If you're attending the WLA Trauma Summit, I'm excited to "see" you tomorrow (& hoping to listen to a session or two myself, as two incredible library folks @leahlibrarian8.bsky.social and @gavindowning.bsky.social are also presenting!).

The rite of spring. A banger.

I didn’t get reviewer feedback either. I don’t remember even a call for reviewers

Whoaaaaaa

Oh man that sucks I’m sorry!

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Wait, can I see a copy of your letter? My letter said 23 got accepted.

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Please join me in calling on CHPL to uphold intellectual freedom, reject censorship, and be transparent with the community.

Respectful comments and public participation are needed—your voice matters.

Let’s make sure our library lives up to its promise of inclusion and access for ALL. #censorship

Here are the key questions the Board must answer:
Who gave the directive to suppress Pride displays?

Does it reflect CHPL’s official policy?

Is this what we should expect every budget?

👉 The next CHPL Board of Trustees meeting is October 14, 2025 at 4:30 pm at the Blue Ash Branch Library.

You can attend in person and sign up to speak.

Or you can send written comments to the Clerk of the Board if you can’t be there.

It’s a betrayal of the community’s trust and of CHPL’s supposed values of inclusivity and intellectual freedom. If the library caves to political pressure behind closed doors, what else will they compromise?

But internal transcripts (released through a public records request) show that CHPL leadership privately told staff to suppress Pride displays in children’s and teen areas—doing exactly what they claimed to be fighting against.
This is more than a mistake.