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Nichelle Hayes

BCALA President
BCALA

Nichelle M. Hayes MPA, MLS is the President of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association BCALA (2022-2024). Working as an Information Professional with a focus on the African Diaspora, Community Engagement and Inclusion.
An active member of ALA she has served/serving on the "2023 ALA Nominating Committee" & "Working Group to Condemn White Supremacy and Fascism as Antithetical to Library Work" 2022 - 2023.
Hayes recently was honored as a 2023 Culture Carrier Award Honoree and 2022 National Coalition of 100 Black Women - Breakthrough Women Award.
A Genealogist with a focus on African Ancestry and keeping families connected. Visit her blog at https://thetiesthatbind.blog. A graduate of Indiana University – formerly School of Library & Information Science (SLIS) with her Masters in Library Science, (now Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering).

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