Police Out Of NYC Libraries

We're NYC library workers against police presence in libraries. Have you experienced policing in libraries in NYC? Let us know! [email protected]

[Police Out Of NYC Libraries @CopFreeLibrary]

Who are we? We are NYC librarians opposed to police in libraries. Here is a comic listing some of our values. We are reposting our comic listing our values with alt text, since images without alt text are inaccessible to many people. Value 1: No cops in libraries, for any reason.

[Police Out Of NYC Libraries @CopFreeLibrary]

There is still time to submit testimony! Please let the City Council know that the NYPD should NOT be involved in mental health checks. https://t.co/G9MwHPeADG

[Police Out Of NYC Libraries @CopFreeLibrary]

On April 6, tell the NYC City Council that cops should NOT be involved in mental health checks. https://t.co/7TsKzZgHz3

[Police Out Of NYC Libraries @CopFreeLibrary]

On April 6, tell the NYC City Council that cops should NOT be involved in mental health checks. https://t.co/7TsKzZgHz3

[Police Out Of NYC Libraries @CopFreeLibrary]

@violetbfox @TashaCMN Thank you for the heads up.

[MORE-UFT @MOREcaucusUFT]

Rich people. Who know nothing about education. And don’t care.

[LibrariesForAllSTL @Lib4AllSTL]

Today!

[Project NIA @projectnia]

All of us cause harm and we all experience harm at some point in our lives. How might we more readily account for and respond to harms in our communities? - https://t.co/fRXAyGPUFh

[CUNY for Abolition and Safety @AbolitionAtCUNY]

will still be circulating this survey for a short while! strongly encourage Black and brown students, faculty, and staff to share thoughts 🙌🏾

[Project NIA @projectnia]

2021 Abolitionist Youth Organizing Institute (AYO, NYC!) Application is LIVE. People ages 16-24 are invited to apply. The institute will take place virtually in July. https://t.co/iDYgCfXxFB

[Library Freedom Project @LibraryFreedom]

our third info session for our teen privacy meme project is this Thursday! details below ⬇️

[Police Out Of NYC Libraries @CopFreeLibrary]

And please comment with any other groups we should boost and follow! More folks doing amazing work for our communities: @plsn_nyc @abolitionbks @LibraryFreedom

[Police Out Of NYC Libraries @CopFreeLibrary]

Welcome new followers. There are so many amazing people working towards #CopFreeLibraries. Please read the Teen Vogue article and follow and support @Lib4AllSTL, https://t.co/CYc5xoDnO2, https://t.co/uJXKMuG6ku

[Police Out Of NYC Libraries @CopFreeLibrary]

Thanks @TeenVogue for this and for the shoutout. Under-resourced communities are policed disproportionately in libraries. Libraries are some of the last public spaces for folks to go, and we are constantly telling certain people they don’t belong. That’s fucking bullshit.

[Police Out Of NYC Libraries @CopFreeLibrary]

We need to stop criminalizing and policing our patrons. Cops have no place in our libraries or our communities. #CopFreeLibrary #Abolition

[Police Out Of NYC Libraries @CopFreeLibrary]

Thanks @TeenVogue for this and for the shoutout. Under-resourced communities are policed disproportionately in libraries. Libraries are some of the last public spaces for folks to go, and we are constantly telling certain people they don’t belong. That’s fucking bullshit.

[Teen Vogue @TeenVogue]

In cities like Los Angeles, activists are working to end contracts between local police forces and public libraries. https://t.co/dXWUvkoMDy

[Project NIA @projectnia]

Guess what? We're doing it again! The application for the 2021 Abolitionist Youth Organizing Institute (AYO, NYC!) is now LIVE. Due on March 1st. Link: https://t.co/I60NtG0Wae

You can check out info about last year's institute at our padlet: https://t.co/icnnCsi1cw

[Project LETS @projectlets]

People need to be able to talk about suicide without being afraid of police involvement, incarceration, or commitment in a psychiatric facility.

[NYC Books Through Bars @BtBsNYC]

*** February bundle for NYC Books Through Bars***
February's picks feature chess strategy, chess literature, and a new graphic history of the Black Panther Party.
https://t.co/8aYfA1Cp6e

[Hadas Thier @HadasThier]

NY is the most unequal state in the country. We're facing a $60 billion budget shortfall and Cuomo is already cutting funding for Medicaid, MTA, public schools.

It's way past time to #TaxTheRich

NYers, get involved with @nycDSA's campaign: https://t.co/OZ8Cadj2e2

[Police Out Of NYC Libraries @CopFreeLibrary]

Thank you to everyone that came to our first community conversation last night. It was rejuvenating to connect with so many amazing people that want, and are working towards, a #CopFreeLibrary. Cops have no place in our libraries or our communities. #Abolition

[Bluestockings Cooperative @bluestockings]

Amazing new zine resource s/o @prisonculture 🎉 “Police Abolition 101” is a collab zine based on material by MPD 150 + a report "What's Next?" edited by @interruptcrim + @projectnia. It was illustrated and designed by Noah Jodice! https://t.co/JccUvf5ktE