Good morning! We hope you’ll join MLA today for a special Friday afternoon edition of our MLA Connect Advocacy Hour! This afternoon at 3:30 PM, we will welcome Michigan State Senator Ed McBroom and MLA Lobbyist Bob Devries for a discussion on the difference between penal fines and civil fines, and the ripple effects on library funding as a result of criminal justice reform. Join us to learn more about civil fines and penal fines, how these fines fund libraries, and the laws that surround them. Senator McBroom represents Michigan’s 38th Senate District, located in the Upper Peninsula, and Chairs the Senate Natural Resources and Oversight Committees. Follow the link below to register for upcoming MLA Advocacy Hours. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvdOCtrDsuG921ngWFgMjdNXSw4rqSDSl... Happy Friday! Kind regards, Rachel [cidimage002.png@01D73C4D.ABEAD040] Rachel Ash Membership and Communications Director Michigan Library Association 3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100 Lansing, MI 48911 Phone: (517) 394-2774 ext. 2 Direct: 517-881-6652 *Please note new number milibraries.org rfash@milibraries.org<mailto:%0bmilibraries.org%0brfash@milibraries.org> Follow MLA on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/MichiganLibraryAssociation> and Twitter<https://twitter.com/mlaoffice>!