Please come and join us for this important event!
PUBLIC ADVOCATE AND COMPTROLLER
FORUM ON PUBLIC LIBRARIES!
Wednesday, September 4th
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, seating begins 9:30 a.m., first come first serve
The Malcolm X and Dr Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center
3940 Broadway, New York City 10032
A, C or 1 subway to 168th Street,
half block south of subway stop, just past Dallas BBQ
Moderator: Roy Paul, Journalist, Commentator, and Analyst
(see more about him on fb page, link below)
Public Advocate Candidates invited (all Democrats):
* Cathy Guerriero
* Tish James
* Reshma Saujani
* Daniel Squadron
* Sidique Wai
Comptroller Candidates invited:
* John Burnett (R)
* Eliot Spitzer (D)
* Scott Stringer (D)
Sponsors: Citizens Defending Libraries, The Committee to Save The New York Public Library, The Malcolm X and Dr Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, Zead Ramadan, Chairman of the Board, Ilyasah Shabazz, The Harlem Historical Society, and Mid-Manhattan Branch of the NAACP
Here is the facebook link
https://www.facebook.com/events/1384674411762345/
Here is the moveon link
http://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=139548
Lynn's Kids International and Lynn Rosen's book on the importance of libraries!
What The Libraries Mean To Us
includes letters from Brooklyn kids, currently selling on Amazon, proceeds go to help save libraries. Lynn says its "selling like crazy" and will be a kindle book soon.
http://www.amazon.com/What-Our-Libraries-Mean-Us/dp/1491278153/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375891300&sr=1-1&keywords=Lynn+Rosen.+What+the+Libraries+Mean
Mayoral Forum on Libraries Held August 30, 2013
http://citizensdefendinglibraries.blogspot.com/2013/08/mayoral-forum-on-libraries-held-august.html
Breaking News: New and important Articles
The Nation
The Hidden History of New York City’s Central Library Plan: Why did one of the world’s greatest libraries adopt a $300 million transformation without any real public debate?, by Scott Sherman, August 28, 2013
http://www.thenation.com/article/175966/hidden-history-new-york-citys-central-library-plan?page=0,0#axzz2dMMWgGrL
Naked Capitalism
Barbarians at the Gates of the New York Public Library, By Lambert Strether of Corrente. August 30, 2013
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/08/barbarians-at-the-gates-of-the-new-york-public-library.html
Thr Brooklyn Eagle/The Huffington Post
OPINION: Shrinking the library system is a loss for New Yorkers, By Letitia James, For Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 29, 2013,
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/opinion-shrinking-library-system-loss-new-yorkers-2013-08-29-123000
Sunday September 8, 4:30-6:00 PM
CDL weekly meeting
101 Clark Street Community Room
Brooklyn Heights, any subway first stop in Brooklyn
2,3 to Clark St
I hope to see you at the forum on Wednesday!
Blessings, Carolyn McIntyre
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