Children's Diversity & Justice Library

04/26/2026

All kids deserve to read about themselves and each other. They don’t need to be protected from the truth of each other or the world. They all need to see that every story is equally worthy.

04/25/2026

Free on PBS YouTube for two more weeks.

Couldn’t make it to one of the 100+ screenings of THE LIBRARIANS this National Library Week? Don’t forget that Kim A Snyder - Films’ award-winning documentary is still streaming for FREE on the PBS’ YouTube channel and app but only for TWO MORE WEEKS!

Wherever you are in the U.S., this weekend is the perfect time to watch our superhero librarians “show us that if you’re willing to not succumb to operating from a place of fear … you can actually affect change in your own town.” (Dallas Observer) Watch for free until May 9th and see why you should join them as a Freedom to Read advocate in your community.

Watch on YouTube now: https://tinyurl.com/TheLibrariansPBSYouTube

04/22/2026

Representation, and qualifications, matter.

Zohran Mamdani Appoints Black Le***an Librarian as Chief Keeper of NYC Records
https://www.them.us/story/zohran-mamdani-black-lesbian-librarian-shawnta-smith-cruz-records?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=app.dashsocial.com%2Fthem%2Flibrary%2Fmedia%2F665492333

04/22/2026

The American Library Association (ALA) says book bans remain stubbornly high, announcing that 2025 saw the second-highest documented level of book challenges, narrowly missing the top spo…

04/21/2026

It's National Library Workers Day - our favorite day of National Library Week!

Today we celebrate the hardworking, dedicated library professionals who power possibility in our neighborhoods, our schools, and our places of higher learning. As library workers across the U.S. continue to face challenges to their jobs and harassment from bad actors, it's essential we show up for them and voice our support for the work they do every day.

Thank you, library workers - libraries work because YOU do!

04/21/2026

Illinois made history as the first state to outlaw book bans once and for all.

Marginalizing people, ideas, or facts has no place in our state — and they have no place in a democracy.

This National Library Week, we continue our commitment to free thought and free speech.

04/10/2026

04/02/2026

We are grateful to a member of the for hosting the in Room H where our values and mission work together in the form of a growing collection of 3000 books to make this a reality.

04/02/2026

We are grateful to the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association, for their support of the CDJLibrary where we work together to provide free community lending access to diverse stories so that all people can both tell and learn from their stories.

Visit us in Room H Monday - Thursday 9:30am - 4:30pm and 5 - 8pm. Sundays 9:30am - 12:30pm. To learn how to borrow books, check out https://cdjlibrary.org/borrowcdjl

On a warm March day in Boston, UUA Publications Editor Larisa Hohenboken arrived at the State House with two bags of signs—and a shared commitment to protect the freedom to read.

Alongside UUA Publications Director Mary Benard, Larisa joined a coalition of authors, librarians, publishers, and advocates calling for legislation to safeguard the free exchange of ideas.

From meeting with legislators to listening to students and authors speak about the real impacts of book bans, the day was both urgent and hopeful.

At a time when books centering LGBTQ+ people, people of color, and honest history are being challenged across the country, this work is about more than access. It’s about the right to tell our stories—and to learn from one another.

As Larisa reflected, it was a powerful reminder: together, we can do big things.

Read more of Larisa’s reflection at the link in comments.

03/31/2026

Every day at the Children's Diversity & Justice Library:

- we welcome & love our transgender, nonbinary and gender q***r readers and library patrons
- we provide free community lending access to a growing collection of nearly 100 books written by trans authors or centering trans characters and stories
- we support trans rights in our commmunities

Visit the library M - Th 9:30am - 4:30pm and 5pm - 8pm. Sundays 9:30am - 12:30pm. Room H inside the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. To learn how to borrow books see https://cdjlibrary.org/borrowcdjl

03/27/2026

TOMORROW! And leaves time to shuttle to No Kings if you want to attend. Come be inspired by the rich, courageous, clever, creative, generous lives of women and girls! Room H,