SRRT (Social Responsibilities Round Table)

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The Social Responsibilities Round Table works to make ALA more democratic and to establish progressive priorities not only for the Association, but also for the entire profession. Concern for human and economic rights was an important element in the founding of SRRT and remains an urgent concern today. SRRT believes that libraries and librarians must recognize and help solve social problems and inequities in order to carry out their mandate to work for the common good and bolster democracy.

Learn more about SRRT on the ALA website.

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Please Join PLSN & METRO @ Abolitionist Futures 2026 Kickoff Event Featuring the Freedom & Captivity Initiative

  • 1.  Please Join PLSN & METRO @ Abolitionist Futures 2026 Kickoff Event Featuring the Freedom & Captivity Initiative

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    REGISTER HERE. Monday, March 9, 7:00-8:30 pm ET, Online, Free & Open to the Public

    Want to learn more about prison abolition? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join us! The Prison Library Support Network, in collaboration with METRO, hosts PLSN Presents: Abolitionist Futures Series.

    In this series, we explore the possibilities of new worlds and build the synergies and solidarities necessary for its fruition. The series aligns synergistically with PLSN's broader aspirations to forge networks of solidarity, uplift awareness of critical issues that continue to define our times, and help build a world where everyone has the resources and opportunities they need to thrive.

    On Monday, March 9, 2026, we will host Freedom & Captivity, a collaborative, grassroots initiative to envision and promote restorative responses to harm, investments in community well-being, and safe, supported pathways to decarceration. Based in Maine, Freedom & Captivity's work includes story-telling, creative expression, research, policy analysis, advocacy, and community building. Their projects have included a lecture series, podcasts, a radio talk show, theatrical productions, film, arts exhibitions, documentary project, and curriculum.

     

    Their recent film, It's Hard to Talk About: Stories of Incarceration in Maine, features five justice-impacted storytellers performing narratives from individuals who are currently or formerly incarcerated, as well as their friends and family, and other people affected by and working in and around the criminal legal system. The project is inspired by the Freedom & Captivity Digital Archive, a collaborative effort started in 2024 with the Maine Historical Society. This is the first archival space in Maine to hold stories about incarceration, curated and sensitively contextualized by those most impacted by incarceration.

    Upcoming series content as well as past years of materials can be found in this doc.

    REGISTER HERE. Monday, March 9, 7:00-8:30 pm ET, Online, Free & Open to the Public 


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