[OLA-IF-News] REQUEST - Celebrate Banned Books Week, Sep 26 - Oct 2 2021 plus upcoming IFC meeting info

[Perry Stokes]

**CROSS-POSTED FROM LIBS-OR**

Two weeks to go until Banned Books Week 2021 (Sep 26 - Oct 2)! How will your
library be helping to celebrate? 

 

Librarians, library staff, teens, and educators are encouraged to submit any
censorship-issue questions they might have for Jason Reynolds, author of
"Stamped" (#2 on 2020 Banned Books List) and Honorary Chair of BBW 2021, for
a Facebook Live event at 10:00 a.m. PT on September 28. Submissions are due
by 5:00 p.m. EDT on September 17, 2021.
https://bannedbooksweek.org/teen-contest/

 

Vigorous cheers and congratulations to Curry Public Library District for
securing a virtual author talk with Reynolds on 9/30!
https://www.currypubliclibrary.org/event/jason-reynolds-author-talk/  

 

For more Banned Books Week information and promotional tools, see

https://bannedbooksweek.org/ 

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned 

https://www.facebook.com/bannedbooksweek 

 

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ALSO.

The next meeting of the Oregon Library Association's Intellectual Freedom
Committee will be taking place this coming Friday, 9/17/21, from 9:30 to
11:30 AM. 

 

This is a virtual meeting and any OLA members are welcome to attend. The
meeting agenda is available at
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S-wcZadcpunSrvbSBImu2MLvo7bWPxmz/edit?us
p=sharing
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S-wcZadcpunSrvbSBImu2MLvo7bWPxmz/edit?u
sp=sharing&ouid=110538357701766400626&rtpof=true&sd=true>
&ouid=110538357701766400626&rtpof=true&sd=true . Instructions for remote
access are in the agenda.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!

 

Perry Stokes and Emily O'Neal

Co-Chairs - Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee

<http://www.olaweb.org/if-home>

Email:  ifc.chair at olaweb.org

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