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REMINDER: Tomorrow Evening - AASL Town Hall | Share and Connect: State Level Advocacy

  • 1.  REMINDER: Tomorrow Evening - AASL Town Hall | Share and Connect: State Level Advocacy

    Posted Jun 13, 2023 05:22 PM

    REMINDER: AASL Town Hall - Tomorrow Evening - June 14, 2023, 6pm central, 7pm eastern.

    Join AASL President Kathy Lester, AASL Chapter Assembly Chair Barbara Johnson, and state-level advocates Tricina Strong-Beebe (NJ) and Eryn Duffee (WA) to discuss the importance of advocating at the state level for equitable access to effective school libraries staffed by certified school librarians and for our core value of intellectual freedom. Panelists will share and discuss some ideas to prepare, organize, strategize, and develop state-wide advocacy work.

    Panelists:

    • Barbara Johnson (Connecticut) - organizing advocacy work at the state-level – leadership/committees
    • Kathy Lester (Michigan) - developing relationships with legislators; discussion on Advocacy Days
    • Eryn Duffee (Washington State) - building relationships with other library types (or other organizations) What works, what doesn't work? What are barriers?
    • Tricina Strong-Beebe (New Jersey) - developing regional response teams - state advocacy for finding, informing, and having people respond to issues across the state

    The town hall will be held tomorrow June 14, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. Central. Registration is required. The town hall will be recorded and an archive will be available.

    --Kathy Lester



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    Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA
    AASL President 2022-2023
    ALA Councilor At Large, 2021-2024
    ALA Committee on Library Advocacy Member
    MAME Advocacy Chair, Past-President 2014
    School Librarian, East Middle School, Plymouth, MI
    kathylester.lib@gmail.com
    kathyL@mimame.org
    Twitter: @LibraryL
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