Shari Curtis works in a profession that has suddenly come under attack in these crazy times.

She is a librarian.

Shari is the adult services librarian at the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library. She is behind the great “First Fridays” series that brings in interesting speakers from around the state on the first Friday of each month.

That series drew some bigtime attention last year when transgender speaker Adria Jawort was barred from speaking by our local government. The publicity of that move by our local leaders led to Jawort giving her talk in front of a much larger crowd later on at the Carpenter’s Union Hall a little while later.

In addition to her work at the library, Shari has worked to put a stop to hate in the Mining City. She started a Facebook group called “Not In Our Town, Butte, MT.”

In August, that group held a rally to combat the incidents of masked white supremist spreading hate in town.

Through it all, Shari’s husband Travis Cray has been by her side.

Travis grew up in Vermont, while Shari grew up in Bozeman. Together, they have their dream home — which is still a work in progress — and have no plans to ever leave Butte.

Listen in to this podcast to hear Shari talk about her work at the library and her advocacy against hate. Listen to hear Shari and Travis talk about how they met and how they got engaged.

Today’s podcast is presented by Leskovar Honda, home of the 20-year, 200,000-mile warrantee.