Resources — For The People

This #BannedBookWeeks, commit to an #action to #DefendLibraries, like showing up to your library's board meeting, participating in your Friends of the Library group, or even getting on your library board. www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#bi...

"reach out to your own Representative and urge them to demand their colleagues include restoration of IMLS funding in their markup. Put the pressure in every place possible." Just made my call to my rep--you can do it too! #DefendLibraries

Donate to Stand Up Against Book Bans in Georgia, organized by Karin Parham A group of families is prepared to sue the Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library Boa… Karin Parham needs your support for Stand Up Against Book Bans in Georgia

Help families fighting censorship in Columbia County libraries. Support their First Amendment lawsuit & protect the right to read. Donate here: https://gofund.me/dda1b5b1 #FreedomToRead #DefendLibraries #columabiacountyga

Donate to Stand Up Against Book Bans in Georgia, organized by Karin Parham A group of families is prepared to sue the Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library Boa… Karin Parham needs your support for Stand Up Against Book Bans in Georgia

Help families fighting censorship in Columbia County libraries. Support their First Amendment lawsuit & protect the right to read. Donate here: https://gofund.me/dda1b5b1 #FreedomToRead #DefendLibraries #columabiacountyga

Donate to Stand Up Against Book Bans in Georgia, organized by Karin Parham A group of families is prepared to sue the Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library Boa… Karin Parham needs your support for Stand Up Against Book Bans in Georgia

Help families fighting censorship in Columbia County libraries. Support their First Amendment lawsuit & protect the right to read. Donate here: https://gofund.me/dda1b5b1 #FreedomToRead #DefendLibraries #columabiacountyga

So great that this is happening in partnership with a public library!! #DefendResearch #DefendLibraries #StandUpForScience!

Teach Truth Day of Action 2025 We invite educators, students, parents, and community members to host a mini-lesson, rally at a historic site, history walking tour, information table, or other event to defend the right to #TeachTrut...

Just learned about this national day of action to #DefendLibraries, and it's been happening for 5 years! www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...

Actor John Lithgow Reads 20 Lessons on Tyranny, Penned by Historian Timothy Snyder In 2017, historian Timothy Snyder wrote the concise book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, which went on to become a New York Times bestseller. A historian of fascism (then at Yal...

Actor John Lithgow Reads 20 Lessons on Tyranny, Penned by Historian Timothy Snyder (Lesson Two - Defend institutions) www.openculture.com/2025/04/acto... #defendlibraries @johnlithgow.bsky.social #timothysnyder

Everyone concerned with research, libraries, and education should register for this webinar--you will get information and ideas for how to take #action to protect our invaluable knowledge infrastructure. #DefendResearch #DefendLibraries @everylibrary.bsky.social @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social

I'm really looking forward to learning more specifics about what we're facing and how we can fight back to #DefendResearch and #DefendLibraries!

Those who want to #DefendResearch and #DefendLibraries should attend this webinar from @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social and @everylibrary.bsky.social The first in the series provided so much useful, sobering, necessary information about the threats and how to respond! Ready for the second one!

Libraries have been under assault for awhile now, but we are fighting back! For The People works to strengthen & #DefendLibraries by getting folks engaged in library governance, e.g. showing up to board meetings to getting on a library commission. www.librariesforthepeople.org

The Trump Administration Is Attacking Democracy | Opinion This is about control—an attempt to control our history, and with it, the future of American democracy.

Thank you @everylibrary.bsky.social for this great piece about what we are losing and what we can do to prevent it: www.newsweek.com/trump-admini... #DefendResearch #DefendLibraries #DefendEducation #DefendDemocracy #NoTimeForSilence

Thank you, ALA! XO

#FightCensorship #DefendLibraries

#Libraries rule. <3

Christ. #PeopleoftheUK: You MUST resist this BS.

#PeopleoftheUK DO allow this to become a norm in t/UK. Resist the ugly Americans & their self-righteous ignorance.

#DefendLibraries
#DefendLiteracy
#DefendLearning
#DefendSecularEducation
#DefendCriticalThinking

DENY THEM POWER. DO NOT GIVE IN.

We must hold Senator Jean Leising accountable.

#IndianaSenateBill1 #IndianaDemocrats #RipleyCounty #Batesville #Versailles #SavePublicSchools #DefendLibraries

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Oops, had a typo. Spot on as always Kelly. Two resources for those looking to fight back: 1. #DefendLibraries and strengthen libraries with www.librariesforthepeople.org and 2. Resist censorship and #DefendResearch with defendresearch.org

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Spot on as always Kelly. Two resources for those looking to fight back: 1. #DefendLibraries and strengthen libraries with www.librariesforthepeople.org and 2. Resist censorship and #DefendResearch with defendresearch.irg

📢A library in every community is a threat to authoritarianism.📢 The current administration fears informed citizens. That’s why he’s targeting libraries. Let’s fight back. #DefendLibraries #StopTheCensorship #EqualityNow

Shirley Jackson likes birdsong, tuna treats, & sniffing my library books. If you also like library books, check out @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & how you can help defend library funding!
#defendlibraries
#TakeActionForLibrariesDay
#booksky

Proud to stand for libraries & schools! Thanks to the folks making calls, donating to civil rights groups, educating & providing childcare today, too!
#handsoffdemocracy
#defendlibraries
#bookthreads

The Institute for Museum and Library Services Is Now a Propaganda Machine: Book Censorship News, March 21, 2025 DOGE didn't dismantle the only federal agency supporting public libraries. It was instead turned into a propaganda machine. That, plus this week's book censorship news.

Anyone who cares about #IMLS, but more importantly #intellectual_freedom and critical thinking, must read this latest piece by @heykellyjensen.bsky.social: bookriot.com/imls-propaga... #defendlibraries

Here it goes …

NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail.

#DefendLibraries
#DefendMuseums

Take Action To Save Federal Funding for Libraries! Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. We need you to take action today! That's why we made it easy to contact your reps, sign petitions, and learn about the Institute of Museum...

We all know that's happening: The toddler in chief is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. EveryLibrary made it easy to take action.
#DefendLibraries #DefendMuseums

action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

9 Ways To Save Libraries A 2017 Pew research study found millennials are the most likely generation to use public libraries. The generation that had reading drilled into us through Scholastic book fairs, the BookIT program, Reading Rainbow, and gobs of other methods uses the library the most. Huh, you don't say? I remember the day I got my first library card. I was young, six or seven.

Libraries are more than books—they're community hubs, offering skills, tools, and support. But they need our help! Get a card, attend events, donate, and advocate. 💪📚 #SaveOurLibraries #SupportLibraries #LibraryLove #ProtectLibraries #CommunityMatters #LibraryAdvocacy #DefendLibraries

More evidence of the urgent need to #defendlibraries! Check out what For The People is doing and how you can help strengthen and defend your public library: www.librariesforthepeople.org #publiclibraries #resist #freedomtoread #Intellectualfreedom #thirdspace

Please contact your legislators and urge them to vote NO on SB74. You can find your #Georgia state legislators here: georgia.gov/who-represen...

#defendlibraries #freedomtoread

#stitch with @Free2.0 #greenscreen librariesforthepeople.org and mariame kaba death panel pod I will put them in my link tree but also i am very very sleepy #library #librarytok TikTok video by leila 🇸🇩 🇨🇩 🇵🇸 🇭🇹 🇲🇲

For The People (www.librariesforthepeople.org) got a great shoutout on TikTok! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY4gnwW3/ #libraries #defendlibraries #freedomtoread #banbookbans #organize

Each banned book reveals what certain politicians fear: educated minds, critical thinking, diverse perspectives. #StopBookBans #DefendLibraries

Photograph of a child holding a flashlight and reading a comic book in the dark, overlaid with an Art Spiegelman quote: "Comics are a gateway drug to literacy."

"Comics are a gateway drug to literacy."
-Art Spiegelman

#freedomtoread #booksnotbans #letfreedomread #readingisfundamental #defendlibraries #bibliophiles #booktok #kidlit #yabooks #languagarts #comicbooksarebooks