Library Advocates, 

 

After the election... What next? Mark your calendar for ACT4SL’s upcoming Zoom on Tuesday, Nov. 12th from 7-8 pm EST.  We will explore messages that connect with elected officials at the local, state, or national level. We will begin making plans to create messages that connect with returning and newly elected officials.

 

This event features Matriot’s CEO, Emily Quick Schriver, along with NJASL’s Mary Moyer-Stubbs, Tricina Strong-Beebe, and ACT4SL’s Deb Logan. Please refer to the enclosed flyer for further details and the Zoom link. Also, see below for information about our November presenters. ACT4SL’s sessions are open to all and free of charge! 

 

We hope you can join us!

 

*Please share this announcement with friends, colleagues, school librarians, and library advocates.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83789159781?pwd=sjz4tqwaFLlpwIaHGTjby3IaE77jTV.1
Meeting ID: 837 8915 9781
Passcode: 071680

 

Questions? Email: act4sladvocacy@gmail.com

 

Thank you!

 

ACT4SL TEAM

Susan Yutzey, Deb Logan, Debra Kachel, Tricina Strong-Beebe

Christie Kaaland, Kathy Lester

 

November’s presenters include:

Emily Quick Schriver is the Chief Executive Officer of The Matriots. As CEO, Emily leads the organization’s mission to elect more Ohio women to public office who will promote a healthy economy in which women can thrive and prosper. In this role, she partners across the state with engaged Ohioans seeking to increase representation.

Emily joined The Matriots in 2021, following a career as a lawyer representing institutions of higher education on issues of public policy and regulatory compliance.  Most recently, she was an attorney in the Office of Legal Affairs at Ohio State University, and before that, she was a Washington, D.C.-based associate at the international law firm Hogan Lovells US, LLP.

Emily holds a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago and a Bachelor of Science from The Ohio State University.  Raised in central Ohio, she now lives in the Columbus area with her husband, three daughters, and a devoted dog.

 

Mary Moyer-Stubbs is NJASL’s legislative consultant. Mary has continued experience monitoring legislative issues related to school libraries. Ms. Moyer-Stubbs has led legislative initiatives in New Jersey, leading the passing of NJ's first in the nation, Information Literacy bill and the recent Freedom to Read bill. Mary works with various agencies such as the Department of Education and NJ State Board of Education on issues related to the impact on school libraries and school library media specialists.

Tricina Strong-Beebe is NJASL’s advocacy chair.  Tricina served as the United States Ambassador for School Librarians (Sweden, Fall 2024) and was awarded the 2021 New Jersey Association of School Librarians' President Award. Ms. Strong-Beebe has almost 20 years of experience working for public, school, and academic libraries. She has helped form NJ's Regional Response Team (RRT) and assisted in advocating for the passing of successful "pro-library" legislative bills in NJ. 

Deb Logan

A former OELMA president, Deb Logan has served as chair or co-chair advocacy committees at the state and national levels for thirteen years and her extensive work on state and national legislative and advocacy projects and committees, spans twenty-four years. Logan has written and presented extensively on the subject of advocacy.