<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Hello Oregon Library Community,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">To create awareness during Banned Book Week, Multnomah County Library's Intellectual Freedom Committee is sponsoring a talk focused on the current wave of book banning hitting public libraries and ways to fight censorship. The talk is virtual and open to all; we do ask attendees to register. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font size="4" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">If
 you know of people who might be interested, would you please share? I 
am attaching a flyer as well as the description below. Please let me 
know if you have any questions, and many thanks if you can help get the 
word out. </font>

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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(32,18,77)"><font size="4"><a href="https://multcolib.org/events/why-your-voice-matters-even-and-especially-censorship-increases/128670" target="_blank">Why Your Voice Matters, Even as Censorship Increases</a></font></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><blockquote><span id="m_-405086572259346349gmail-docs-internal-guid-0133997c-7fff-f4a3-1ce6-4a53b95510d0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">A webinar on Thursday, October 5, 6-7:30pm. </span></font></p></span><span id="m_-405086572259346349gmail-docs-internal-guid-0133997c-7fff-f4a3-1ce6-4a53b95510d0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Follow the link above to register. </span></font></p></span><br><span id="m_-405086572259346349gmail-docs-internal-guid-0133997c-7fff-f4a3-1ce6-4a53b95510d0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">As censorship efforts continue across the country, what should </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">we, the people, know? How can we ensure that our public libraries remain places of intellectual freedom? Kelly Jensen from Book Riot and John Chrastka from EveryLibrary will talk about public libraries, the current landscape of book bans, and the movement to push back. Hear stories of libraries defending the First Amendment and learn how you can support libraries.</span></font></p></span></blockquote><span id="m_-405086572259346349gmail-docs-internal-guid-0133997c-7fff-f4a3-1ce6-4a53b95510d0"><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
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<font size="4" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span id="m_-405086572259346349gmail-docs-internal-guid-0133997c-7fff-f4a3-1ce6-4a53b95510d0"><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We hope you are able to attend. </p></span></font><span id="m_-405086572259346349gmail-docs-internal-guid-0133997c-7fff-f4a3-1ce6-4a53b95510d0"><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4">Thanks, <br></font></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><br></font></p></span></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><b>Jennifer Keyser </b>(she/her)</font><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4"><b>Policy Coordinator Librarian</b><br>Monday - Friday</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4">971-429-4699<br></font></div></div><div><font size="4">Multnomah County Library</font></div><div><a href="http://multcolib.org" target="_blank"><font size="4">multcolib.org</font></a></div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://multcolib.org/sites/default/files/MultCoLib_2LineLogo_RGBemail_sig2.png"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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