Why Is New York City Planning to Sell and Shrink Its Libraries?

Defend our libraries, don't defund them. . . . . fund 'em, don't plunder 'em

Mayor Bloomberg defunded New York libraries at a time of increasing public use, population growth and increased city wealth, shrinking our library system to create real estate deals for wealthy real estate developers at a time of cutbacks in education and escalating disparities in opportunity. It’s an unjust and shortsighted plan that will ultimately hurt New York City’s economy and competitiveness.

It should NOT be adopted by those we have now elected to pursue better policies.

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Work-in at the 42nd Street Library EVERY Saturday! (Started February 22, 2014 and is Now Continuing EVERY Saturday)

Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Protest work-ins Every Saturday.  (The first was February 22, 2014 and there have already been successive work-ins, March 1, March 8, March 15. . . . . . . )

Here's the drill: All you need to do is come do your work in the Rose Main Reading Room with a www.SaveNYPL.org sticker affixed to your laptop. Protest while you work!

If possible, meet us and get a sticker at 9:45 AM or at 1:00 PM outside the 5th Avenue entrance to the Library between the two lions (5th Avenue at 41st Street).  If you are unable to arrive at either of these times, go to the Rose Main Reading Room and look for a group of people with SaveNYPL stickers on their laptops.

These work-ins are being organized by Matthew Zadrożny, the person in the Humans of New York post which went viral in February.  Please join Matthew and a group of like-minded library lovers to get some work done and help save the 42nd Street Library!

March 18, 2014 Mr. Zadrozny had the following OpEd about the destruction of libraries in The Guardian, “If libraries can't make it here in New York, can they make it anywhere? (I’m the guy eating chicken in the viral photo of the New York Public Library. I’m a library nerd. But all nerds need a library).”

More info can be found at: www.meetup.com/saveNYPL

Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Twitter Link. Facebook link. 
Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Matthew, the guy to meet up with to get your sticker
Twitter Link. Facebook link.
Twitter Link. Facebook link.

No comments:

Post a Comment