Speakers at the protest said Hayes was the clear frontrunner for the position and refusal to appoint her was evidence of racial discrimination in the library system.
to his appointment. Hayes is the only remaining finalist for the position, but the board has not offered her the CEO position as of Monday.
“Especially because of how much money was spent on that diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting firm for the search only the white guy not from the city, with no qualifications, over a Black woman who's overly qualified, who's been doing the job for eight months, and who had tremendous support from the community.”
."We cleared that roadblock in the process of our growth but the majority of our library board doesn't want our library to heal and to grow and improve the working environment for staff which will only make it better for the patrons as well."became a catalyst for last summer's library worker protests against racism after she resigned
One, Dr. TD Robinson declined to comment before adding that he stood by the decision and that there were no perfect candidates in the process.
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