Thank you SO much for this and for all you do, Emily. I was so disappointed not to be able to hear you speak in Chicago, but I’m so thankful I can read your words here. As I have told you in private messages, I am very involved in fighting the local book bans in my community in South Carolina. My daughter is one of the students creating materials for the Get Ready, Stay Ready toolkit I could not be more proud of her and the other student advocates who are fighting this in our community. So very grateful for all of these resources, and to be reminded that we are not alone in this fight. 💙
The American Library Association’s United for Libraries division was delighted to have you support our efforts to ensure that free people read freely! Thank you for speaking!
Thank you so so much for this and everything you do. It's tough out there being a Children's Librarian and it's amazing to see this kind of support AND action items. I was so sad to not be able to attend ALA so I'm thrilled and thankful you shared it here!
Hi Emily! Thank you for sharing this - I sent it to my county Democrat group. I was inspired to join them because if you and we marched in the local parade yesterday - people were THRILLED to see Democrats being loud. This upped our social media followers and got us excited for 2024.
I am so glad we get to read your speech! Thank you for sharing and for attending ALA!
Thank you SO much for this and for all you do, Emily. I was so disappointed not to be able to hear you speak in Chicago, but I’m so thankful I can read your words here. As I have told you in private messages, I am very involved in fighting the local book bans in my community in South Carolina. My daughter is one of the students creating materials for the Get Ready, Stay Ready toolkit I could not be more proud of her and the other student advocates who are fighting this in our community. So very grateful for all of these resources, and to be reminded that we are not alone in this fight. 💙
The American Library Association’s United for Libraries division was delighted to have you support our efforts to ensure that free people read freely! Thank you for speaking!
Thank you for inviting me!
Thank you so so much for this and everything you do. It's tough out there being a Children's Librarian and it's amazing to see this kind of support AND action items. I was so sad to not be able to attend ALA so I'm thrilled and thankful you shared it here!
PS. I did not know about Ruth W. Brown! Thank you for teaching us about her and I'm excited to read more about her.
Hi Emily! Thank you for sharing this - I sent it to my county Democrat group. I was inspired to join them because if you and we marched in the local parade yesterday - people were THRILLED to see Democrats being loud. This upped our social media followers and got us excited for 2024.