Beth Thomas

Middle school librarian she/her/hers, dog-rescuer, #EFC, BA Drew University, MLIS Rutgers. Views my own.

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

COME ON YOU BLUES! Married to a @NUFC and @Phillies fan. I’m
a @Everton and @Mets fan so this will be an interesting day #UTFT #LetsGoMets ⚽️ ⚾️ ❤️

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

I just made a donation to Texas Freedom to Read Project. Join me in supporting the freedom to read https://t.co/LUSy7mh5gc

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: https://t.co/ZsO7ZCqF9z

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

@sassy_librarian @NJASL Thank you for speaking at this meeting and for sitting through hours and hours of testimony. And for continually fighting for the freedom to read!

[NJEA @NJEA]

This week's NJ County Teacher of the Year spotlight goes to Joe Nappi! He is the 2024 NJ Teacher of the Year and a 2024 NEA Teacher of the Year finalist! 🌟🔦✨📣 Joe is a social studies teacher at Monmouth Regional High School in the Monmouth Regional School District. #WEareNJEA

[Mary Moyer @mmoyerlib]

Ready to support the NJ Freedom to Read bill A3446 ⁦@NJASL⁩ ⁦@njla⁩ ⁦@NJEA⁩ ⁦@EveryLibrary⁩ ⁦@ALALibrary⁩

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

@MattFriedmanNJ This clip immediately comes to mind

[Mary Moyer @mmoyerlib]

Great news. NJ A3446 was voted out of the Assembly Education Committee. Now unto the next step. Thanks to all the other members of the Committee who voted yes!!! And yes ⁦@GovMurphy⁩ reading books is better than banning books. ⁦@NJASL⁩ @njla @njea

[Matt Friedman @MattFriedmanNJ]

Some of the witnesses at the "Freedom to Read" Act hearing stress that they don't oppose books because they have gay characters or authors but because of explicit images. But this woman was one of the witnesses https://t.co/6pBFUHBxia

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

@Allirish120 Thank you Colleen!

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: https://t.co/TMILT1M6sb

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

@breicher @NJASL @SchoolLibLN @MediaLiteracyEd @NJECC @USRLibrary 💞

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

Happy #SchoolLibrarianDay 🎉Loved seeing this video of my friend and @njasl President-Elect Karen Grant share who inspired her to become a #schoollibrarian https://t.co/5b5KEo3s0K @ALALibrary @NJEA @NewJerseyDOE @njsba @NJPSA @AbbottElemABC @LisaAnnWalter @thesherylralph

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

@Boss_Librarian @JerryCraft @dcpublicschools @EveryLibrary @WTUTeacher @charlesallen @W6PSPO @DcpsLibrary @Janeese4DC @LibraryPolicy @ALA_Booklist @sljournal You are a superstar!

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

@angiecthomas Thank you Angie’s mom! We need to get her together with @IamGMJohnson’s mom and aunts.

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

@NJ1ST_ Maybe if there was a mental health lobbying group as powerful as the NRA more House Republicans would vote yes to those bills. From what I am hearing, Card’s mental health problems were known and he received treatment for them.

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

Tweeting @CongressmanKean bc I want an actual reply to my email and not a canned one:

Dear Congressman Kean,

I was going to respond to this email when you sent it in May. I decided not to because I knew there would be another opportunity in the near future to send my response.

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

@NJ1ST_ 1. Yes this is a political query because I was contacting my representative.
2. Include mental health?Because the GOP has been so united in passing bills supporting mental health funding in the past?

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

The answer is because our government refuses to take any meaningful action and continues to hide behind second amendment rights. A reminder that this amendment was written when citizens had access to muskets, not AR-15s.

[Beth Thomas @bibliobeth]

That opportunity happened yesterday in Maine. The entire state is under lockdown because of one person who had access to an assault weapon. We are now beyond the "Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners."