Two free trainings to help you #DefendBlackHistory and #UniteAgainstBookBans
Color of Change and the National Education Association are offering free virtual trainings in December to help you #DefendBlackHistory.
Events
Free Webinar: Book Banning in The U.S. And the Positive Impact of Diverse Books: What New Data Tells Us
Join staff from the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and Unite Against Book Bans partner First Book to learn more about new data that can help us understand more about the impacts of book bans.
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Friends of the Library & the Freedom to Read
Library Friends groups can support their libraries in the fight against censorship. Celebrate them during National Friends of Libraries Week, October 15-21.
Let Freedom Read Day
On October 7, 2023, the Banned Books Week Coalition is asking everyone to take at least one action to help defend books from censorship and to stand up for the library staff, educators, writers, publishers and booksellers who make them available.
“FREE PEOPLE READ FREELY”
Hundreds of advocates from around the country came together at the Rally for the Right to Read in Chicago – the largest Unite Against Book Bans gathering to date.
Protect Your Freedom to Read on Right to Read Day
April 24, 2023 is Right to Read Day, and we’re calling on readers, advocates, and library lovers everywhere to defend, protect, and celebrate your right to read freely.
‘Judy Blume Forever’: UABB honors a lifetime of free expression through story
On Monday, April 24, join Unite Against Book Bans partners for a special virtual discussion of the forthcoming Prime Video documentary Judy Blume Forever.