St Tammany Library Alliance
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Defending our 1st Amendment rights against a state-wide movement to remove & limit access to books representing marginalized voices in our libraries.
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Joined January 2023
We stand in solidarity with @LACitAntiCensor 's statement on HB 974 as we continue our efforts to protect our public libraries, dedicated Library Board and library staff, and our First Amendment Rights.
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RT @ByPiperHutch: The Senate passed a bill that would allow parish library systems to hire directors who are not certified librarians — aft….
lailluminator.com
Louisiana senators restored language a House committee rejected that would allow library board members to be dismissed without cause
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We stand in support of our existing Library Board of Control members in their federal lawsuit against the Parish Council and Councilmember Cougle! ✊📚🏳️🌈.
sttammanylibraryalliance.org
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Great news today. Louisiana #HB25 (the library oversight bill pushed into legislation by the pro-censorship crowd) has died in committee. Thanks in part to the hundreds (nearly 1k) of emails sent by those supporting free speech and all of those who showed up at the capitol today.
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There's no other way to say it. this is some next level BS. If @louisianasenate refuses to hear us, we will get louder. So. Much. Louder.
lailluminator.com
A proposal that would establish a system for Louisiana public libraries to restrict children’s access to content deemed sexually explicit was advanced from a state Senate committee Thursday before...
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Thanks to one of our amazing members, the 🏳️🌈 "Support Your Local Library" sign is back up. You can check it out on Boston heading into downtown Covington right past the turn onto 190.
theadvocate.com
Laura Dinapolis is playing a serious game of whack-a-mole in St. Tammany Parish.
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👏👏👏👏👏.
'I didn't sacrifice 21 years of my life to stand idly by while religious fanatics . try to impose fascism on my country' — This Navy veteran is telling Florida's Martin County School District to get its hands off his kid's books
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Our Library Alliance spokesperson is running for Congress!.
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Yesterday in St Tammany, love won. Over 150 people showed up for the "Ban Hate, Not Books" protest and the number of supportive people passing by was overwhelming.
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Today we make our voices heard at 2pm outside the Covington Library!
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Clowns like this man child are actively ruining satire. SNL in 2024? Just a string of right wing promo videos stitched together. Parody just can't compete with naturally stupid.
America's been buying beer from a company that doesn't even know which restroom to use. There's a new beer in town!
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This story by @lsutigertv dives into the burning of the "Ban Hate, Not Books" sign in relation to the ongoing library censorship issues in St Tammany.
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This Sunday outside the Covington Library, please join us and @queerlouisiana as we rally to ban hate and protect our libraries. You can join the public Facebook event here:
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If y'all would take a moment to bring some love and encouragement to drown out the otherwise hateful or dismissive comments on this @NOLAnews tweet, that would really make our day.
'Ban hate, not books' sign in Abita Springs torched. Louisiana fire marshal investigating.
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Three new Louisiana bills would codify the ability to ban or censor books. We need your help to address this threat now. Follow this link to the analysis of each bill and to use pre-drafted letters to send to the committee members.
la-cac.org
Information on bills currently pre-filed or under consideration by the Louisiana state legislature. Includes links, sponsors, impacts, and analysis.
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Thanks to @WWLTV for speaking with the members of our community. We've used this hate crime as an opportunity to come together. Let this be a lesson to anyone who attacks the LGBTQ community and their allies on the Northshore.
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In less than 24 hours, we've raised just over our goal of $6,000 to rebuild the sign that was burned down, provide security cams, build more signs, and create new yard signs using the art from the original sign. Thank you to everyone who supported this!
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Help us continue to spread this story. So far, we've raised over $6k in under 8 hours and we've been offered other properties to place additional signs on. If that arsonist only knew that their actions would just multiply our efforts.
nola.com
The Louisiana state fire marshal is investigating the burning of a large sign on property off Louisiana 59 in Abita Springs that read, "Ban hate, not books."
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LGBTQ kids at Mandeville High School are the voice of the future. “The queer community is uniting in a way that we’d never have been before in St. Tammany Parish”
lailluminator.com
LGBTQ+ youth in conservative St. Tammany Parish protested anti-LGBTQ legislation that has been filed in Louisiana
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This morning around 2am, someone burned down this sign created by a woman and her trans child in Abita Springs. This is what hate looks like.
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