Library director Joslyn Bowling Dixon writes: “Last year, when I was running for a leadership position in the Virginia Library Association, I gave a speech to the organization’s executive committee and council chairs. As I looked out into the audience from the podium, I realized that—save for one other person—I was the only person of color in a room full of dozens of decision makers from across the state. I was reminded of the words of the late US Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm: ‘If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.’”