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Invite a Legislator to Your Library Challenge

  • 1.  Invite a Legislator to Your Library Challenge

    Posted Mar 17, 2017 01:26 PM

    Friends,


    If you were able to be on the Advocacy and Legislation Coalition call last Wednesday, March 8, or if you’ve had a chance to listen to the recording, you know that I’ve issued a challenge!  Based on suggestions from the ALA Washington Office, we’re working to have every Representative and every Senator receive at least one invitation to visit a school library in his/her home district/state during the week of April 10 or April 17 when they are home on spring recess.  This coincides perfectly with April as School Library Month; our theme this year is “Because School Libraries Empower Students”—the stars could not be any more aligned!


    The hashtag for the initiative is #Leg2SchLibrary.


    A tip document with instructions for finding senators’ and representatives’ contact information and template with sample invitation is linked here.


    We’re asking that once invitations are issued, folks let AASL know using this simple form. 


    If invitations are accepted, members should let AASL know (aasl@ala.org) so that we can take advantage of publicity opportunities to raise awareness for school libraries! 


    A KQ blog post, If You Invite a Legislator to the Library, will appear very soon.


    Any assistance that you can provide in getting this message out to your members is greatly appreciated.  Let’s make sure that every Representative and every Senator receive at least one invitation to visit a school library! 


    Audrey Church
    2016-2017 AASL President


    #BecauseSchoolLibrariansTransformStudentLearning