Banned Books Week
@BannedBooksWeek
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Banned Books Week, the annual spotlight on book censorship and intellectual freedom, will be held October 1 - 7, 2023. #BannedBooksWeek
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#BannedBooksWeek is here! Honorary chair and award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay kicks off the annual event spotlighting book censorship in style! #FreedBetweenTheLines w/@ARRAY.
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RT @ILoveLibraries: LeVar Burton was honored this week with the National Humanities Medal for his acting and literacy advocacy work in a ce….
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LeVar Burton was honored this week with the National Humanities Medal for his acting and literacy advocacy work in a ceremony at the White House. Seventeen distinguished humanists and two humanities...
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RT @the_emancipator: 💥Stand up for intellectual freedom! Join our virtual event with advocates and educators working to end #bookbanning on….
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RT @the_emancipator: Ready to fight back against #bookbanning? Join us for a powerful online event uniting activists, educators, and advoca….
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Hear from local heroes on the frontlines, and get tools and strategies to fight book bans and protect literary freedom in your community!
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RT @UABookBans: "Book banning is an assault on our individual and collective health—our imaginative health, our intellectual health, our ph….
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Telling your story, and having your story heard, is a fundamentally human act
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RT @the_emancipator: 📚Ready to fight back against book banning? Join us for a powerful online event bringing together activists, educators,….
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Take action TOMORROW!.
Get ready for Saturday's Oct. 19 #FreedomToRead Day of Action: Take the Freedom to Read pledge and send an email to your members of Congress, urging them to #UniteAgainstBookBans!. 📝 Sign the pledge and send your letters today:
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RT @UABookBans: TOMORROW, October 19!. Communities and readers are coming together at events in nearly all 50 states and DC on the #Freedom….
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RT @JP_Books: Tomorrow is #FreedomToRead Community Day of Action. Libraries, bookstores, readers, writers, and others nationwide are hostin….
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RT @the_emancipator: 📚 Ready to fight back against book banning? Join us for a powerful online event bringing together activists, educators….
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RT @ALALibrary: Thank you, @jodipicoult, for using your national book tour to shine a light on the dangers of censorship and rally support….
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Author Jodi Picoult makes a librarian her opening act at her talks across the country to talk about the effects of book banning.
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RT @UABookBans: On the 10/19 #FreedomToRead Day of Action, more than 100 events in 35 states and DC will be hosted in support of the freedo….
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RT @LtlFreeLibrary: Earlier this month, we invited three #LittleFreeLibrary stewards across the U.S. to host #BannedBooksWeek celebrations….
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Little Free Library is always excited to celebrate Banned Books Week, as it presents a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness about censorship and celebrate the freedom to access diverse books.…...
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RT @UABookBans: ❤️ If you can, consider taking action with a donation or #UniteAgainstBookBans merch purchase for #LetFreedomReadDay. Dona….
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RT @UABookBans: If you believe that: .Reading is critical to democracy. Books help us understand complex issues. Parents shouldn't make de….
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Staring now! Join us! #FreedBetweenTheLines #BannedBooksWeek.
Hi, all! This program is running a bit behind. We expect it will start very soon! Please join the livestream: #BannedBooksWeek.
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RT @OIF: Hi, all! This program is running a bit behind. We expect it will start very soon! Please join the livestream: .
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RT @ALALibrary: ALA Pres. @CindyHohl tells NPR #AllThingsConsidered that the censorship surge is still at a boiling point. "We are seeing p….
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The American Library Association's president, Cindy Hohl, is at the forefront of the fight against book censorship — a fight the ALA and other First Amendment groups have been losing.
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RT @FReadomFighters: Imagine if each one of us took an action to fight censorship. What action can you take?.
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Book bans won't end w/ #BannedBooksWeek. Let these amazing videos from the #BannedBooksBigChair read-out inspire you today, tomorrow & beyond! Many thanks to @Sage_Publishing for sponsoring this amazing initiative! #FreedBetweenTheLines
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RT @LibraryPolicy: All across the country, people are standing up against book bans for #LetFreedomReadDay. Have you taken action yet?. To….
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