Advocacy Resources from Unite Against Book Bans Partners
Use our partners' resources alongside the full Unite Against Book Bans Action Toolkit to strengthen your advocacy.
Advocacy Playbooks and Guides
The ABA Right to Read Toolkit: How Booksellers and Readers Can Resist Book Bans (American Booksellers Association - ABA)
Advocating for Children’s Right to Read Toolkit (International Literacy Association)
Banned Books Pop-Up Display Guide (Zinn Education Project)
Comic Book Censorship Resources (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - CBLDF)
Considerations and Guidelines for School Officials (National Coalition Against Censorship - NCAC)
Defend LGBTQ Stories (NCAC)
The Everyday Advocacy Playbook (Everyday Advocacy)
Fighting Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship (PFLAG)
Freedom to Read Teen Advocacy Toolkit (Brooklyn Public Library)
How to Fight Censorship (People for the American Way)
How to Host a Read-In (Red Wine & Blue)
How You Can Fight Censorship Resources (Penguin Random House)
Parent Playbook (Red Wine & Blue)
Protestors’ Rights (American Civil Liberties Union)
Resources for Authors of Banned and Challenged Books (NCAC)
Responding to Anti-LGBTQ Censorship Attempts (GLSEN)
Responding to Book Challenges: A Handbook for Educators (National Council of Teachers of English - NCTE and NCAC)
Right to Learn: Your Guide to Combatting Classroom Censorship (American Civil Liberties Union)
Right to Read Handbook (ABA)
School Boards Matter: A Guide to Effectively Advocating at the School Board Level (Human Rights Campaign)
School Book Challenge Resource Center (NCAC)
The Secret to Effective Messaging (Red Wine & Blue)
Showing Up: Protests, Boycotts, & Beyond (Red Wine & Blue)
Stop Book Bans Toolkit (The Authors Guild)
Taking Back Power: Elections & Advocacy (Red Wine & Blue)
Troublemaker's Guide (Red Wine & Blue)
Reports and Data
Banned & Challenged Books: Data from the Office for Intellectual Freedom (American Library Association)
Cover to Cover: A Deeper Look at Book Bans (PEN America)
Educator Insights on the Conversation Around Banned Books (First Book)
The Impact of A Diverse Classroom Library (First Book)
Inclusive Learning Research Brief (GLSEN)
NEO-Censorship in U.S. Libraries (Library Futures)
The Search for More Complex Racial and Ethnic Representation in Grade School Books (EdTrust)
Classroom Resources
Discussion Resources for Frequently Banned Books (Academics for Liberty in Reading and Learning)
Resources to Protect the Freedom to Read in Schools (National Education Association)
Teen Banned Book Club Resources (New York Public Library)
Students and Youth
Be Heard! Protecting Your Protest Rights (NCAC and CBLDF)
DAYLO's Guide to Youth Advocacy (Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization - DAYLO)
Golden State Readers Resources (Golden State Readers)
How You Can Fight Censorship: Resources for Students (Penguin Random House)
Kids Right to Read Action Kit (National Coalition Against Censorship)
NCAC’s Student Advocates for Speech Leadership Program (NCAC)
SEAT's Student Resource Hub (Students Engaged in Advancing Texas - SEAT)
Access Banned Books
The Banned Book Club (Digital Public Library of America)
Book Ban Map (Little Free Library, PEN America, the American Library Association)
Books Unbanned Library E-card (Brooklyn Public Library)