Oakland Public Library, along with other Bay Area libraries, launched a new public awareness campaign in April in a coordinated effort to celebrate how libraries give us the freedom to connect, create, imagine, explore, and succeed. A contest asked the public to tell us how they were Free2 for a chance to win prizes. Winners will be announced soon, along with the winning entries at www.WeAreFree2.org.

Although the contest is over, we’d still like to hear how YOU are Free2 use and enjoy libraries. You can submit your entries online at www.WeAreFree2.org.

Be sure to check out all that you are Free2 to be and do at the Oakland Public Library by browsing our Web site. Check out our numerous free events, learn about our Children’s Summer Reading Program, ask us a question, meet a Lawyer in the Library, join a Teen Advisory Board, look at treasures in our African American Museum and Library, learn to read, look at genealogical data—it’s all here at our library or online at our Web site, www.oaklandlibrary.org.