Main Page/Divestment

Resources for libraries divesting from police

General

• LFP statement on divestment: https://medium.com/@libraryfreedom/its-not-enough-to-say-black-lives-matter-libraries-must-divest-from-the-police-2ab4adea58f1
• Information provision and the carceral state: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02763877.2019.1645077

Notes from calls

• June 26th: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YRQbk6UXVEz2YCtzTvQqPVO4eSjn4iOe0qg4TRCGCRg/edit?usp=sharing

Staff training, community partnerships, and alternatives to police

• Denver Public Library Security, Social Workers, Peer Navigators

To Do List

• Organize regular calls
• Add signatories to LFP divestment list
• Create a document listing different libraries and their divestment progress
• Subgroups or committees (regional, subject/category specific)