Several library directors from the region, including Leland Township’s Mark Morton, Suttons Bay-Bingham District’s Nellie Danke, and Traverse Area District’s Michele Howard, traveled to the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing for Library Advocacy Day on April 30 .
The Michigan library community meets with legislators every year to advocate for library funding and support, and are able to share things like their library’s impact in the community and the many services they provide. This year’s Michigan Library Association (MLA) advocacy day theme was “libraries light the way!” As part of the day’s activities, the MLA arranges legislative visits with library director’s area representatives, senators, and staffers to discuss hopes and concerns.
Morton, Danke, Howard, and other library staff from the Grand Traverse/Leelanau region and surrounding areas met with legislators like Rep. Betsy Coffia, as well as staff from Sen. John Damoose’s office.
