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    Save NYC Libraries Postcard Campaign and Urban Librarians Unite
    www.savenyclibraries.org
    savenyclibraries@gmail.com

    For Immediate Release
    June 9, 2011

    Media Contacts: Christian Zabriskie 941.445.7114 and Lauren Comito 646.662.6209

    Save NYC Libraries Postcard Campaign and Urban Librarians Unite Announce
    We Will Not Be Shushed: A 24-Hour Read-In

    June 11 and 12, 2011
    4:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

    Brooklyn, New York -- May 2011 -- Save NYC Libraries Campaign and Urban Librarians Unite announce We Will Not Be Shushed: A 24-Hour Read-In in support of New York City's public libraries, to be held June 11-12, 2011, on the steps of Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, USA.

    Official website: www.savenyclibraries.org

    The We Will Not Be Shushed 24-Hour Read-In brings New Yorkers together for 24-hours of continuous public reading to focus attention on the disastrous budget cuts faced by New York City's public libraries. From 4PM Saturday to 4PM Sunday, in 15 minute increments, authors, supporters, and library staff will read aloud in one continous voice it show their support for library services.

    Mayor Bloomberg's Executive Budget for FY'11 calls for a reduction in funding of $90.3 million dollars. This is a cumulative 40% decrease since FY’08 and will devastate library services in NYC, creating a giant hole where information sevices, job, help, ESOL classes, adult and early childhood literacy and teen services used to be.

    Last year the Read-In had approximately 1200 attendees over the course of the 24 hours and received extensive coverage in print, radio, and television media. This year’s Read-In is part of an aggressive activism campaign for libraries in the city which included a mass hug of the Schwarzman library with 200 attendees and an ongoing postcard campaign.

    For more information on the Read-In, please contact savenyclibraries@gmail.com
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