<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Dear Oregon Library Community,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">A friendly reminder that you are all invited to an online Banned Books Week talk presented by Multnomah County Library's Intellectual Freedom Committee. The focus of the discussion will be 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. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Here are the details and the link to register:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;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=""><blockquote style="color:rgb(32,18,77);font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:large"><span id="m_2114477351354648667m_-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_2114477351354648667m_-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_2114477351354648667m_-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_2114477351354648667m_-405086572259346349gmail-docs-internal-guid-0133997c-7fff-f4a3-1ce6-4a53b95510d0" style="color:rgb(32,18,77);font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:large"><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p></span><font size="4" style="" face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span id="m_2114477351354648667m_-405086572259346349gmail-docs-internal-guid-0133997c-7fff-f4a3-1ce6-4a53b95510d0" style=""><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We hope you are able to attend. Thanks for all your work in supporting intellectual freedom.</p></span></font><span id="m_2114477351354648667m_-405086572259346349gmail-docs-internal-guid-0133997c-7fff-f4a3-1ce6-4a53b95510d0" style=""><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000">Warmly,</font><br></font></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></span></div></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>