Finally had the chance to watch The Librarians. Inspiring. Thank you @librarianjones.com and all others involved. Proud to be a school Librarian. thelibrariansfilm.com

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

"Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved. Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath, but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion."

@durbin.senate.gov Hold the Line! ACA subsidies need to be part of the deal. Not a promise that they won’t keep anyway! Hold the line!

To welcome and defend children, then, is to turn toward Jesus himself. And to turn away from children—to neglect, starve, or endanger them—is to extend the crucifixion to them, writes Yanan Melo. sojo.net/articles/opi...

I’m deeply concerned about my students’ opportunities to eat after next week. I’ve started a monthly donation to The Chicago Food Depository. My school distributes food from them to the neighborhood monthly. It used to be bimonthly. Will you join me? www.chicagosfoodbank.org/find-food-2/

My husband and I are traveling across country so will miss #nokings rally home. But we stopped and visited one along the way.

Today, in the face of Trump’s attacks on our schools and communities, Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed a historic $1 billion TIF surplus in his 2026 “Protect Chicago” budget. Now City Council must meet the moment and vote YES to fund our schools. This is Chicago’s tradition of solidarity.

Happy Indigenous People’s Day.

The "common good" is a set of shared values about what we owe one another as citizens who are bound together in the same society. A concern for the common good—keeping the common good in mind—is a moral attitude. It recognizes that we’re all in it together.

Our country is deep in murky shadows. I'm standing on my front stoop holding a candle and ringing a bell and listening for your bells and looking for your candles. I hope you don't feel alone either. 🔔🕯️

This will help you find a public radio or television station that stands to lose 50 percent or more of its revenue:

That last line hits hard

Just watched one video of police walking an elderly veteran in handcuffs away from a protest against the military parade followed by a video of Pete Buttigieg talking about delivering a flag to family of a soldier who died in the line of duty. The dissonance is jarring.

Just finished. Loved. Stories remind us who we are. Everyone is my neighbor. ❤️ Thank you @kellybarnhill.bsky.social‬

“There are subtle, yet powerful, influences in the world, some even claiming to represent Christ, that seek to divide people and nations to accomplish their destructive aims. That which seeks to harden one human heart against another by constructing walls of fear and prejudice is not of God.”

My school in CPS needs a gym teacher. It’s a pk-8 school on the west side. CPS starting salary for 1st yr teachers is 67k. Great pension. Strong union. I love living in Chicago. Come work with me.

Attended talk by @ibramxk.bsky.social about his new book Malcom Lives! As a CPS librarian I am deeply grateful for this accessible story about a pivotal change maker in American history. Excited to share with my students.

Such a strange thing when the pillars of your childhood - the adults you loved and looked up to - begin to diminish and pass on. Grandparents, uncles, aunts. You expect it of course. But it’s like watching the edge of the world fall away.

Interesting but not surprising to this Gen-Xer that is a rock and roll magazine speaking truth to power. In the 80s it was the rockers that spoke out about the AIDS epidemic and world hunger.

“over the next three years, nearly a hundred librarians will be added to schools, and class sizes will decrease. “ #edusky www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Passion Week, we remember the God of Love and Justice seen in Jesus Christ …not the god of empire …not the idol of nationalism …not the god of worldly “greatness” …not the idol of self & self-obsession …not the god of wrath & death …but the opportunity to see God in the cross & new life. #cofchrist

Chicago #handsoff

Phonebanked for the first time tonight. Awkward but will get better. Glad to contribute to the fight against the billionaire purchase of our govt in a small way.

OMG! What an ending! Loved reading this book! #Books #BookSky

It’s better if I don’t start cleaning because then I don’t see all the things that need cleaning.

In wealthy nations, political ideologies that substitute churches and charity for democratic social policies and legal protections for the poor, vulnerable, and at-risk are a naked defense of empire and disposable people.

Just finished my new favorite book. Hopeful and true.

I contacted the Cook County State’s Attorney office. This program potentially helps my students. Decisions like this could further undermine them. Restorative Justice is needed. Act locally.

@rweingarten.bsky.social Nation wide Teacher march on Washington?

An Open Letter to Community of Christ USA RE: Community of Christ’s Voice in Current Politics #cofchrist #PeaceAndJustice #speakout #PropheticPeople www.mattfrizzell.org/post/open-le...

Not long ago I stood with a small group of my faith community after spending a weekend discussing how to grow our littlests in faith. I took communion. Standing with those who gathered out of love, honoring Christ and the community he inspires (Acts 2) it felt like resistance. Let us resist.

Kid lit has many scenarios that could help us talk to kids about what’s going on right now. Thinking of Umbridge & her decrees in Harry Potter - the EOs from 47 & Miss Honey in Matilda - taught what was good for her students right under Trunchbull’s nose. What do u think of? #kidlit #TLsky #edusky

Not seeing much this morning about the radical indoctrination EO. How can school districts stand for what’s right and still pay for the services our students desperately need? Of course we stand but the pressure to provide is already so high.

No chips in our heads or Orwellian screens needed. They don’t watch us, we watch the screens and consume the outrage. Fearful and disgusted people are easily manipulated. We vote for the fantasy of power we wish we independently had, then have to live with the consequences. #media #neuromartketing

@katemessner.com I see you have a History Smashers book about the Underground Railroad. Any thought about ones for The Great Migration or The Harlem Renaissance? Do you recommend any graphics novels already written on those topics?

Democracy, basic rights, and simple 'do unto others' morality protect us - and all faceless people and groups - from being treated as objects, capital, simply 'enemies' and 'others.' #resist; #democracy; #dountoothers

I’ve been teaching about the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, and the life of Coretta Scott King in my library this past month. Next week I’m going to introduce my students to Misty Copeland. No change in DEI policy will change my plans. Because I’m not teaching DEI. I’m teaching history.

School librarians provide access to information. Why won’t CPS support librarians for ALL students in Chicago? Who benefits from limiting access to info for marginalized students? 🤔 @ctulocal1.bsky.social is bargaining to return a librarian to every school. knowledgequest.aasl.org/navigating-c...

“The "golden age" Trump promises with policies against DEI, transgender persons, and immigrants make naked America's obsession with supremacy and empire on the backs of others. MAGA's formula is as old as colonization, slavery, and the American experiment.”

If CPS truly values literacy, why isn’t it returning librarians to every school? CEdO Chkoumbova spoke about the importance of literacy instruction. But CPS is silent about a proven way to improve literacy: a certified school librarian in every school www.americanprogress.org/article/inve...