On a particularly frigid day in late November, an 86-year-old Doris Cipolla stood undeterred at the corner of Peach and 6th streets in downtown Erie.

 Waving to drivers and pedestrians, the retired English teacher who had taught for more than 30 years in Erie public schools held up a large sign that, to her, aptly justified her braving the cold.

 It read simply, “Libraries Belong to the People.”

Cipolla, who was joined by about a dozen others that day, was protesting Gannon University’s lease of more than 3,000 square feet of space inside Blasco Memorial Library, the county’s main public library.  Read the rest of the article: https://erietimes-pa.newsmemory.com/?publink=218af0819_134d11d

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO RESCIND THE LEASE: ASK people you know that live in Erie County or are Gannon Alumni anywhere in the world to sign our petition. 

YOU CAN JOIN DORIS WEEKDAYS ON THE CORNER OF PEACH AND 6TH STREETS. BRING A SIGN OR USE ONE OF OURS!