SRRT Action Council

Charge

The coordinating body of the Social Responsibilities Round Table shall be an Action Council consisting of ten SRRT members (elected by the SRRT membership), one designated ALA Councilor (also elected by the SRRT membership), one member from each Task Force (selected by that Task Force) and one representative from each recognized affiliate.

Job Descriptions for SRRT Officers

Historic ALA SRRT Action Council Officers

SRRT Action Council

Mr. Charles E. Kratz, Jr. (Coordinator, July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019)
Mary Biblo (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2019)
Ms. Jane L. Cothron (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2020)
Ms. Lisa Eichholtz (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2021)
Violet Fox (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2020)
Julie Marie Frye (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2019)
Kenny A. Garcia (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2021)
Sherre L. Harrington (Member, July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019)
Mark Hudson (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2019)
Mr. Al Kagan (Member, July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2019)
Mr. Charles E. Kratz, Jr. (Member-at-Large, June 30, 2017, to July 1, 2020)
Mrs. Virginia B. Moore (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2020)
Dr. Thomas Marshall Twiss (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2021)
Mrs. Jennifer Kathleen Wiley (Member-at-Large, June 30, 2015, to July 1, 2018)
Mr. Ed Garcia (Executive Board Liaison, July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019)
Tara M. Brady (Round Table Councilor, July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2021)
Ms. Laura Koltutsky (Round Table Councilor, June 30, 2015, to July 1, 2018)
Melissa I. Cardenas-Dow (Ex-Officio Member, July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2020)
Jody Gray (Staff Liaison, November 2, 2015, to September 1, 2019)
Briana Jarnagin (Staff Liaison, November 9, 2017, to June 30, 2020)

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Task Force Representatives to Action Council

Julie Winkelstein 

(Representative for Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force) 

Mark Rosenzweig

(Representative for International Responsibilities Task Force) 

Katelyn Browne

(Representative for Feminist Task Force) 

LaJuan Pringle

(Representative for Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force) 

Minutes and Notes

A listing of Action Council Minutes and Notes

SRRT Liaisons & Other Committees

Liaisons

  • ALA Committee on Professional Ethics – Marna Clowney-Robinson
  • Council Committee on Legislation (COL) – April Sheppard
  • Emerging Leaders Working Group – Rebekah Black
  • Freedom to Read Foundation – Steven Phalen
  • Intellectual Freedom Committee – Mary Gazdik
  • International Relations Committee – Al Kagan
  • EDI Advisory Committee – LaJuan Pringle
  • Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG) – Mark Hudson


 Herb Biblo Outstanding Leadership Award for Social Justice & Equality

  • Laura Koltusky, Chair
  • Al Kagan
  • Charles Kratz
  • Katharine Phenix
  • Rachel Rosekind
  • April Sheppard
  • Michele Villagran


Membership Committee

  • Gary Colmenar, Co-chair
  • Al Kagan
  • April Sheppard
     

Programming Committee

  • Rachel Rosekind, Co-chair
  • Derek Wilmott, Co-chair
  • Frieda Afary
  • April Sheppard
  • Simon Trubek-Pence
  • Julie Winkelstein

 

Social Media & Web Committee

  • Olivia Blake, Co-chair
  • Hale Polebaum-Freeman, Co-chair
  • Rebekah Black
  • Diedre Conkling
  • Jane Cothron
  • David Fiora
  • Don Michael, Jr.
  • April Sheppard
  • Tiffany Chantal Williams

 

Travel Grant Review Committee

  • Charles Kratz, Chair
  • April Sheppard
  • Al Kagan
  • Rachel Kercher
  • Shakera Stanley
  • Wendy Stephens
  • Michele Villagran

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