Dear editor, I am a Texas native who grew up on the Gulf Coast and migrated to Central Texas for college. My husband and I are proud members of the Taylor community, and my father and sister are proud members of the Georgetown community.
My life has been profoundly shaped by my access to public and school library resources, so much so, that I completed my graduate studies at the UT School for Library and Information Science in order to be part of a long legacy of people and movements dedicated to securing people’s right to access trustworthy information.
Libraries not only provide access to fiction, poetry, technical manuals, journalism and scholarship, they are one of the last remaining public spaces where anyone can go to receive critical information, literary training, learn to prepare a resume, and access the internet to search and apply for jobs.
Please, please do everything you can to leverage your public platform to support these critical public spaces. Libraries provide access to ideas and resources that give people from all socio-economic backgrounds the tools they need to vision new possibilities, and to take agency over their lives. They are not “nice-to-haves,” they are foundational to a healthy and informed society.
Sincerely, Jessica Meyerson jessica@educopia.org 301 Lizzie Street Taylor, TX 76574
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