD, MLIS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">MLA President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:120%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:Roboto;color:#058689">Rachel Ash</span></b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black"><br>
Membership and Communications Director<br>
Michigan Library Association<br>
3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100<br>
Lansing, MI 48911<br>
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