Thanks to Alan Inouye, ALA Senior Director, Public Policy & Government Relations, for sharing:

Upcoming Sessions at 2021 ALA Virtual Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits (registration closes on Tuesday, 1/19):

A special conversation with ALA President and Senator Jack Reed [Saturday, 3:40 - 4:00 p.m., central]

https://www.eventscribe.net/2021/ALA-Midwinter/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=835698&query=jack%20reed

ALA Closing Session Speaker: Dr. Jill Biden [Monday, 11:15 a.m. to Noon, central]

https://www.eventscribe.net/2021/ALA-Midwinter/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=802554&query=biden

Navigating Advocacy in a Virtual World [on-demand]

https://www.eventscribe.net/2021/ALA-Midwinter/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=806258&query=advocacy

New Directions from State and Federal Policy Makers. Maximize your Influence! [on-demand]

https://www.eventscribe.net/2021/ALA-Midwinter/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=806260

Libraries Build Business Lunch & Learn: Project Update [on-demand]

https://www.eventscribe.net/2021/ALA-Midwinter/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=806256

Rep. Andy Levin on tour at Clinton-Macomb Public Library (Michigan)

https://twitter.com/RepAndyLevin/status/1349075926966013954

https://twitter.com/RepAndyLevin/status/1349033144767315971

$5 million increase for IMLS in FY21 budget

https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1341502162552172544

ALA joined AFSCME, AFT, NEA, SEIU, and other public interest groups in a letter to the incoming Biden-Harris Administration to urge federal aid to state and local governmental entities be included in Covid-19 relief and recovery bills.

https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1351105840934227968

https://www.afscme.org/blog/as-biden-harris-take-over-afscme-renews-calls-for-federal-aid-for-public-services?utm_content=bufferdf77f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

OMB expanded eligibility for discounted fees for FOIA requests from "teachers or students" to "faculty, staff, or students"--thus including librarians. ALA filed comments with AALL and ARL.

https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1346029849488588804

"Food, Shelter, and the Public Library" by Sari Feldman, in Publishers Weekly

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/85277-food-shelter-and-the-public-library.html

Op-ed on the formerly incarcerated and how libraries help them re-enter society, by Alan Inouye and Emily Mooney (R Street Institute)

https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1344089628140318726

https://alansinouye.medium.com/how-libraries-enable-reentry-post-incarceration-and-tend-to-public-health-needs-ce312289108b