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teacher education/antiracism/abolition/arts-based methodologies. asst prof of education in nyc.
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Do you live in NYC City Council district 39 (Kensington, Borough Park, Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill)? Your city council rep is on the libraries subcommittee. Send her a letter asking for stable library funding?

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Do you live in NYC City Council district 36 (Bed-Stuy and North Crown Heights)? Your city council rep is on the libraries subcommittee. Send him a letter asking for stable library funding?
actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Do you live in NYC City Council district 35 (Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill, and Fort Greene)? Your city council rep is on the libraries subcommittee. Send her a letter asking for stable library funding?

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Do you live in NYC City Council district 3 (West Village, Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, Times Square, Hudson Square, Flatiron, and the Garment District)? Your city council rep is the CHAIR of the libraries subcommittee. Send a letter asking for stable library funding?

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
abbyemerson.bsky.social
Do you live in NYC City Council district 39 (Kensington, Borough Park, Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill)? Your city council rep is on the libraries subcommittee. Send her a letter asking for stable library funding?

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Do you live in NYC City Council district 50 (mid-Staten Island)? Your city council rep is on the libraries subcommittee. Send him a letter asking for stable library funding? @nycplan.org

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Do you live in NYC City Council district 49 (North Shore of Staten Island)? Your city council rep is on the libraries subcommittee. Send her a letter asking for stable library funding? @nycplan.org

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Do you live in NYC City Council district 45 ( Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood, Flatlands, and parts of Kensington, Marine Park, and Canarsie)? Your city council rep is on the libraries subcommittee. Send her a letter asking for stable library funding?

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Do you live in NYC City Council district 27 (Cambria Heights, Hollis, Jamaica, St. Albans, Queens Village, Addisleigh Park, and Springfield Gardens)? Your city council rep is on the libraries subcommittee. Send her a letter asking for stable library funding?

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Do you live in NYC City Council district 20 (Flushing, Mitchell-Linden, Murray Hill, Queensboro Hill and Fresh Meadows)? Your city council rep is on the libraries subcommittee. Send her a letter expressing your desire for stable library funding?
@nycplan.org

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Do you live in NYC City Council district 48 (Homecrest, Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach)? Your city council rep opposes stable library funding. Care to send her a letter expressing your disagreement? @nycplan.org

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Feeling inspired to take action this morning?

Join us in calling our City Council members and demand .5% of the budget be committed to fund our libraries!

Already called? Tell us how it went:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
An image still from the movie mean girls, where both characters are wearing pink, with text that reads “On Wednesdays we demand .5% of the budget for library funding”.
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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good job us!! bye cuomo!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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working on my book and came across this gem from my dissertation. glad this guy is canonized in academic research.
November 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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thanks to a donation from the Brooklyn Book Bodega, we gave out nearly 300 books to trick or treaters at the kids’ school Halloween event!
November 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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my new article, Beyond Antiracism: Abolitionist Teacher Learning Toward Institutional School Change, was just published in the Journal of Teacher Education!

if it's behind a paywall for you, message me and I can send it to you.

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October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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🎃 Thinking spooky thoughts this Wednesday about what NYC would be like without our libraries?

Join us in calling our City Council Members to demand they commit .5% of the budget for libraries!

Not sure what to say? Not sure who your council member is?

Find out here!
nycplan.org/actions/call..
A tan image, with a stack of books in the center. Above the books is text that reads “Have a spine, support the library budget”. Below the image, there is text that reads “Join us in calling our city council members every Wednesday to let them know library funding is a non-negotiable priority!” And the last line of text reads “ask for .5% of the budget for libraries!”
October 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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nycdoe school relocations are ROUGH.
October 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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putting together some nyc-based resources as we approach the SNAP funding cutoff. listed and linked below.
Image with illustrated foods and a list of city/state support services.
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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early voting in costume is becoming a family tradition. jellyfish for zohran.
October 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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i watched a doc about those guys that listen to police scanners & chase leads to record video & sell to news stations (e.g., freeway car accidents). i remember they said firefighters welcomed them (please record what we do!) and cops were always rude and pushing them away. very telling.
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Send @nycplan.org's letter to your councilmember demanding that city council fund libraries with at least 0.5% of the city budget. This is one of the critical times to push for this as they prepare for the budget cycle!

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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“hmmm, I’m not sure I’ll have the bandwidth to run that program again this year”

… one week later…

“so I think I’d like to run it at triple size with a larger audience and budget”

why am I like this??
October 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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📣 Get in the fight for NYC’s public libraries! 🗽

Want to know what you can do?

Check out this new NYC PLAN zine with lots of ideas :

drive.google.com/file/d/1aWup...
Fight for your public library NYC Edition.pdf
drive.google.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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“this is someone giving trump the middle finger while he holds a bag of money” #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM