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One Million Americans For Libraries

Join the movement! Help us find one million Americans who love libraries on Facebook.

EveryLibrary: 9.05.2017

For our 5th Anniversary we want to be able to reach even more Americans with a pro-library message. That’s why we’re announcing our One Million Americans For Libraries Campaign today!

Join us on Facebook and invite your friends to help us find one million Americans for libraries.

We’re so excited about the work that libraries are doing to help communities across the country. From storytimes to job placement assistance to helping people start new businesses, learn skills, and get ahead in life, librarians are really making a huge difference. We want to do everything we can to promote the importance of libraries to everyone in the country, and, with your help, we can do it through our Facebook page.

Starting on September 5th through November 7th (Election Day) we are going to campaign to reach one million Americans who love their public libraries and we want to get you involved in changing the landscape of library advocacy in the United States.

We created this event page so you can get involved in this campaign and make a huge difference for libraries across the country. Starting September 5th we are going to share great content for your walls, badges and images, stories and news, and share ways that you can get more involved. For now, please invite your friends to get involved here!

We do this work because we believe that libraries are critical to communities and that Americans rely on their libraries for important programs and services. We believe that libraries are the cornerstone of American society and that they truly make our country stronger.

This is crucial because we are seeing more politicians trying to defund and deny Americans access to their libraries. You probably seen libraries close in Douglas County, Oregon. Many of you helped us fight back when they tried to close the libraries in Mary Esther Florida. We were able to push back when the mayor tried to defund the libraries in Miami-Dade and we have fought against unjust legislation against libraries like the Michigan Gag-Order bill. And, of course, with your support we are able to work on dozens of local library campaigns and elections every year to help libraries win over 250 million dollars in annual funding.

None of this was possible without your support and the support of people just like you. The more people we can reach when there is a crisis, the more we can fight against these kinds of threats. I know that many of you believe in libraries but we know there are millions of Americans who also believe in libraries who we haven’t spoken to yet. The next time there is a crisis we want to be able to reach them to take action. The quickest and easiest way to reach millions of Americans for libraries is through our Facebook page.

That’s why we're asking you to help us reach one million Americans for libraries by liking and sharing our Facebook page on September 5th through November 7th and I’m also going ask you to take a just a few minutes and use the invite feature to invite your friends to like our page too.

We also want to hear from you about what we can do to reach this big huge goal!  READ MORE @

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There are people in the United States who are fighting to deny you access to your local public library. That’s why I just joined EveryLibrary’s campaign to find one million Americans who love libraries. I want to show my support for libraries in the United States and I’m challenging you to join me by liking the EveryLibrary Facebook page and sharing this message.

It’s easy to share by holding your finger down on this message and at the bottom it will say “forward.” Touch that and then click on the names of your friends in your list and it will send it to them. Show that you support libraries by liking the EveryLibrary Facebook page at facebook.com/everylibrary.