On October 10, 2026, during Banned Books Week, we are inviting people to host or attend an in-person event focused on the freedom to read.
We will update this page with freed event templates, ideas, and materials to help anyone plan an event. In the meantime, get ideas by checking out our free action toolkit and our partners' action tools in our resource library.
Join The Fight Against Censorship And Defend The Freedom To Read.
If you believe individuals should be trusted to make their own decisions about what to read, young people deserve to see themselves reflected in a library's books, and parents should not be making decisions about what to read for other parents' children, then join us to Unite Against Book Bans.
Help us defend the freedom to read in your community by signing up to receive updates, action alerts, and tools from the campaign.
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