REFORMA
"REFORMA, the Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, and its members, have voted to endorse Loriene Roy for President of the American Library Association 2007-2008."
"Loriene Roy is a REFORMista whose work and dedication to excellent library services to underrepresented communities is respected and celebrated among her peers. Loriene’s extensive experience, leadership and activism are among some of the qualities that will enable her to bring success to her campaign and her leadership in ALA."
"REFORMA has been an affiliate of ALA since 1971. REFORMA is committed to the improvement of the full spectrum of library and information services for ever-growing population of Spanish-speakers and Latinos in the United States."
-REFORMA Press Release
ALA's SRRT Feminist Task Force (FTF)
"Loriene Roy has been endorsed for ALA President by the ALA/SRRT/Feminist Task Force."
-Dee Conkling
Orange County Chapter of REFORMA
"At this morning's meeting of the Orange County Chapter of REFORMA, the chapter voted unanimously to endorse the candidacy of Loriene Roy for
Vice President/President-Elect of the American Library Association!"
-Al Milo
American Indian Library Association
"In November, the AILA Executive Board endorsed the Candidacy of Loriene Roy as President of the American Library Association. In reading the ALA candidate announcement at www.ala.org, we are reminded of her lifelong dedication to libraries for everyone... We wish the greatest success in her campaign. Please offer her any support you can."
-Carlene Engstrom
Te Rōpū Whakahau
Māori in Libraries and Information Management
"Ko Te Rōpū Whakahau te rōpū matua mō ngā Māori katoa e mahi ana i ngā whare pukapuka, ngā whare tuhituhinga taonga me te tiaki mātauranga i Aotearoa Niu Tireni, ō, he tino honore tānei ki a mātou kia tuhi reta tautoko ki a Tākuta Loriene Roy mō tana tono ki te turanga o Tumuaki o Te Rōpū Tautoko Mō Ngā Kaitiaki Pukapuka o Amerika (President of the American Library Association). Neke atu i ngā tau e ono, kua kite atu mātou i tana aratakinga i te whakahau kaupapa me ōna pūmahi i ngā kaupapa whare pukapuka maha. Arā, whakahau ai ia i te ratonga whare pukapuka kore utu mō ngā tangata katoa, te tiaki i te mana tā o ngā tangata waihanga, he whakaōrite i ngā pei me ngā penewhiti mō ngā kaitiaki pukapuka, te kimi me te whakaako i ngā whakatipuranga hou he! i kaitiaki pukapuka, te kohikohi haere i ngā tangata whenua hei akonga i ngā tari akomanga whare pukapuka, te whakanui i ngā kaupapa whare pukapuka me ngā kaimahi ki te ao me te aki atu i ngā kaitiaki pukapuka kia hoki ki te kura, whakahou ai i ō rātou pākenga kia taea ai e rātou te whāngai tonu atu ki ngā tangata me o rātou hiahia rerekē. Kua tino kite mātou i tōna kaha me tōna maia i ōna mahi kia whakatū i ngā Hui Nui Mō Ngā Kaitiaki Pukapuka Taketake o Te Ao (International Indigenous Librarian's For a), hei kaikōrero i ngā hui nui whare pukapuka I Aotearoa me rāwāhi, i te tāpiri atu o tētehi Kura Kaupapa Māori i tōna whakahaerenga pānui pukapuka 'Mehemea ka taea e au te pānui pukapuka, ka taea e au ngā mea katoa' ('If I can read I can do anything), ō, hei mema hoamahi o Te Rōpū Whakahau. Tāpirihia ki tōna kaha ki te arataki, ōna ngākau pono, ngākau pūmau me ōna ngākau hohonu mo ngā whare pukapuka me ōna tangata, e whakapono ana mātou, kaore he painga atu i a Loriene hei! kaitono mō te Tumuaki o Te Rōpū Tautoko Mō Ngā Kaitiaki Pukapu! ka o Amerika."
-David Kukutai Jones
El Corazón de Tejas-Central Texas Chapter of REFORMA
"On January 14, the El Corazón de Tejas Chapter (Central Texas) unanimously voted to endorse our very own Reformista, Loriene Roy, for ALA President."
-Joanna Nigrelli