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us continue to support school librarians with a $10-25 contribution today!
The SaveSchoolLibrarians.org site and our state partnership activism is made
possible with the support of Follett Learning. Their donor support lets us do targeted, smart, and effective outreach and activism wherever and whenever it is needed. With Follett's support, we can build on our successes and try to address this school librarian
crisis in schools and districts around the country.SaveSchoolLibrarians.org has one-click 'take action' capabilities that make it easy for concerned parents
and stakeholder to make their voices heard for school libraries and librarians. The site will include the best training guides for local school library activists to build their own political and organizing power. But they don't have to do it alone. EveryLibrary
is here to help advise on the right tactics to make change happen and, with Follett's support, we can put the power of social advertising to work reaching and activating more potential local supporters than ever before.
The
core of the project are five advocacy-partnerships between EveryLibrary and state school library associations. Our focus with each state organizational partner will be different, but each one is similarly focused on bringing more school librarians back to
schools and expanding funding equitably across schools and districts. With project-partners like Nevada Library Association and the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association, there are bills in their legislatures to mandate school librarians in each school.
We will work to bring out voters in support of those bills. With FAME, the Florida Association of Media Educators, and ISLMA, the Illinois School Library Media Association, we'll work to address the ongoing cuts that state budget choices are forcing on schools
and districts. With our partners at the Washington Library Association and the Montana Library Association, we are working with them to anticipate big changes in the state funding formula for schools - and those changes need to include libraries and librarians.
Please share the news that SaveSchoolLibrarians.org is up and running and ready to help any school librarian who is facing a funding challenge to rally their community.
John
Chrastka
Executive Director
P.S. If you’re coming to Chicago for Annual, please come to the Rally to Restore School Librarians sponsored by our colleagues at the Illinois School Library Media Association on Friday 6/23 at 12n at the Thompson Center in downtown. Details and RSVP here.