Reading for a Cause

Cafe Drake joined the nation's largest ever library demonstration on Saturday by lending our voice to the We Will Not be Shushed 24-hour "Read-In" on the steps of Brooklyn's Main Branch Library in Grand Army Plaza. While there may have been a few less palatable notes to our broadcast excerpt from Jean Genet's Our Lady of the Flowers, the public reading whetted our appetite for community-based activism and humbled us with the hard work of so many volunteers and dedicated organizers. With a complete 24-hour live video/audio webcast and massive media coverage, may our city's leaders hear us loud and clear!