Watch this first video story from the Week of Citizening on Instagram or LinkedIn: https://newsletter.baratunde.com/p/1st-story-libraries-are-hubs-for?r=204q7 What if every library in the world was a hub for citizeningโa space where people could come together, tell their own stories, and build new ones? Itโs already happening. And Cossit Llibrary in downtown Memphis is leading the way. ๐๏ธ Meet Ena Esco โ Innovator-in-Residence for podcast programming. In a city thatโs majority Black and shaped by deep economic challenges, Ena is turning a traditional library into a platform for power. Inside this public library youโll find: ๐ธ A podcast studio ๐ฅ A video + photo lab ๐ญ A performance space All free. All open to the public. โWe live in an era where a lot of people are being silenced. Iโm proud to mentor folks and watch them realize: they can say what they truly want to say.โ โ Ena Esco This is what it looks like to practice power. To citizen. ๐ Want more stories like this? Visit https://stories.howtocitizen.comย Story produced by Tess Novotnoy This is part of the Week Of Citizening stories jointly amplified by How To Citizen, Jon Alexander, and Baratunde Thurston See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.