SRRT Demonstrations, Awards, and Toolkit
1969: Librarians for Peace Brigade, Anti-Vietnam march in Washington, DC.
1971
Sit-in at IFC meeting to promote equality policy by sexual orientation
"Kiss-In" at the "Hug a Homosexual Booth" with JMRT
1st Annual Gay Book Awards
Demonstration Against Sexist Children's Books at Newbury-Caldecott Dinner
Male Chauvinism Awards
Sit-in at the Library of Congress to Protest Firing of Black Staff
1974: 1st Alternative Press Book Fair
1980: 1st annual Coretta Scott King Award Breakfast
1989: Delegation to March on Washington for Women's Rights
1992: 1st annual Feminist Author Breakfast
1993: Rally and March for Gay and Lesbian Rights at Colorado Capitol
1995
Demonstration in Support of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Enola Gay Poster Session (material censored from the Smithsonian exhibit)
1999: Demonstration against Former General Colin Powell as Keynote Speaker
2001: 1st annual Amelia Bloomer Project Awards (for feminist youth books, now called Rise: A Feminist Book Project)
2003: SRRT Party and Welcome to Cuban Librarians
2005: Protest against the Disney Corporation
2011: Leafleting for UNITE HERE to honor boycott of Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego
2012: Extending Our Reach: Reducing Homelessness Through Library Engagement toolkit
2015: Book drive with the San Francisco Public Library and five local organizations for homeless shelters and transitional housing
2017: SRRT members attending ALA Annual helped organize a large contingent of librarians to join the March for Women and Social Justice in Atlanta.
2019
Herb Biblo Outstanding Leadership Award for Social Justice & Equality approved
Protest against the CIA's presence in the exhibit hall
2022: SRRT members attending ALA Annual demonstrated in Washington, DC after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
2025: Joined demo in solidarity with UNITE HERE Local 274 in Philadelphia
Learn about our other activism activities by visiting our Resolution Archive, Statements, and Newsletter Archive.
