<div dir="ltr"><b><font size="4">Multnomah County Library Intellectual Freedom Committee</font></b><div><font size="4"><b><br></b></font><div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap">Intellectual Freedom News</span></div><div><b style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:large">August 2017</b></div></div><div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Banned Books Week</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Celebrate Banned Books Week (September 24th - 30th) with ALA’s </span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/rebelreader" style="text-decoration-line:none">#Rebel Reader: R</a></span><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/rebelreader" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ebel Reader Twitter Tournament</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">American Library Association</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Censorship</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.activistmom.com/video/operation-pull-teen-vogue-is-underway/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Operation Pull Teen Vogue is underway</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Blogger Activist Mommy created a </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Z5xC8rpQw" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">video</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> which subsequently went viral focusing on the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Teen Vogue </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">article, </span><a href="http://www.teenvogue.com/story/anal-sex-what-you-need-to-know" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Anal Sex: What You Need to Know</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  The online article did not appear in the subscription-based print and digital </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Teen Vogue</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> magazine. This month several Oregon libraries experienced challenges to </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Teen Vogue</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> as part of this nationwide campaign.   </span></p><br><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/pRHFXRUEBATZ9NGZUgTlUd46sP6U265FCo5Mbbr9jcZy4JIZGJBDViEDWE4anocbgWToVCRbO0A75Cqv15zPv866WRzwVI4XA6WPng7EbeMFROqOAIKUpEWE_8u8W9ZRp5l2TMPr" width="288" height="230" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-gay-pride-childrens-book-west-chicago-library-met-20170829-story.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=c4d9461848-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-c4d9461848-305311781" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">West Chicago Public Library denies request to remove gay pride book</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Chicago Tribune</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article169365057.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=c4d9461848-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-c4d9461848-305311781" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kindergarten parents object to transgender book read in class</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Sacramento Bee</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/07/31/540041860/new-florida-law-lets-residents-challenge-school-textbooks" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New Florida Law lets residents challenge school textbooks</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> NPR</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;white-space:normal"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/30/technology/china-apple-censorhip.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Apple removes apps from China store that help Internet users evade censorship</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> New York Times</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/projects/OIFC/2017.oifc.annual.report.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oregon Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom 2017 Annual Report</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oregon Library Association</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">First Amendment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/opinion/aclu-first-amendment-trump-charlottesville.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Attorney calls for greater consideration of context by ACLU in First Amendment advocacy</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> New York Times</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Privacy</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/15/543782396/doj-demands-files-on-anti-trump-activists-and-a-web-hosting-company-resists" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DOJ demands files on anti-Trump activists, and a web hosting company resists</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NPR</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Follow up to above, </span><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/23/545515159/justice-department-narrows-request-for-visitor-logs-to-inauguration-protest-webs" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Justice Department narrows request for visitor logs to inauguration protest website</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NPR</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Diversity</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/08/22/545402866/federal-judge-finds-racism-behind-arizona-law-banning-ethnic-studies" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Federal Judge finds racism behind Arizona law banning ethnic studies</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NPR</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.slj.com/2017/07/standards/early-learning/beyond-bilingual-making-storytime-inviting-to-all-english-language-learners/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Beyond bilingual storytime: Making storytime inviting to all English Language Learners</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">School Library Journal</span></p><br><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/APfYaQnh2s1zIzt5SgqIxDcmD6jt28xV65cnaLle8YGYl2kqyDk7gKjXsVdl4WWBBAJTb_iUUi8-y_o49aAldd43v5JbBsrAkowU16s9JS0U-EHmo_EolbxFooy9yTona7-UIjd7" width="290" height="202" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/30/nyregion/childrens-books-missed-these-immigrant-stories-so-students-wrote-them.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=3d2e107eb8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-3d2e107eb8-305311781" style="text-decoration-line:none">Children’s books missed these immigrant stories, so students wrote them</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-fami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