With recent political efforts to restrict which books people have access to, Roosevelt Weeks wants to make sure people know the library is there for them.
Austin Public Library's
top director says he's working to make sure everyone feels welcomed and seen at the library system's branches.For Roosevelt Weeks, some books are worth fighting for – and that's exactly what he's doing to make sure everyone feels represented by the books in Austin's libraries. "Our theme is 'libraries for all.' Anybody and everybody, any walk of life can come into our library and feel comfortable," Weeks said.
"When people can look in a book and say, 'This is going to help me. If this person felt, I mean, dealt with these struggles, I can deal with them, too,'" Weeks said.Sasha Knight," which is about a missing girl and gives an inside look at life in Jamaica in the '80s and '90s.Its author, Sean Godfrey, works at the library. He said it's important that people have opportunities to learn about their culture or see their own culture represented.
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