OrganizingLISLibraries are already combating inequality, we need to make sure they have the funds to keep doing it
#PublicLibraries #LibraryFunding #NoCutsToLibraries #InvestInLibraries #Libraries #NYPL #BPL #QPL #NYCLibraries
GabrielleGreat news for NYC: #NoCutsToLibraries! Thank you @NYCMayor, @NYCSpeakerAdams, and the entire @NYCCouncil for standing with NYC’s public libraries. https://www.investinlibraries.org
Trisha Clay (she/her)Libraries are just 0.4% of the city budget, but their benefits are enormous. We’re asking @NYCMayor & @NYCCouncil to not cut New Yorkers short. We need our libraries. #NoCutsToLibraries https://investinlibraries.org
Robert McNeesThe Brooklyn Public Library issues free library cards to kids across the US who have had their access to books limited by bans and censorship. Now the NYPL system is facing over $36 million in budget cuts.
Read more about #NoCutsToLibraries, and how folks in NYC can contact city leaders here:
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/standup
Anyone can directly support BPL’s programs here:
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned
Sal RandolphToday is a day of action for protecting NY libraries! #NoCutsToLibraries https://investinlibraries.org/dayofaction
Milette Millington (she/her)New Yorkers need the vital services our libraries provide. Libraries are just 0.4% of the city budget, but their benefits are enormous.
Along with The New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Public Library
and all the other libraries in NYC, I’m asking the NYC Office of the Mayor and the New York City Council to not cut New Yorkers short. We need our libraries.
#NoCutsToLibraries #Bookstodon #booklover #supportlocallibraries #books #readbannedbooks📚
Laura Anne Gilman#NoCutsToLibraries - libraries are a ladder (to information, to education, to opportunity). Protect access for all!
Speed Paste RobotToday is the Day of Action for Libraries to save weekend service! Proposed budget cuts could end weekend service in branches across the city. New Yorkers are standing up to tell @NYCMayor & @NYCCouncil: #NoCutsToLibraries! https://investinlibraries.org
For The People has created a toolkit for anyone to host a Libraries & Lemonade event to get the word out about why taking action for our public libraries is essential
#PublicLibraries #ForThePeople #LibrariesAndLemonade #DefendPublicLibraries #ProtectLibraryWorkers #LibraryFunding #NoCutsToLibraries
🔗 https://librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/announcing-libraries-and-lemonade
Yozen Hernandez⚠️ Did you see the news? The City has proposed MORE cuts to NYC public libraries, bringing the total cut to a staggering $52.7 million. Stand with NYPL: Tell Mayor Adams #NoCutstoLibraries!
Tell City Hall: No Cuts to Libraries! https://www.nypl.org/speakout
>New York City leaders are finalizing NYC’s budget, and we need your help.
