Press coverage of the Community Forum!

Fight for the 1st

SAGE leaders are working to challenge book sequestering and the labeling of LGBTQIA+ literature at the Cromaine Library in Hartland, MI. Learn about our progress here and join us for our next meeting!

Learn more about our Fight for the First group.

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Press coverage of the Community Forum!

8/26 WHMI promotes our Community Forum defending the ‘right to Read’

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8/26 WHMI promotes our Community Forum defending the ‘right to Read’

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WHY is an Oakland Co. precinct delegate working so hard to ban books in our community?

COMBATING LIES ABOUT CROMAINE LIBRARY -the truth!

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COMBATING LIES ABOUT CROMAINE LIBRARY -the truth!

Cromaine library is labeling “LGBTQ books” with pink stickers, The ACLU weighs in

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Cromaine library is labeling “LGBTQ books” with pink stickers, The ACLU weighs in

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8/5/25 update on cromaine situation

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SAGE Protests Bill Bolin

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SAGE’s Press Release 8/3/25

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Listen to those who are directly impacted by Cromaine’s harmful rhetoric

Cromaine Library card holders speak out at board meeting

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Cromaine Library card holders speak out at board meeting

July 2025, Politicized pastor seeks library limits to ‘protect children’

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July 2025, Politicized pastor seeks library limits to ‘protect children’

Bill Bolin is the one sexualizing kids, Psychology Today reports

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Bill Bolin is the one sexualizing kids, Psychology Today reports

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6/4/25 HARTLAND DOES NOT HAVE P0RN IN THE LIBRARY & WHY THIS MATTERS TO YOU

Bill bolin RELUCTANTLY admits to consulting with project 2025’s advisory board lawyers in drafting new discriminatory library policy

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Bill bolin RELUCTANTLY admits to consulting with project 2025’s advisory board lawyers in drafting new discriminatory library policy

Cromaine board member Jeannine Gogoleski kicks her husband Glenn Gogoleski out of meeting, police called by concerned attendees

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Cromaine board member Jeannine Gogoleski kicks her husband Glenn Gogoleski out of meeting, police called by concerned attendees

6/4/25 Parental Guidance: A new front emerges in battle between far-right, LGBTQ+ themed books

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6/4/25 Parental Guidance: A new front emerges in battle between far-right, LGBTQ+ themed books

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Google Reviews of Bill’s Church, Floodgate-You don’t have to take our word or Tim Alberta’s word on Floodgate. Just look at what the community has to say…

Bolin’s feigned concern for “pornographic material” in libraries is alas as much of a hypocritical farce as his carnival barker style sermons

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Bolin’s feigned concern for “pornographic material” in libraries is alas as much of a hypocritical farce as his carnival barker style sermons

Bolin and his slate to overthrow the library want to defund Cromaine’s tax revenue

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Bolin and his slate to overthrow the library want to defund Cromaine’s tax revenue

learn more about Bill Bolin here, October 2024

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learn more about Bill Bolin here, October 2024