Who We Are
Mission
The Library Patrons Union is an explicitly leftist, community-run union of Hennepin County Library patrons, organizing for more just public libraries.
Vision
Based on our love and hope for the liberatory potential of public libraries, we envision a library system led collaboratively by the communities it serves, rooted in racial and social justice.
Values
- Libraries are necessary to a healthy society and must be expanded and improved alongside other public spaces and services.
- People of all ages and experiences hold valuable wisdom. Intergenerational, accessible organizing is vital to our success.
- Organizing is relational and to sustain this work we aim to move at the speed of trust.
- Membership will look different for each person. In celebration of that we uplift and create intentional and varied opportunities for engagement.
- We support local communities in taking action.
- As abolitionists we don’t use punishment or exile as organizing strategies.
- Practicing what we preach, we are curious about what we don’t know and able to engage in accountability.
Why organize around libraries?
