In Summary
- Library board meeting Weds. Jan. 21st at the Downtown Library at 6:00
- Upcoming screenings of The Librarians on Feb. 1, 21, and 24
Library Board Meetings
The library trustees will meet tonight at the Downtown Library. Washoe County Human Resources will provide an update on the recruitment process for the Washoe County Library System Director.
Wednesday (today) at 6:00 p.m. at the Downtown Reno Library.
Check out our guide to giving public comment to help express yourself to our library board!
Save the Dates!
Freedom to Read and the Radical Cat are co-hosting three free screenings of the brand-new PBS documentary The Librarians, which follows a courageous network of besieged librarians as they unite to examine how book restriction policies are shaping library collections. Join us Sunday, February 1st at 2 PM at the Downtown Library (301 Center St) and Saturday, February 21st at 2 PM at the Sparks Library (1125 12th Street).
There will also be a third showing that will be co-hosted by Rad Cat, Freedom to read, KUNR and the UNR library on Feb. 24th at 6:00 at the Wells Fargo Auditorium in the UNR Knowledge Center. All screenings are free and open to all. Discussion with advocates and librarians will follow screenings. Come learn more and get involved!
Please spread the word about these showings in your networks, and feel free to share or post the flier image from the top of this email.
Local Mutual Aid & Activism Events
Good Neighbors Warming Centers are up and running for the winter. If you want to volunteer and help keep women and families warm this winter, email: goodneighborsreno@gmail.com.
Every Saturday, 10-12pm, Bennett Park: Biggest Little Food Not Bombs serves free meals.
Every Sunday, 4:30pm and 6pm, Hampton House Gardens: Reno Family Dinner, and all are welcome.
Every other Sunday, 12pm, Center of Influence food pantry; 2pm, parking lot at Evans Ave and East 6th Street: Reno Burrito Project rolls burritos at the food pantry and distributes them in the parking lot.
Every Monday, 6-7pm, Our Center: Mutual Aid Network Northern Nevada hosts Mutual Aid Mondays to discuss what local mutual aid groups are up to and how we can support each other. They also post a weekly mutual aid calendar on their social media.
Every Tuesday, 6pm, Believe Plaza: Family Soup Mutual Aid distributes hot food and necessities to anyone in need, no questions asked. Check out their LinkTree to sign up for their newsletter, donate via Venmo, or volunteer to bring food!
Every Tuesday, 6-8pm, Our Center: Trans Support Reno hosts meetings for 18+ trans, nonbinary, gender questioning, gender nonconforming, and other gender fuckery folks. The first, third, and fourth Tuesdays are for emotional support; the second an informal topic-based meeting. The LGBTQ+ support group is every other Wednesday from 5:30-7pm; sign-ups are at the link.
Every other Wednesday, 6-7pm, Holland Project and online: Reno Sparks Tenant Union meetings, where new members are always welcome. They released a zine to help organize your neighbors! (IG)
CodePink Reno hosts regular meetings.
Every Friday from 12-1pm: Laundry to the People offers a laundry service to our unhoused neighbors at Champion Laundry Center (1301 S Wells Ave). They’re always in need of supplies like laundry detergent, heavy-duty trash bags, color-safe bleach, fabric softener, and dryer sheets. If you can’t meet up with them on Friday, you can bring donations to The Rad Cat!
Other local mutual-aid or similar organizations worth following:
Wild West Abortion Fund, funding abortions in Nevada (IG)
Reno Sunrise Movement, empowering community to fight against the climate crisis
MaskBloc Reno, providing KN95/N95+ masks and rapid antigen tests to fight the continuing spread of COVID-19
Biggest Free Little Pantry, stocking food pantries for those in need at multiple locations (IG)
In Solidarity,
FtR-NV Steering Committee
Freedom to Read Nevada 
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