Good day! Please excuse cross-postings.
As the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future [GOPIF] works on rolling out the Office of New Americans [ONA] plan, libraries can leverage their role as a community hub for New Americans
and New Mainers with workforce development and safety information in a variety of languages.
Workforce GPS has fact sheets that can be downloaded as PDFs and emailed or printed for non-English speaking or ESL visitors to your libraries:
https://www.workforcegps.org/resources/2023/12/04/17/52/WorkforceGPS-Resources-in-Other-Languages
The Vermont Department of Libraries also has curated information for non-English speaking patrons and the librarians who serve them, for everything from what an American public library is to EDI
and anti-oppression resources:
https://libraries.vermont.gov/services/inclusive-services
Thank you for all you do for your communities!
Respectfully,
Lisa
Lisa M. Shaw [she/elle/ella/ye/그녀/iyada/вона/ea]
Small/Rural Libraries & Workforce Development Specialist
Division of Library Development
Maine State Library
242 State Street
SHS 64
Augusta ME 04330
(207 ) 747-8717 (text or call)
What I’m reading:
Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz
What I’m listening to: “Paradigme” – La Femme; “Wairua” – Maimoa; “Sell the World” – The HU
“If you want to see something clearly, look in the opposite direction.”
[Midsomer Murders]