Unite Against Book Bans
@UABookBans
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#UniteAgainstBookBans is a national @ALALibrary initiative to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship. Bluesky: UABookBans
Joined April 2022
If you believe that: 1) Reading is critical to democracy. 2) Books help us understand complex issues. 3) Parents shouldn't make decisions for other parents' children. 4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books. Join the campaign & #UniteAgainstBookBans: https://t.co/N9p5nJ5lhw
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📣 It's not too late to sign the #FreedomToRead pledge and get out and vote for the freedom to read! We MUST protect our access to information and knowledge, and our right to choose what to read: https://t.co/17tdT7yG9a
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🗳️ Today is #ElectionDay—our democracy is at stake. #UniteAgainstBookBans with libraries, schools, families, and concerned readers across the US to protect the #FreedomToRead and VOTE for pro-library, anti-book banning candidates this #Election2024: https://t.co/FDGz7D8PDn
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Sign the #FreedomToRead Pledge and make your voice heard! When you add your name to the pledge, you can instantly send an email to your elected representatives to tell them how important the freedom to read is to you. https://t.co/LxL1Ya0RiQ
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While the #FreedomToRead Day of Action may be over, it's not too late to take a stand & #UniteAgainstBookBans! ✔️ Sign the #FreedomToRead pledge and VOTE on #ElectionDay ✔️ Use the #UniteAgainstBookBans Action Toolkit ✔️ Report censorship More: https://t.co/nFfjETZxCQ 📷:@LVCCLD
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Elections at the local level play a HUGE role in the fight against book bans! Check out the #UniteAgainstBookBans voter resources to get informed and take the #FreedomToRead Pledge—pledge to vote and make your voice heard this #Election2024:
uniteagainstbookbans.org
The right to read is on the ballot in 2024. Pledge to vote this November like our democracy depends on it. Because it does.
This November, there’s more on the ballot than just presidential candidates! Many people across the country will be also running to become members of their local school board. Here’s why it’s important to know the prospective board members running for office in your community!
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Do you believe that everyone should have the right to choose what to read? That free access to information & knowledge is fundamental to democracy? Pledge to vote this #Election2024 & contact your members of Congress, urging them to #UniteAgainstBookBans: https://t.co/iMTYneGoBT
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📚 Student Taylor Barrett on book bans: "Of course, people are going to have differing opinions on different books, but this does not mean that they should be made unavailable to everybody... Stories should be shared, not stifled." https://t.co/jKrKXcvhZz
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When I was 17, I cried while reading Ray Bradburry’s Farenheit 451.
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4️⃣ FOUR days until Election Day! Stand with NYPL and readers across the country in support of free access to information and knowledge. Sign the #FreedomToRead pledge and instantly send an email to your representatives in Congress. https://t.co/Nnxd6SiuFx
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Tune in Nov. 8 for this excellent panel from the Eleanor Roosevelt Center on the costs of defending books including our own @AASLpresident and @studentsengaged @ALALibrary
https://t.co/TuDhBvsIHG
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Our partner @dpla's Banned Book Club is now nationwide! Readers across the US can freely access 1,300+ titles that have been banned in schools & libraries through the Palace Marketplace e-reader app. More in the latest #UniteAgainstBookBans blog post ⬇️
uniteagainstbookbans.org
The Banned Book Club has made e-versions of banned books available to all readers across the country, free of charge.
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Join us online November 21 for The New York Public Library's Teen Banned Book Club author talk with bestselling author Mike Curato, when he'll join us to talk about the book and take your questions! Register now: https://t.co/5hlOF9tjym
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🗳️ It's @voteearlyday! Are you #ReaderVoterReady to defend the right to read? Use the #UniteAgainstBookBans voter checklist to prepare: https://t.co/FDGz7D8PDn
#VoteEarlyDay
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Make your voice heard this election season. Take the #UniteAgainstBookBans #FreedomToRead Pledge and contact your members of Congress—urge them to take a stand against book bans! https://t.co/IC3Tl8MJDa
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"Book banning is an assault on our individual and collective health—our imaginative health, our intellectual health, our physical health, & the health of our society. Luckily, we already have a cure: fighting for the freedom to read." https://t.co/5bUarEdC2N
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time.com
Telling your story, and having your story heard, is a fundamentally human act
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🗳️ Your vote matters in the fight against book bans. Be #ReaderVoterReady to defend the freedom to read on Election Day by checking off the #UniteAgainstBookBans voter checklist: https://t.co/FDGz7D8PDn
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Sign the #FreedomToRead Pledge and make your voice heard! When you add your name to the pledge, you can instantly send an email to your elected representatives to tell them how important the freedom to read is to you. https://t.co/LxL1Ya0RiQ
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Grandparents #UniteAgainstBookBans: "I want to make sure my grandchildren grow up in a world where they can read and form opinions based on knowledge, not on a narrow truth." https://t.co/5txRaWl6Jx
@peoplefor @TheCut
thecut.com
Advocacy groups like Grandparents for Truth want to lead the anti-book-censorship movement in the United States.
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📝 Looking for a way to take a stand against book bans? Try writing a letter to the editor—it's a great way to raise your voice and be heard by a wider audience. Here's how to get started: https://t.co/IJRB6aQXCj
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uniteagainstbookbans.org
How can you and your community unite against book bans? We've put together this action toolkit to help you get started.
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TONIGHT! Join us at 8:00pm ET for the Banned Book Club Teen Discussion Group! Come chat with fellow teens from across the United States about books that have faced challenges and bans. Join here: https://t.co/J1kVaioQRs
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Get #ReaderVoterReady to defend the right to read w/our voter checklist: https://t.co/FDGz7D9nsV ✔️ Take the #FreedomToRead pledge & write to your members of Congress ✔️ Share our candidate questionnaire ✔️ Organize your community & get them to #UniteAgainstBookBans at the polls!
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