Please join us tomorrow afternoon as we welcome John Chrastka from Everylibrary! [LCM Logo] Library Cooperatives of Michigan Present: Library Advocacy and Everylibrary with John Chrastka, Founder and Director of Everylibrary EveryLibrary's founder is John Chrastka, a long-time library trustee, supporter, and advocate. John is a former partner in AssociaDirect, a Chicago-based consultancy focused on supporting associations in membership recruitment, conference, and governance activities. He is a former president and member of the Board of Trustees for the Berwyn (IL) Public Library<http://www.berwynlibrary.org/> (2006 - 2015) and is a former president of the Reaching Across Illinois Libraries System (RAILS<http://www.nslsilus.org/>) multi-type library system. He is co-author of "Before the Ballot; Building Support for Library Funding." and "Winning Elections and Influencing Politicians for Library Funding." Before his work at AssociaDirect, he was Director for Membership Development at the American Library Association (ALA<http://www.ala.org/>) and a co-founder of the Ed Tech startup ClassMap. He was named a 2014 Mover & Shaker by Library Journal and tweets @mrchrastka<https://twitter.com/mrchrastka>. January 21, 1-2 PM on Zoom https://woodlands.zoom.us/j/85401345794?pwd=L1VH1lEmCSyu2YJLSY9ncOSYLannx9.1 This session will be recorded and shared with Cooperative Directors to distribute afterwards for those who can't make it live. We hope you can join us to learn more about library advocacy and the mission, work, and resources of Everylibrary. Andrea Estelle, MLIS Brighten the Corner Where You Are! Cooperative Director * Southwest Michigan Library Cooperative 401 Dix Street, Otsego MI 49078 https://smlccooperative.com/