[CASL-L] Fwd: "Books aren't being banned." 🤔

[Jenny Lussier]

Congress gave a platform to pro-censorship voices TODAY
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Hello Jenny!

The House held a* pro-censorship hearing today*, including a witness who
argued that "books aren't being banned."

Don't let the book ban deniers win. *Tell Congress *to support librarians
and educators by opposing book bans and *share with your community* to
bring new people into our pro-freedom to read movement:

Tell Congress: I Stand for the Freedom to Read
<https://americanlibraryassociation.cmail19.com/t/i-l-atydyul-thbtdiiiu-y/>

Book ban denialism is dangerous, and it's dead wrong. In our preliminary
data
<https://americanlibraryassociation.cmail19.com/t/i-l-atydyul-thbtdiiiu-j/>
on 2023 book challenges, we found some troubling results:

   - *Book bans have increased by 20%* from the same point last year
   - *Book challenges are on the rise in public libraries*, and accounted
   for 49% of those documented by ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF),
   compared to 16% at the same point last year.
   - *"Serial book banners" are also on the rise,* with 11 states reporting
   challenges of 100 or more books - up from 6 last year.

So, in the face of continually rising challenges, how do we resist?

We fight back by growing our movement and showing that the vast majority of
Americans stand for the freedom to read diverse and challenging books. Help
grow our movement by clicking below, *writing *to Congress, and *sharing*
with your community:
Resist Book Bans Now - Write to Congress, then Share!
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to join the UABB campaign. Together, we can push back against unpopular,
unconstitutional censorship.

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Jenny Lussier

Library Media Specialist

Brewster and John Lyman Elementary Schools

jlussier at rsd13.org

Visit us at: Brewster website <http://brewster.rsd13ct.org> and John Lyman
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