On Feb 25, 2019, Winnipeg’s Millennium Library installed airport-style security screening. This led to a massive drop in attendance. Many no longer feel welcome in this free public space.
Community group Millennium for All is fighting for welcoming, just, accessible and fully funded libraries.
This is where we come up with a larger plan
This is where we study for the nurse exam
This is where we spend a part of every day
Thinking in a language that they tried to take away
This is where the sad lamp on the second floor
Leads us to a winter afternoon
Here is a branch where we sing out the call
Millennium for all
This is where we test out our replacement knees
This is where we're knitting mitts for refugees
This is where we medicate in bathroom stalls
This is where we call home from a payphone down the hall
This is where we work the circulation desk
Or counting out a haiku in our head
Here is the branch where we sing out the call
Millennium for all
This is where we worry over breaking news
This is where we read a hundred Nancy Drews
This is where we're difficult and can't sit still
This is where we come in from the "feels like with the wind chill"
This is where we find the hour of sleep we lost
Wake up knowing what we need to say
Here is the branch where we sing out the call
Millennium for all
Here is the branch where we sing out the call
Millennium for all
Millennium for all
Millennium for All was written by John K. Samson.
John K. Samson released Millennium for All on Fri Feb 21 2020.