Looking for a Giving Tuesday recipient? May we suggest @tkoalabama.bsky.social, the preeminent Black TLGB+ advocacy org in Alabama? www.tkosociety.org/donate

#TDoR #TransDayOfRemembrance

Via @rchapoco.bsky.social: The Alabama Public Library Service Board Thursday is expected to vote on whether to restore state aid for Fairhope Public Library, and another proposal to further restrict minors from library materials that positively depict transgender individuals.

A young Black man has been displaced by the carceral system and is now in need of funds to stay out of jail. Any amount, as well as sharing this campaign, helps.

The board meets TODAY. Can you help us reach 1000 signatures by 4pm?

The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library board meeting is this Tuesday, November 18, at 4pm at the North Huntsville Public Library. Even if you can't attend, please sign our petition calling on the board to refuse the APLS's transphobic rule changes: actionnetwork.org/petitions/hm...

Huntsville-Madison County Public Library has compiled an extensive guide to social services, ranging from food banks to utilities assistance to disability support and more, in Madison County: guides.hmcpl.org/socialservices.

Abridged transcript: This Halloween, be the village! If you're passing out candy this year, consider adding shelf-stable kid foods to your treat bucket! Ideas to include: ramen cups, microwave mac & cheese, protein bar, snack pudding packs, chips or pretzels, mini muffins.

Big weekend coming up! First, come see us at @indivisible5al.bsky.social's Hay Day Festival this Saturday, Oct. 25, 2-5pm at Butler Green -- then at @rainbowtrouble.bsky.social's Prideoween Picnic this Sunday, Oct. 26, 11am-4pm at Ditto Landing 🦇🎃🍂

📢 Take action! 📢 As the House and Senate continue to work on 12 spending bills for fiscal year 2026 both chambers are planning to increase funding for ICE adding onto the $45 billion ICE just received in the reconciliation bill. NO MORE money for Trump's cruel plans. Act now: bit.ly/noicefunding

It's not too late to write in to the APLS board about their transphobic and unconstitution admin code changes, no matter where you are in the state; just write and sign a letter using Read Freely's online template by **12pm tomorrow, 10/14**, and they'll deliver your letter by the 4:30pm deadline.

Come see me at Gold Sprint TODAY to get your written comments to the APLS board on time!

CORRECTION: I'll be at Gold Sprint tomorrow, Sun. Oct 12, 11am-5pm!

Come see me at Lowe Mill on the patio between doors 14 and 15!

Nothing less than freedom, justice and self-determination! Palestinian civil society reacts to the Trump-Netanyahu genocidal plan with 5 fundamental points. Read more ⬇️ loom.ly/KStXm2A

Simplified transcript: SPLC AL. Learn about threats to our libraries - Join us! Thurs. Oct. 9, 2025 6-7:30pm Huntsville, AL RSVP: splcenter.org/huntsvilleforum @readfreelyal.bsky.social, Empowering Women's Causes, and @altrac.works

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/alabama-special-olympics-event-needs-600-volunteers-and-time-is-running-out.html  The Madison County Special Olympics at Milton Frank Stadium is less than three weeks away, but organizers are still in need of hundreds of volunteers.

There's still time to write a public comment in opposition to the transphobic state public library code changes! More info at bit.ly/4gub7gz

There are still a couple events left in this year's week of action for Palestinian liberation, brought to us by the Young Palestinians of Huntsville and the Muslim Student Association at UAH! 🇵🇸

Free #BannedBooksWeek webinar. Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work. See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events

Join @splcenter.org, Empowering Women's Causes, @altrac.works, and @readfreelyal.bsky.social on Thursday, 10/9 for an educational panel titled "Recognizing the Divisive Concepts Used Against Public Libraries." More info and registration at www.splcenter.org/huntsville-f...

All we need is 2 minutes of your time to fight what would be a massive blow to trans folks, especially our youth. Come find me outside Dragon's Forge today!

Have you written to the APLS board to tell them to reject the proposed code changes which would ban trans-positive materials from Alabama libraries? Come see us and @at-the-root.bsky.social at Lowe Mill (in Huntsville) tomorrow; we’ll help you write to the APLS board. You CAN make a difference!

The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice is building an Alabama Rapid Response Mutual Aid Fund for families impacted by ICE detention. Learn more and donate at bit.ly/ALrapidrespo....

Liberals made a habit of throwing the most marginalized under the bus to save their own skins. Now, all that was allowed against the disenfranchised is impacting them, and suddenly, there has never been a greater need for revolution. It's time for those abandoned by their supposed allies to lead.

They know the realities of the system because they weren't able to ignore its violence. We should be amplifying their voices because they have been forced to develop survival strategies for decades, if not centuries. We owe them the power that has been systemically stripped from them.

If you were shocked by the speed at which fascism took root, then you haven't been listening to those most system-impacted. Octavia Butler was less of a prophet and more of a sayer. Her superpower was speaking truthfully about her reality. It was a reality that most of America tried to ignore.

Register at bit.ly/HSVPostcardParty25

Correction: the meeting is TOMORROW, Tuesday 9/23

Alabama is targeting trans books, and we're teaming up with @altrac.works and @rainbowtrouble.bsky.social to fight back. We need YOU to send a letter to the APLS by Oct. 14 to OPPOSE these changes. Learn more and find our letter-writing resources, including printable postcards, at bit.ly/4gub7gz

While the four girls killed in the Sixteenth Baptist Church bombing are well known, stories of Virgil Ware & Johnnie Robinson, who were killed the same day, have remained largely untold. Historians have formed a new institute to tell their stories & more. www.al.com/news/birming...

First Book and Kwame Alexander's nonprofit One Word at a Time are joining forces for a Sept. 16 Literacy Pep Rally—a free, 30-minute virtual rally bringing authors into classrooms, libraries, and homes nationwide. Registration closes 9/15! https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/literacy-pep-rally

Today marks the first day of #LatineHeritageMonth! We’ve put together a (non-comprehensive) reading guide to help grow your TBR this Latine Heritage Month – and beyond!

It’s Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and, like every month, we’re here for our trans siblings. Here’s what we want you to know: ☎️ Gender affirming care is suicide prevention. ☎️ #SafeHotlines don’t call the cops without explicit consent. ☎️ The world is a better place with trans people in it! 🏳️‍⚧️✨

Abbreviated image transcript: On 9/11/25 we will present a resolution to the HSV City Council acknowledging the value and contributions of immigrant communities and remind leaders that HPD's mission includes defending everyone's Constitutional rights. Rally 4:30pm Mtg 5:30pm 305 Fountain Cir SW

The APLS has published a proposed rule change to remove "any material that promotes, encourages, or positively depicts transgender procedures, gender ideology, or the concept of more than two biological genders" from public libraries' youth collections. aplsws2.apls.state.al.us/publications...

The APLS will meet next month to try and codify the removal of all "positive depictions of trangenderism [sic]" from public libraries. Tell them NOW that this is not what we want for our neighbors, communities, and libraries! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ap...

TODAY

18-year-old Jabari Peoples was targeted and murdered by a Homewood police officer while simply sitting in his car with a friend. We demand transparency. We demand accountability. We demand justice for Jabari and every victim of police brutality. www.jabaripeoples.com/event-detail...

We, the undersigned, stand in strong support of Giovanna Hernandez, a beloved member of our community who is currently facing deportation after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on August 5, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama. chng.it/nSQ2DVGpHr

We join the people of Leeds, AL in demanding the release of and justice for social worker Giovanna Hernandez Martinez. #UnidosConGio linktr.ee/FREEGIO

We, the undersigned, stand in strong support of Giovanna Hernandez, a beloved member of our community who is currently facing deportation after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on August 5, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama. chng.it/nSQ2DVGpHr

Sign and share this petition to the board of the Huntsville Madison County Public Library. actionnetwork.org/petitions/hm... READ the petition to find out why this is important. SIGN to ask the HMCPL board and administration NOT TO COMPLY. SHARE the petition to help spread the word

On July 16, John Wahl sent a letter to AL public library directors advising them to “take immediate steps..to ensure that no federal grant funds are used to promote gender ideology.” The patrons of HMCPL call on the board and admin NOT TO COMPLY. actionnetwork.org/petitions/hm...

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/07/alea-investigation-into-jabari-peoples-shooting-is-nearly-complete-body-cam-video-to-be-released.html  The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s investigation into the deadly shooting of Jabari Peoples by a Homewood police officer is expected to be complete Friday.

#JusticeForJabariPeoples #BlackLivesMatter www.jabaripeoples.com

A librarian in Georgia was fired after being targeted by right wing Christians because she displayed a book about a trans boy after a child requested it be part of the display. Fight LGBTQ hate: contribute to her legal Go Fund Me & buy “When Aiden Became a Brother.” apple.news/A9Mf7gLQhTwq...

Bookshop.org is having an Anti-Prime Sale: free shipping through July 11!

Come see us at the Vincent Rutherford Equality Pride March, stepping off at 11am in Downtown HSV, and at the Cedaria Rion Pridefest on Butler Green starting at noon! 🤍🩷🩵🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 www.communitypridealliance.org