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SUMMARY:Empowering Friend Groups: Advocacy & Get Out The Vote for Your
  Library
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DTSTAMP:20260422T174700Z
DTSTART:20250716T170000Z
DTEND:20250716T183000Z
LOCATION:Suffolk Cooperative Library System, 627 North Sunrise Service Roa
 d, Bellport, NY 11713, United States
ROOM: Auditorium
DESCRIPTION:Learn how your Friends of the Library group—or any group of 
 library supporters—can effectively organize Get Out The Vote (GOTV) and 
 letter-writing campaigns to advocate for your library’s needs and future
 . This session will cover what messages you can and cannot share under leg
 al and ethical guidelines, how to stay nonpartisan while still being persu
 asive, and how to collaborate with partners such as library staff, advocac
 y organizations, and community leaders to amplify your message. You'l
 l gain tools to craft clear, impactful messaging and understand why grassr
 oots advocacy is crucial to protecting and promoting public libraries.All 
 Suffolk library friends groups are welcome to a light lunch and an opportu
 nity to network with other library friends groups.Agenda1:00p - 1:10p Welc
 ome & Lunch (Kevin Verbesey, Executive Director, Suffolk Cooperative L
 ibrary System)  1:10p - 1;45p Empowering Friends Groups (Lisa Kropp, Dire
 ctor, Lindenhurst Public Library and Past President, New York Library Asso
 ciation & Lisa Scott, League of Women Voters) 1:45p - 2:30p  Network
 ing
URL:https://portal.suffolklibrarysystem.org/event/friends-group-roundtable
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