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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">To celebrate free speech and honor defenders of First Amendment rights, the Springfield Public Library will host a Banned Books Read-Out event. Admission is free.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">On Friday, September 30, from noon to 4:00pm, students from the</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Academy of Arts and Academics
will celebrate the freedom to read with a read-out of Suzanne Kuklin’s groundbreaking work of young adult nonfiction, "<i>Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out,</i>" in the Springfield City Hall Lobby,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">225 5th Street. Teens will read aloud passages from
<i>Beyond Magenta, </i>one of the top ten most challenged books of 2015. Everyone is invited to stop by to listen, borrow books that have been targeted for censorship from the library, and pin on free “I Read Banned Books” buttons.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>What: </b>Banned Books Read-Out event<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>When:</b> Friday, September 30, 2016 from noon - 4pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Where</b>: Springfield City Hall lobby located at 225 5<sup>th</sup> St, Springfield, OR 97477<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Additional Information: </b>Contact Thea Hart, 541-726-2238 or
<a href="mailto:thart@springfield-or.gov">thart@springfield-or.gov</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you’ll attend if you are in the southern Willamette Valley!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Thea<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thea Hart<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Librarian and Arts Commission Liaison<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Springfield Public Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">225 5<sup>th</sup> St<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Springfield, OR 97477<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">541-726-2238<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:thart@springfield-or.gov">thart@springfield-or.gov</a>
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