Here is the direct link to contact your members of Congress:
Tell Your Members: Co-Sponsor the Right to Read Act!
{The red buttons were not clickable in my version of the email -- maybe you were experiencing the same problem.}
In any case, it is very important to reach out to your members of Congress and ask them to co-sponsor this legislation.
Thank you!
--Kathy
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Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA
AASL Immediate Past President, 2023-2024
ALA Councilor At Large, 2021-2024
ALA Committee on Legislation Member
MASL Advocacy Chair, Past-President 2014
School Librarian, East Middle School, Plymouth, MI
kathylester.lib@gmail.comkathyL@mimasl.orgTwitter: @LibraryL
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Original Message:
Sent: Jul 26, 2023 04:23 PM
From: Jennifer Habley
Subject: [Update] Right to Read Act π«: More Co-Sponsors Needed
Hello Chapter Leaders,
Please share the below information widely.
Thank you,
Jen
From: ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Office
Build support for fully staffed school libraries β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β | | In April, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Representative RaΓΊl Grijalva (D-AZ-07) re-introduced the Right to Read Act to protect our school libraries from censorship and disinvestment. Since then, 35 members of Congress have co-sponsored this critical legislation. School librarians need more support in their fight for their students' right to read. Every learner deserves a school librarian. Towards that goal, we need you and your colleagues to contact key library and education supporters in Congress to get them signed on to this bill. Click below to tell your members of Congress to support school libraries, then share this action with your community: We need to steadily build support for this bill and show Congress that our school libraries are a priority. As a reminder, the Right to Read Act would: Β· Protect the Constitutional rights of students to access information through effective school libraries staffed by school librarians Β· Extend liability protections to teachers and school librarians Β· Authorize $500 million in Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grants and $100 million for Innovative Approaches to Literacy Programs to help provide needed literacy resources and build strong and effective school libraries led by a certified school librarian Take action now to show Congress that the library community fights for less censorship and more resources for teaching and learning in our schools. To see if your member has co-sponsored, see these linked lists of House and Senate co-sponsors. Write to Congress, share, and spread the word about this crucial school library bill: Thank you for all you do for libraries and their learners! ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Team | | | Contact Us ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Office 1615 New Hampshire Ave NW, 1st Floor Washington, D.C. 20009-2520 Phone: (202) 628-8410 | | | |