<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6ddaca1c-cd98-78e4-165a-04fd2558dc69"><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;line-height:16px;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello!</span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;line-height:16px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We would like to invite you and any interested people you know to attend a free Banned Books Week event,</span><a href="https://multcolib.org/events/censorship-omission-diversity-deficit/46262" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Censorship by Omission</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, at Multnomah County Library.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This year for</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Banned Books Week</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> the library is focusing on diversity, an issue raised by the</span><a href="http://weneeddiversebooks.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We Need Diverse Books campaign</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Every year the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom gathers data on efforts to remove or censor books in public libraries throughout the country. The author </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Malinda Lo foun</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">d that</span><a href="http://www.diversityinya.com/2014/09/book-challenges-suppress-diversity/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">52% of challenged or banned books</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> over the last decade were written by people of color or addressed diverse content. The Office for Intellectual Freedom’s analysis</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/sites/ala.org.news/files/content/0415_StateAmLib_0.pdf" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">found that 80% of book challenges in 2014</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> involved books with diverse content.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are hosting a panel discussion featuring Stacey Lee, Isabel Quintero, Tess Sharpe, and Swati Avasthi. The authors will discuss issues facing diverse books, the importance of having narratives that reflect a reader’s identity and experiences, and more.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The event will occur on Saturday, October 3, 2-3:30 pm, at Midland Library (805 SE 122nd Ave, Portland, OR 97233).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;m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