{"id":284860,"date":"2010-02-05T16:27:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T21:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.senatedem.ilga.gov\/index.php\/sen-hunter-home\/653-media-advisory-senator-hunter-promotes-public-libraries"},"modified":"2010-02-05T16:27:45","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T21:27:45","slug":"media-advisory-senator-hunter-promotes-public-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/284860","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: Senator Hunter Promotes Public Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Senator Hunter Promotes Public Libraries During February\u2019s National Library Lover\u2019s Month<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" style=\"width: 156px; margin-right: 6px; height: 116px\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.senatedem.ilga.gov\/images\/stories\/2010\/Bookshelf.jpg\" \/>CHICAGO<font face=\"Courier New\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Courier New\" size=\"2\">\u2014<\/font><\/font><\/strong><font size=\"2\">State Senator Mattie Hunter will participate in the scheduled children\u2019s program at the Chicago Public Library and tour the Harold Washington Library Center. The National Library Lover\u2019s Month was established to bring public awareness to all the great resources and educational programs such as &quot;YOUmedia,&quot; a digital space for teens offered at the Harold Washington Library Center.<\/p>\n<p>The &quot;YOUmedia&quot; initiative is an innovative 21st century learning space that connects young adults with books, digital technologies and Chicago\u2019s educational and cultural communities inspiring creativity and collaboration. Last year, &quot;YOUmedia&quot; teens were featured presenters at UN World Habitat Day in Washington D.C. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Too often libraries are an overlooked resource,&quot; said Senator Hunter. &quot;Especially during these hard times, we should be encouraging our Illinois residents to use the library as a place to spend a free day of fun, family and learning.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>[important color=red title=Details]<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Who:<\/strong> <\/font>State Senator Mattie Hunter and the Chicago Public Library <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>What:<\/strong><\/font> National Library Lover\u2019s Month <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/font> Saturday, February 13, 2010<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/font> 2:00 PM <\/font><font face=\"Courier New\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Courier New\" size=\"2\">\u2013<\/font><\/font><font size=\"2\"> 4:00 PM<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Where:<\/strong><\/font> Harold Washington Library Center<br \/>\n400 S. State Street<br \/>\nChicago, IL 60605<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/important]<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Hunter Promotes Public Libraries During February\u2019s National Library Lover\u2019s Month CHICAGO\u2014State Senator Mattie Hunter will participate in the scheduled children\u2019s program at the Chicago Public Library and tour the Harold Washington Library Center. The National Library Lover\u2019s Month was established to bring public awareness to all the great resources and educational programs such as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5283,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}