National library association comment on Lafayette controversy
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A national library association has called on Lafayette s library board to reconsider a recent vote to decline a grant that would have funded a program about voting rights.
On February 2, the American Library Association and its division serving trustees, United for Libraries, sent a letter to the Lafayette Public Library Board of Control, urging them to reconsider their vote to refuse a grant and cancel a program on the history of voting rights.
The letter addresses the Lafayette Parish Library Board of Controlâs January 25th vote to reject a $2,700 grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. The grant is part of LEHâs âWhy It Matters: Civic and Electoral Participationâ initiative which supports the LEH program âWho Gets to Vote?â, which aims to engage the public in a series of discussions on the history of votingâand ef
UPDATE: State Senator issues statement on library board grant controversy
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LAFAYETTE, La. â The Lafayette Parish Library Board has set a special meeting for tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the appointment of an interim director.
Today, State Sen. Gerald Boudreaux and the ACLU issued statements about the ongoing controversy involving the Lafayette Parish Library Board of Control s rejection of a grant to fund a discussion of voting rights.
Controversy erupted last week after the board rejected a small grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities that would have funded the presentation of a program about the history of voting rights. The director of the library abruptly resigned after that board action.
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Are there opposing views to voting rights history in the United States? According to some Board members of the Lafayette Parish Library in Louisiana, there are, and by not presenting opposing sides, the library isn’t serving its patrons well.
Teresa Elberson, a long-time employee of the Lafayette Parish library and current system director, stepped down from her post suddenly on Friday, January 29, following a clash with the library board. Members of the board believed that speakers she’d lined up to discuss a history of voting rights with her community were too “far left” and did not represent the community at large.
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If you, like me, have ever wanted to be able to articulate responses to Tara Donovan’s something-extraordinary-from-nothing-special installations that are fitter for intelligent company than, “WTF, how did she do this?!” then Wednesday afternoon presents a golden opportunity.
To provide the high-level context Donovan’s current solo show at Pace’s New York flagship (through March 6) deserves, the gallery will host an online panel discussion between Museum of Contemporary Art Denver curator Nora Abrams, University of Chicago professor and Smart Museum of Art adjunct curator Christine Mehring, and UC Santa Barbara art and architectural history professor Jenni Sorkin. Mark Beasley, curatorial director of Pace Live, will handle moderating duties. Join me on the path to enlightenment.