#Ohio Libraries

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Y'all, this is a five alarm fire.

This is the moment librarians have been afraid of.

Ohio Republicans want to reduce or eliminate our funds, effectively shutting down smaller libraries, and make funds from the state contingent on libraries keeping LGBTQ materials out of view of anyone under 18, effectively removing them from our shelves. If you live in Ohio, please please please call your reps.

Your libraries need your help.

Please. If you love your library, please call. If you believe in democracy and freedom of information , please call. We are fighting censorship and bigotry every day, and we need help.

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Fuck yeah, Ohio. Now stop fucking with our library funding.

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Ohio residents and all Summit Co. voters: Our libraries need your support right now

Akron-Summit County Public Libraries’ main branch. For 4,500 years, libraries contained items, including documents, to be preserved and studied. Not open to the public, most of whom couldn’t read, they were repositories for ruling classes. Libraries as we know them today, in which items can be borrowed and taken from the premises by patrons, were created by Benjamin Franklin, along with some…

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Mudd Library, Oberlin College. Ohio, US. Warner, Burns, Toan and Lunde.

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I work for an Ohio Public Library. Ohio friends, please help. Spread the word. There is so much good libraries do for the world. So much good there still is to do.

I've already contacted these representatives. We're going to fight.

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@mckinleygirl98 come get your man

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Something about this beautiful jacket seems just right to pair with the dusting of snow over Minneapolis today. ❄️

Farmington, written by Clarence Darrow, the great American trial attorney, is a fictionalized account of Darrow’s childhood in Ohio. Darrow believed this was his best written work, but it never attained critical or commercial success. The first cover pictured is the 1932 edition (and it you’re wondering, the cover depicts the Kinsman Presbyterian Church of Kinsman, OH at its center). Below, you can compare it to a first edition copy from 1904.

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I had a dream that Zelda and Link lost the triforce to Ganon, but instead of going on an adventure to retrieve it they had to get it back space jam style.

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SCOTUS Round UP: Published 4/6/25AM

Stay Noisy:

The one time I was able to go to a big DC protest it was in support of Abortion Rights when there was a case before the Supreme Court (on a date!) in 1989. That time, we won.

I want to thank all of you protesting out there.

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Hey idk if you've already mentioned this but I'd you could signal boos it it would be great

https://www.akronlibrary.org/dontcutohiolibraries

A link to send a message to a representative I think

OH MAN I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THIS

ok guys reblog this if you can

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Judd Legum at Popular Information:

Karen Cahall has been a teacher in the New Richmond School District in Ohio for 34 years. During that time, according to a lawsuit Cahall filed earlier this month, she "consistently received excellent evaluations for her job performance and teaching excellence." Cahall, who teaches third grade, was recently suspended for three days without pay and threatened with termination. She was punished for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters. Cahall's classroom library includes about 100 books. These books are not part of Cahall's curriculum and are not required reading for any student. Like many teachers, Cahall has them on hand to encourage students to read more books. Among the books in Cahall's library were four that have LGBTQ characters: Ana On The Edge, The Fabulous Zed Watson!, Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea, and Too Bright to See. These books, the lawsuit argues, do not "describe sexual conduct or sexual activity" and "do not… advocate for or against any particular lifestyle." Rather, the books "deal with characters who are LGBTQ+ and are coming to terms with feeling different and excluded simply because they are LGBTQ+." [...] On October 30, 2024, a parent became aware of the books and sent an email complaining to the principal of Cahall's school, Monroe Elementary, and to every member of the New Richmond Board of Education. The email was forwarded to New Richmond Superintendent Tracey Miller, who quickly scheduled a "pre-disciplinary hearing on November 4, 2024."

According to Miller, Cahall's inclusion of these books in her classroom library violated school district policy. The specific policy at issue, according to a letter from Miller to Cahall, is Policy 2240. [...] On November 6, Miller sent Cahall a letter informing Cahall that she was suspended for three days without pay. Miller accused Cahall of "intentional and serious violation of Board policy and procedure" by placing books in her "classroom library that contained themes and discussion of topics of a controversial nature." Miller said that Cahall should have known that including the books in her classroom library was unacceptable because "based on your experience in this community you understand the values that many hold." Miller said Cahall's behavior was "completely unacceptable, will not be tolerated and warrants significant discipline." Miller said that if Cahall continues "to behave in this manner in the future" she may be terminated.

Cahall has filed a civil lawsuit against Miller and the New Richmond School District, arguing that their actions were unconstitutional. First, Cahall argues that the "controversial issues" policy violates her 14th Amendment right to due process because it is impermissibly vague — both on its face and as applied to Cahall's situation. She argues that a reasonable person could not discern from reading the policy what would be considered a "controversial issue" or that a classroom library that was not part of the curriculum would be considered an "instructional program." Second, the lawsuit argues that Cahall included the books in her classroom library because of her "sincerely held moral and religious belief" that all children — including LGBTQ children — should be treated with dignity and respect.

[...] The suspension of Cahall is part of a broader effort to prohibit any acknowledgment of LGBTQ people in classrooms. According to right-wing groups like Moms for Liberty, books with LGBTQ characters, rainbow flags, or celebrating Pride Month are an effort to indoctrinate and corrupt children. Teachers who fail to conform to this ideological agenda, like Cahall, are targeted and disciplined.

Teacher Karen Cahall, who has taught at New Richmond Exempted Village School District schools for 34 years, has been suspended for including four books containing LGBTQ+ characters in her classroom library. This reeks of overreach by right-wing “parental rights” extremists.

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Alright. So Denise is from ohio right? She mentioned it when she asked Daryl to get pop for Tara. I’m trying to narrow down where she got her degrees (both undergrad and medical school). I have an idea of what I might want to make it, but let’s see what everyone has to say

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Langsam Library, University of Cincinnati. Glaser, Myers & Associates.

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At Pickerington Main Library today with @vigoburrito for Pickerington Comic Fest! Mostly just helping but if you are near Pickerington, Ohio today come check us out! Event is from 11 am -2 pm today May 31

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The local library lets you check out CAKE PANS omg!!!

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