MLK day Rally

Yesterdays rallies served many purposes in bridging alliances between wards to show that the Evansto Library System is a connection of people, places and ideas. People of all ages joined together in support of neighborhood libraries.
Libraries serve an muliple purpose in todays world. They are not just places that house books, they are or can be the heart of a neighborhood. They are places where people can go and no one asks them for anything.
I hope the city council understand the cost of cutting our the neighborhood heart to save less than 1/2 of 1% of the entire $84,000,000 budget.
I think so much is summed up in the following quote is from the website Www.ILoveLibraries.org
"If you’re looking for the heart of any community, look no further than the local library. It’s the one place in America where the doors are open to everyone, whether you’re filling out an online job application or using resources to help you pass your job certification exams;

• sitting in a school library media center learning skills to prepare you for a lifetime of learning in our digital world or a grandmother learning to e-mail you’re grandson overseas;
• studying for college exams or living somewhere where the library provides your only access to education beyond the high school level;
• researching your past or looking for citizenship and a new home in America;
• the richest person in America, or someone without a home,

the library is there for you. It is America’s great equalizer, providing everyone the same access to information and opportunities for success.

Learn more about the issues facing today’s libraries."