The St. Tammany Parish Library Alliance is a grassroots group of people and organizations defending our parish libraries so they may continue to provide a public, neutral space with accessibility to a wide spectrum of materials for all citizens without censorship or interference by political groups, according to our First Amendment Rights.

Join us as we rally to protect free speech by supporting our libraries and our previous library board.

Update on the Library Board of Control and Millage [Dec 2024]

As of June 2024, the St. Tammany Parish Council removed four library board members and appointed five new members, all endorsed by the pro-censorship Accountability Project and their affiliate, Concerned Citizens of St. Tammany (CCST). The library millage is up for renewal in March of 2025 and we are closely monitoring developments in Livingston Parish where, despite residents voting to renew their millage with the funds dedicated to library programs, biased board members are reallocating funds away from essential library services in an attempt to defund the library.

The Alliance is concerned that our current board may pursue similar actions that would undermine our library system by potentially allowing for the misappropriation of dedicated library funds to other local government entities. We urge you to contact the Parish Council and request the removal of Library Board of Control members Reverend Belknap, Jill Kessler, and Tamarah Myers, as we believe they are not acting in the best interests of our library system.

"Libraries Are For Everyone" Graphic is used with permission from New Haven Free Public Library and Alexandria Robison.