Storytime Underground Admins Call It a Day

On Monday, July 19, the administrators of the Storytime Underground Face book page shared the following announcement. We often used the ideas generated in the blog and saw the sharing show up in services around our state. It takes alot to have a FB group with almost 17,000 members. A huge, huge thank you to founding mother and ongoing administrator Cory Eckert and current administrators Mary Kuehner, Kendra Lu Jones, Julie Crabb, Soraya Silverman-Montano and Mary Kuehner. We will miss SU for its passion, commitment to diversity and sheer advocacy for all things preschool and early literacy. You rocked our world for eight years. Here's what they shared on the ST Facebook page:

"A somber announcement for all of you: we’re shutting it down.

Eight years is a long time. We look back at the long road we’ve traveled as admins and bloggers and hold dear so many things that Storytime Underground contributed to our field. Many of you have been a long part of that journey. Thanks for being here and keeping that memory with us.

The passage of time means change to all things, including this platform and your admins. While we started with one purpose and commitment, we are now in very different places professionally and personally. Storytime Underground has also worn and evolved over the years alongside events in our world and the growth of our career fields. The platform’s needs and the admins’ needs just aren’t reconcilable going forward. There’s a kind of joy in bringing a close to a creation that has been well-loved and meaningful to others. We hope that new possibilities arise as we free up space in the conversation.

Some of you may hope to begin again with a new group and we wish you the best of luck. Please respect that the SU name, images, and all associated content are the intellectual property of your admins. Go create something entirely new. You’re welcome to post links to any new groups here.

We will shut down posting outside this thread effective immediately and will close down all posting after one week. Thank you everyone for your commitment to Youth Services and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for our profession."