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LIVE Q&A with Frances Causey, Director of The Long Shadow

APLD is highlighting our EDI Strategic Plan Initiative by partnering with area libraries to host a Q&A with Frances Causey, Director of the documentary film, The Long Shadow. Registration is required.

Registration for this event opens Saturday, January 2, 2021.

In February and March, the Aurora Public Library District is highlighting our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategic Plan Initiative by partnering with area libraries to host a conversation and Q&A with Frances Causey, Director of the documentary film, The Long Shadow.  The film traces Causey's family legacy of white privilege within the context of anti-Black racism in the U.S.  From a lens of critical anti-racism, the film uses historically racist imagery and visuals to tell a painful story about white supremacy.

Visit https://thelongshadow.com/libraries/ to stream the film any time between February 19 and February 26, 2021.

Message from the Filmmakers:

Thank you so much for watching and sharing The Long Shadow. You are part of a
community helping to spread the message that the work of equity and equality must fall
in the hands of white Americans. We’re honored that the film is educating & guiding so
many about what it takes to make an important change to the way that white Americans
view their role in racial justice work. We know that the story of slavery and Jim Crow is an
American story and is not one that the African-American community is responsible for
repairing.

With our utmost gratitude,
Frances Causey, Director
Sally Holst, Producer

Co-sponsored by multiple Illinois libraries and held in partnership with Racial Awareness in the North Shore (RAIN) and Together is Better Alliance (TiBA).

Algonquin Area Public Library District
Arlington Heights Memorial Library 
Chillicothe Public Library District 
Deerfield Public Library
Des Plaines Public Library 
Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District 
Flossmoor Public Library
Glencoe Public Library
Glenview Public Library
Harvey Public Library District
Highland Park Public Library 
Indian Prairie Public Library 
Lake Forest Library 
Lake Villa District Library
Lincolnwood Public Library 
Morton Grove Public Library
Mount Prospect Public Library 
Northbrook Public Library 
Prospect Heights Public Library District 
Schaumburg Township District Library
Skokie Public Library 
Three Rivers Public Library District
Vernon Area Public Library District
Warren-Newport Public Library 
Wauconda Area Library 
Wheaton Public Library 
Wilmette Public Library 
Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District

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