Advocacy

FOSTPL remains active in advocating for increased literacy, the library in Tutu, and supporting the Enid M. Baa Public Library.

 December 8, 2008:   V.I. Source/Staff: New $13 Million Public Library Gets Green Light.
 September 11, 2008:   V.I. Daily News/Megan Poinski: Construction of new library could start next month.
 May 9, 2008:   At a public hearing which took place on May 7, Old Tutu residents turned out in force to voice their opposition to the Leonardo Trotman Drive bypass project and its impact on their neighborhood.
 January 30, 2006:   V.I. Daily News/Lynn Freehill: Long-delayed Tutu Park library construction expected to start in March, DPNR official says (.pdf file, 1.39 MB)
 January 30, 2006:   FOSTPL President Jorge J. Estemac addresses the 2006 Annual Meeting on January 28, 2006 at the Lockhart Elementary School.
 January 29, 2006:   St. Thomas Source/Ananta Pancham: V.I. Libraries Enjoying 'Unprecedented' Public Support
 January 1, 2006:     St. Thomas Source/Idle the Iguana - FOSTPL Advocacy Chair Jason Budsan receives a mention on VISource's new year's wish list
 November 29, 2005:     St. Thomas Source/Ananta Pancham - Confusion Over Tutu Park Library Construction / Carol Lotz-Felix responds to the article
 September 21, 2005:  V.I. Daily News/Aesha Duval - DPNR officials seek funding boost for library system - 195KB
 September 14, 2005:  V.I. Daily News/Megan Poinski - Senators promise to boost funding for troubled library system - 182KB
 September 14, 2005:   St. Croix Avis/Aldeth Lewin - STT talks about libraries' future - 385KB
 September 13, 2005:   St. Thomas Source/Ananta Pancham - Library Officials Push for Money to Improve - 853KB
 September 13, 2005:  FOSTPL Advocacy Chair Jason Budsan, before the Senate Education Committee
 September 13, 2005:  FOSTPL past President Carol Lotz-Felix, before the Senate Education Committee
 September 13, 2005:  FOSTPL VP Patricia Harkins-Pierre, Ph.D., before the Senate Education Committee
 July, 2005:  FOSTPL Past President Carol Lotz-Felix at Rotary's Literacy Month meetings
 April 19, 2004 Editorial:  Advocacy Chair Jason Budsan implores the community to put down the remote and pick up a book