We’re talking with Abby and Hal about NYC Public Library Action Network (PLAN)! Learn about what they’re doing, how you can help, how you can copy them, and what’s working for them by having a community-led library advocacy group that is separate from the library itself. 

How can people get involved?

nycplan.org 

Email your city councilmember

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/city-council-we-demand-half-a-percent-of-the-overall-city-budget-for-libraries  

May City Council meeting

[email protected] for agendas

Media mentioned

Mamdani failed to deliver on the campaign promises that NYC PLAN pushed him to make. Here's a roundup of coverage in case it helps:

Here are some details on NYC PLAN's recent assembly event:

https://www.librariansequalliteracy.org/

All transcripts: https://podscripts.co/podcasts/librarypunk 

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