The ALA Social Responsibilities Round Tables (SRRT) is accepting proposals for a free virtual Afternoon of Social Justice event, with "Library labor and unionization" as one of the topics for which they are soliciting presentation proposals
Now through February 26, the ALA Graphics Gift Shop is offering free standard shipping! Shop for hats, “I Read Banned Books” t-shirts, totes, and much more. Purchases from the ALA Graphics Gift Shop support the initiatives of ALA. bit.ly/GraphicsGiftShop
Reading about the latest stupidity from the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, a refusal to include funding for #Ukraine in a short term measure to keep the U.S. government funded. I’m lit up by resurgence of fury over the continuing deprivation of voting representation from those of us in the District of Columbia. If our our voices were represented, it would be so much harder for Republicans to hold Ukraine hostage.
All these red states are now boasting about how they are withdrawing from the American Library Association. They aren’t just satisfied with banning books, they want to get rid of the places that keep and lend them, too. The Christian Right is on the march.
Carl Sagan once warned us of the “dumbing down” of America. He warned of a time when our “critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...”
That time is upon us. We must do all we can to prevent that darkness from taking hold.
@georgetakei@annietime
State Libraries are incredibly important for public libraries as they provide legislative leadership at both the state and federal level, funneling money to both public and school libraries in their respective states. I am retired now after nearly 40 years in public libraries and am pretty horrified to read that someone like Michael Flynn is now calling librarians “Marxist thugs.” I think that’s very dangerous, the kind of language that incites violence. This is serious shit and I hope ALA’s friends and supporters will speak out. #PublicLibraries#librarians#MarxistThugs#AmericanLibraryAssociation#EmilyDrabinski
As the American Library Association kicks off its annual conference in Chicago, librarians focus on defending intellectual freedom and fighting book bans. https://tinyl.io/8q3N