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Raising Our Voices for Change: The New Everyday Advocacy Playbook

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Everyday Advocacy is something teachers, librarians, and community members can do in their local settings to reset the story of education. It includes including day-to-day actions you can take to change the public narrative surrounding schools and books. The new Everyday Advocacy Playbook is our latest resource— a hands-on guide designed specifically for educators who are ready to grow in their roles as Everyday Advocates.

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Storytelling for Advocacy: Free Virtual Workshop on July 16 

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Register now for Storytelling for Advocacy, a free virtual workshop on July 16. Those who understand the value of diverse books need to do more these days than just know the literature. We must also be prepared to advocate for its inclusion, explain its power, and speak thoughtfully about curricular choices. Participants will leave with actionable strategies to shift the public narrative surrounding diverse books and their inclusion in schools and libraries.

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For Every Child, Everywhere: Protect Children’s Rights to Read

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Everyone deserves the right to choose what they read, including children. The International Literacy Association’s Children’s Rights to Read global initiative was founded on 10 fundamental and inalienable rights that help ensure that every child has access to the education, opportunities, and resources needed to read.

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Black History Month: Build Strength and Capacity with AAPF’s Liberation Calendar

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Last week brought reports that federal agencies are eradicating Black History Month. Executive orders to eliminate “discriminatory equity ideology” are in fact censorship attempts to prohibit the teaching of comprehensive American history in K-12 schools. As the war against censorship continues, the African American Policy Forum’s 2025 Liberation Calendar can provide support for ongoing engagement.

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Advocating for Educators and Students with the National Council of Teachers of English

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The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has been supporting educators and standing against curriculum and school library censorship since the 1950s. We’re here to support your advocacy for the right to read in your own schools and districts.  

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L4L Attorneys Stand With Libraries Fighting Book Bans

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Lawyers for Libraries, a project of the American Library Association, is designed to create a network of attorneys around the country involved in, or committed to becoming involved in, the defense of the First Amendment freedom to read and the application of constitutional law to library policies, principles, and problems.

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How does book censorship impact teachers and students?

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Data from First Book Research & Insights illustrates how mandated book bans are negatively impacting teachers and students. At the heart of this debate is whether a small group of individuals has the right to dictate what other people’s children are allowed to read – and to impose their restrictions on the rest of the nation.

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