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Thank our supporters!
Please copy and paste text and image into your own social media post. Thank you to the thousands of Wisconsin library supporters who spoke up for libraries by filling out We the People Read postcards. We'll be forwarding the last batch to U.S. senators and...
IMLS funding is an economic multiplier!
Don't link! Please copy! Copy this text to your Facebook post: IMLS funding is an investment in our state that is an economic multiplier. "Museums and other nonprofit cultural organizations return more than $5 in tax revenue for every $1 they receive in funding from...
It’s not too late! Support public library funding today!
Copy this text and create a social media post. Use the graphic provided, or create one of your own. Suggested text: It's not too late! Support public library funding today! Libraries need champions like you. Stop into the library to fill out a postcard, leave it at...
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In the news
Senator Baldwin Releases Statement on Bipartisan Bill to Fund Labor, Health, and Education Departments for Fiscal Year 2026
This appeared on Sen. Baldwin's website. Library advocates at the federal level continue to work for public libraries. Keep encouraging people to...
A flurry of local coverage
Good job getting this news out there! Watch this website for next steps once the postcard campaign is finished. IMLS Announces 158 Native American...
News coverage: postcard campaign on Fox 6
Bridges and MCFLS collaborated on a news story with Fox 6 yesterday after putting out the press release. Watch it here!
We Can Still Save the Institute for Museum and Library Services
from Book Riot: "there is still an opportunity to turn the future for the IMLS around, and it comes through an all-in effort by Americans to demand...
News quick links
- 4/21/25 Wisconsin libraries brace for steep drop in services under federal funding cuts, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- 4/4/25 Wisconsin attorney general sues Trump to stop dismantling of funding supporting libraries and museums, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- 3/31/25 Federal News Network: IMLS closed
- 3/27/25 Small Wisconsin libraries might be hit hard as Trump targets federal funding – WPR
- Kenosha Public Library: detailed press release/blog with explanation, links, and action steps.
- Library funding mini zine: download the funding mini zine pdf and instructions
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