Libraries Update: General Petition Circulating, Rally In Kingsessing On Saturday
We, the undersigned, demand that the City of Philadelphia stop the closure of 11 library branches and roll back the layoff of 36 branch library staff. We demand that the burden of the economic downturn not be placed on the backs of our children, elderly, students of all ages, unemployed or transitioning workers, or those on the wrong side of the digital divide. We demand that enough funding be allocated so that all Philadelphians have equal access to the informational and educational opportunities available only at our libraries.
SIGN THE PETITION HERE.
And we’d be remiss if we also didn’t remind you to contact your local and at-large councilpersons to protest these closings. Meanwhile, visit SaveKingsessingLibrary for info on Saturday’s rally to save the Kingsessing Branch, in operation since 1919.
November 12th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
uhh… someone got it way wrong. it’s 111 people being laid off in the library system alone, and not solely those who work at the 11 cut branches. absolutely devastating.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
that petition site kind of sucks. please make sure that when you click “submit,” and are automagically taken to a page that asks for a monetary pledge of your support, that you understand that money going to the website — iPetition.com — and not to the libraries or a fund to help fight the closing of the libraries. the page does call out that a pledge would fund the site and not the cause, but it’s also a little misleading.