150 - IMLS destruction feat. Kelly Jensen

We’re talking with Kelly about the IMLS executive order and fallout. 

 

Kelly on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/heykellyjensen.bsky.social 

Literary Activism Newsletter: https://bookriot.com/newsletter/literary-activism/ 

Media mentioned

https://mn.gov/mmb/budget/federal-investments/data-and-reporting/

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-beach-moca-museum-of-contemporary-art-federal-grant-terminated/291-bbbaeb6f-6954-4f3a-ab6d-96d63b962619 May 11

 

IMLS stories

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.59257/gov.uscourts.rid.59257.64.0.pdf (May 21)

https://bookriot.com/trump-seeks-stay-in-imls-injunction-sonderling-bashes-imls-employees-in-declaration/ (May 20)

https://www.wordsandmoney.com/ala-urges-court-to-deny-dojs-motion-for-reconsideration-in-imls-case/ (May 14)

https://bookriot.com/massive-victory-in-lawsuit-filed-against-trump-administrations-dismantling-of-imls/ (May 13)

https://bookriot.com/the-latest-from-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services/ (May 6, 2025)

https://bookriot.com/recent-attacks-on-libraries/ (Apr 15, 2025)

https://bookriot.com/imls-gutted/  (Mar 31, 2025)

Labor Lessons from the US South event: bit.ly/laborlessons 

Live show tickets: https://bit.ly/librarypunklive25 

Conference sticker fundraiser: https://ko-fi.com/s/8b9407ef58 

Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG 

Transcripts: https://pastecode.io/s/57rpgz05 (more disjointed than usual due to recording issue)