ORErg287.xml Guide to the Team Liberation Records 2002-2004 Team Liberation Records Finding Aid Authors: Elizabeth Nielsen. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center 2018
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR, 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2075 Email: scarc@oregonstate.edu Web: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/findingaids
This finding aid was encoded in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on February 12th, 2018. Encoding was modified by Elizabeth Nielsen for Archives West compliance. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). Team Liberation (Oregon State University) Team Liberation Records 2002-2004 RG 287 6.60 megabytes 139 files Materials in English. Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR, 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2075 Email: scarc@oregonstate.edu Web: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/findingaids
The Team Liberation Records document the establishment and functioning of this organization during its first two years.  Team Liberation was established at Oregon State University in 2002 to provide interactive human relations workshops to the Oregon State community.  All the materials in the collection are born-digital records that are available to researchers in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center Reading Room. Historical Note:

Team Liberation was established in 2002 at Oregon State University as a program of the Diversity Development Office.  In June 2002, a group of 10 Oregon State students and 2 administrators were trained as faciilatators by Linda Sneddon, Program Director of the National Conference of Community and Justice in Portland, Oregon.  These facilitators (mostly students) began presenting workshops in summer 2002.

A promotional flyer within the collection describes the purpose of the organization this way:  "We as facilitators are seeking to help people liberate themselves from the thought-patterns and actions of social systems of oppresssion in which they have been immersed.  We seek to manifest the change that we seek in the world -- that everyone, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, class, religion, age, or ability, has an equal opportunity to grow, thrive and live with dignity and respect."

 Oregon State University. Diversity Development Office. Team Liberation (Oregon State University) Born digital. College students--Oregon--Corvallis. Multicultural education--Oregon. Multiculturalism--Oregon. Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis. Colleges and Universities Multiculturalism Student Life Corvallis Oregon Electronic Records

These electronic records were received with a transfer of records from the Difference, Power, and Discrimination (DPD) Program in 2015.  In 2018, they were separated from the DPD Program Records to establish this collection.

Collection is open for research.

Team Liberation Records (RG 287), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

This collection is a component of the Oregon Multicultural Archives.  The records of the Diversity Development Office (RG 228); Difference, Power, and Discrimination (DPD) Program  (RG 250); and Office of Multicultural Affairs (RG 225) provide extensive documentation of other multicultural and diversity training initiatives at Oregon State.

The original arrangement of the electronic records has been retained.

The Team Liberation Records document the establishment and functioning of this organization, which was formed to provide interactive workshops to the Oregon State University community on issues of racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism, ageism, religious intolerance, communications, and community and leadership development.  The records include rosters of facilitators; correspondence; promotional materials; budget proposals; and training materials, including agendas and exercises.

All the materials in the collection are born-digital records.  The original arrangement of the files has been retained. Most of the files are arranged in folders with the following titles: Admin;  Agendas; Exercises; Development; NCCJ [National Conference of Community and Justice]; Process Coordination; and Training.  The majority of the files are *.doc format.  The records include a few (less than 10) files of other formats: . ppt; .pub, .pdf, and .html.  The records are available to researchers in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center Reading Room.