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Friday, July 29, 2022 12:00 AM |
Banned Books Week 2022
Mark Your Calendars: The 2022 celebration of Banned Books Week will be September 18 – 24!
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Friday, July 29, 2022 12:00 AM |
MI Vote Counts
MI Vote Counts is a weekly non-partisan virtual series hosted by the Michigan Department of State and Michigan Bureau of Elections. Join the series to help equip Michigan voters with fact-based election information and tips on how every voter can become an active bystander in support of Michigan’s democracy and elections.
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Friday, July 29, 2022 12:00 AM |
MLA Advocacy and Legislative Priorities Survey 2022-2023
Advocating for the Michigan library community is one of MLA's highest priorities. It has never been more important for librarians, staff members, trustees, and others with a vested interest in libraries to convey and address the challenges that their libraries and the library profession are facing. We hope you will take time out of your busy day to help us pinpoint our field's highest priorities.
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Written by Deborah E. Mikula, MLA Executive Director
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$500,000 Added to FY23 State Aid to Libraries
July 1, 2022
MLA Members and Friends,
Your work to advocate for increased investment in libraries has again been rewarded.
For the third straight year, MLA is proud to announce an additional $500,000 has been included in the State of Michigan budget for State Aid to Libraries. In addition, $800,000 was allocated for the library pilot program that addresses a partnership between public and school libraries. Resources were also included for the Poet Laureate ($100,000), and $1.2 million was awarded through an enhancement grant to the Inkster Library. (One hundred unique projects were identified to receive $205 million in the newly released budget.)
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HB 5097 Moves Forward to Ban Race and Gender Stereotyping in the Classroom – Challenging Intellectual Freedom
In early June, the Senate Education and Career Readiness Committee took up House Bill 5097, which was first introduced by Rep. Andrew Beeler (R-Fort Gratiot), and referred it to the committee of the whole. The legislation would ban “race and gender stereotyping” from the classroom. Two Democratic members of the committee walked out of the committee meeting in protest.
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