Miah Clark

INCLUSIVITY
STATEMENT

I am committed to the inclusion of all across race, culture, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, religion and ability in the library space. My work will always foster an inclusive, respectful, and empowering library or archives environment. I believe the responsibility of the library is not only to preserve and to share information, but to challenge bias, miseducation, and erasure historically associated with our field. Libraries and archives must be committed to accountability, on the institutional and individual level. My present work is centers the historical and ongoing misrepresentation and marginalization of Indigenous Pacific peoples within special collections and archives. It is my firm belief that every patron, no matter their identity, should feel welcome in a special collections space. Within and beyond my own community, I am committed to building informative, corrective, and community-informed service, decolonized primary source teaching and library programming, and collection strategies that acknowledge and uplift multiple knowledges. My practice is rooted in collaboration, cultural humility, and an openness to the no's, nods, and nudges of the communities I serve.