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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Library Cooperatives of Michigan Present:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <b>Library Advocacy and Everylibrary with John Chrastka, Founder and Director of Everylibrary
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i>EveryLibrary’s founder is John Chrastka, a long-time library trustee, supporter, and advocate. John is a former partner in AssociaDirect, a Chicago-based consultancy focused
on supporting associations in membership recruitment, conference, and governance activities. He is a former president and member of the Board of Trustees for the <a href="http://www.berwynlibrary.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Berwyn
(IL) Public Library</span></a> (2006 – 2015) and is a former president of the Reaching Across Illinois Libraries System (<a href="http://www.nslsilus.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">RAILS</span></a>) multi-type library
system. He is co-author of “Before the Ballot; Building Support for Library Funding.” and “Winning Elections and Influencing Politicians for Library Funding.” Before his work at AssociaDirect, he was Director for Membership Development at the American Library
Association (<a href="http://www.ala.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">ALA</span></a>) and a co-founder of the Ed Tech startup ClassMap. He was named a 2014 Mover & Shaker by Library Journal and tweets <a href="https://twitter.com/mrchrastka" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">@mrchrastka</span></a>.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> January 21, 1-2 PM on Zoom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="gmail-kma42e"><a href="https://woodlands.zoom.us/j/85401345794?pwd=L1VH1lEmCSyu2YJLSY9ncOSYLannx9.1" target="_blank">https://woodlands.zoom.us/j/85401345794?pwd=L1VH1lEmCSyu2YJLSY9ncOSYLannx9.1</a></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">This session will be recorded and shared with Cooperative Directors to distribute afterwards for those who can’t make it live.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">We hope you can join us to learn more about library advocacy and the mission, work, and resources of Everylibrary.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bliss Pro";color:black">Andrea Estelle, MLIS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:LillyBelle;color:#8A2CC4">Brighten the Corner Where You Are!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bliss Pro"">Cooperative Director
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bliss Pro"">Southwest Michigan Library Cooperative<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bliss Pro"">401 Dix Street, Otsego MI 49078<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://smlccooperative.com/"><span style="color:blue">https://smlccooperative.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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