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Monday, January 16, 2012

Detroit Library Commission: Reverse Your Vote or Step Down!

Detroit Library Commission: Reverse Your Vote or Step Down!:

Library Commissioners: RE-OPEN OUR LIBRARIES OR RESIGN!

Tuesday, January 17:

12 NOON Rally at the Main Library(Cass Side)

1:30 pm: Pack the Library Commission Meeting

This Tuesday, January 17, at noon, we have an opportunity to drive forward our fight to victory. If we turn out a large crowd for our rally and fill up the Library Commission meeting room and assert our will, we can make the commissioners vote to reverse their shameful decision to close the Lincoln, Monteith, Richard and Mark Twain branches.

Our fight to save the four branch libraries is gaining momentum. The libraries were supposed to be shuttered, stripped bare and boarded up in December, but the lights and heat are still on, and the vast majority of our books and computers are still inside. The community has made it overwhelmingly clear how important the libraries are to the safety and education of Detroit’s youth, and to the integrity and future of our neighborhoo