Brooky Parks says she lost her job at the High Plains Library District after she was told to cancel several workshops, she ran for LGBTQ+ teens and youth of color.

BROOKY PARKS: I loved it. It was probably my dream job. BLOOM: As a part of her work, she launched an anti-racism workshop and what she called the Read Woke book club, focused on LGBTQ-themed books.

Brooky Parks poses for a portrait at the office of Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC in Denver, Colorado, on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. Parks filed state and federal discrimination complaints alleging she was ...

Courtesy photo. Brooky Parks, a former librarian at the Erie Community Library. Parks won a settlement in a discrimination case against the High Plains Library District in Weld County after she ...

BROOKY PARKS: I loved it. It was probably my dream job. BLOOM: As a part of her work, she launched an anti-racism workshop and what she called the Read Woke book club, focused on LGBTQ-themed books.

Brooky Parks poses for a portrait at office of Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC in Denver, Colorado on Thursday, February 3, 2022. Photo by Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images.

Brooky Parks, who was fired for standing up for programs on anti-racism and LGBTQ+ stories she organized for teens at the Erie Community Library north of Denver, won a $250,000 settlement in ...

For Brooky Parks educating her community is her passion. "I love the idea of being able to do story time and work with young children and teens and just being able to serve my community," she said.

Librarian Brooky Parks is shown outside the library on the campus of the University of Denver on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, in Denver. Parks, who was fired for standing up for programs on anti-racism ...

Librarians in at least three states are asking the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to intervene after they were fired for refusing to ban books.