In this YALSA podcast Kelly Czarnecki interviews New York Public Library teen librarian Sarah Couri and teens about their recent trip to talk with New York State Legislators.

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Sarah and the teens discuss:

• What they talked with legislators about.
• How they planned for their trip to Albany and their visit with the legislators
• What they thought they accomplished
• What they liked about the experience

You can view the diagram the teens talk about in the podcast. Below is the video produced by NYPL in which teens who couldn’t travel to Albany talk about the importance of the library in their lives.