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</div><p></p><div class="gmail-m_3581545367153827146WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hello everyone,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">For a media story on the surge of book ban attempts, OPB radio host Jenn Chávez is looking to interview any </span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Oregon youth or student activist or group “resisting book ban<span style="color:black">s </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">and/or increasing access to literature for students.”<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">If you know of any candidates to suggest, please contact Jenn or forward her email address. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jchavez@opb.org" target="_blank">jchavez@opb.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">---------------------------------<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Perry Stokes<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Co-Chair, OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/intellectual-freedom-committee-home" target="_blank">https://www.olaweb.org/intellectual-freedom-committee-home</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Director, Baker County Library District<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="mailto:director@bakerlib.org" target="_blank">director@bakerlib.org</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">(541) 523-6419  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Jenn Chávez <<a href="mailto:jchavez@opb.org" target="_blank">jchavez@opb.org</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 23, 2022 12:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ifc.chair@olaweb.org" target="_blank">ifc.chair@olaweb.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Media inquiry from Oregon Public Broadcasting<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Hi there,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">My name's Jenn Chávez - I'm a radio host and producer with OPB in Portland. Hope this email finds you doing alright today!<br><br>I wanted to reach out with a question for y'all to see if you might have any suggestions. I've been doing some <a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/29/mobile-library-street-books-portland-people-living-outdoors/" title="https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/29/mobile-library-street-books-portland-people-living-outdoors/" target="_blank">library</a> <a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2022/07/23/oregon-hillsboro-portland-library-tools-rent-things-baking-sewing-music/" title="https://www.opb.org/article/2022/07/23/oregon-hillsboro-portland-library-tools-rent-things-baking-sewing-music/" target="_blank">coverage</a> for OPB this year, & am currently doing a bit of research into how book bans in libraries impact youth/students. I'd love to find a youth or student activist or group in Oregon to talk to about resisting book bans and/or increasing access to literature for students. My colleagues at OPB have covered various proposed book bans in specific places in Oregon - for this I'm thinking of a broader conversation about the issue that may not necessarily be tied to a specific locale/school district/book.<br><br>I'm wondering if anyone from your committee knows of youth or student groups who are doing work around this issue in Oregon? For instance, one thing I saw with great interest is this <a href="https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned" title="https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned" target="_blank">youth-centered project in NY</a> - and I noticed this library system had an Intellectual Freedom teen council. But I'm unsure if anything like that currently exists in Oregon!<br><br>If anything comes to mind, please let me know. Thank you!<br><br>Cheers,<br>Jenn<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>