Election ~ 2017: Letter to the Editor, Robin Grace Silbert for Library Trustee

By Rachel Field

I am thrilled that there are three outstanding candidates running for the two open positions on the Bedford Free Public Library Board of Trustees.  It is a reflection of the remarkable community spirit that is one of the hallmarks of our town.

I have served as a Library Trustee for nine years, and am myself running as the incumbent and Town Caucus candidate. Naturally, I hope I will be elected to serve another term.

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But I am endorsing Robin Grace for Library Trustee, and I hope that you vote for her as well.  Here’s why:

Robin has lived in Bedford for 24 years.  In that time, her civic involvement has been exemplary:

  • She has been very involved with the Bedford Public Schools: she chaired committees, coordinated volunteer efforts and planned numerous fundraising and social events.
  • She’s been an outspoken and key participant in Bedford’s Citizen’s Scholarship Fund, the Bedford Education Foundation, METCO and POMS (Patrons of Music Students).
  • She sits on the Board of Trustees of Carleton-Willard Village
  • In addition, Robin currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Bedford Public Library.

Robin knows our community, and our Library, through and through, and the breadth and scope of that familiarity – on both counts – is like no other.  She truly is a community builder.  As an African-American woman, she will bring new, and important, perspectives and insights, as well as refreshing and long-overdue diversity, to our Board.  And, precisely because she knows our community so well, I have no doubt that her contributions will be perceptive and right on the mark.

Robin is articulate and forthright, with one of the sharpest and most incisive minds, and wit, of anyone I know.  She holds a Master’s degree in journalism and is a superbly gifted writer.

She is also a dynamo.  I know whereof I speak when I say that Robin will bring to the Board an energy and enthusiasm that is unparalleled.

Please join me in helping to bring Robin Grace, and her extraordinary talents, to the Board of Library Trustees.

VOTE FOR ROBIN ON MARCH 11!

 

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