In keeping with the messages from President StokesHSC Core Leadership, the UNM Division for Equity & Inclusion, and the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center wants our community to know that we condemn acts of racism, police brutality, racial terror, and injustice. We know that racism impacts every facet of life and especially that of the health of our communities.

We are horrified by acts of violence against the Black community and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black, Indigenous and underserved communities that has further shed light on injustices that have been persistent for many of our students, faculty, and staff.

The staff and faculty of the Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center are here to listen and to learn. We are committed every day to end racism and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and understand that systemic oppression cannot be met with silence.

For those looking for resources to educate themselves and engage in this important conversation we suggest starting with Anti-Racism Resources (compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein, May 2020), Anti-Racism Resources for All Ages (curated by Nicole Cooke, the Augusta Baker Chair in Childhood Literacy at the School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina), and 10 Books About Race to Read Instead of Asking a Person of Color to Explain Things to You (article in Bustle by Sadie Trombetta).

Links to selected readings at UNM are:

If you would like to suggest further resources for us to highlight and/or review ourselves, please share with us at AskOMT.