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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you know someone who has bravely defended the freedom to read or access information? Someone who has fought against censorship? Someone who has contributed to the core value of intellectual freedom? Is there a censorship story from the
past year that has resonated with you? I bet the answer is yes. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please take five minutes and nominate this person for the John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award presented by the Intellectual Freedom Round Table. The deadline is December 1, 2018. More information can be found on the
<a href="http://www.ala.org/rt/ifrt/john-phillip-immroth-memorial-award">website</a> or the
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/09/nominations-open-2019-ifrt-john-phillip-immroth-memorial-award">
press release</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print"">Kristin<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Kristin Pekoll, Assistant Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.ala.org/oif"><span style="color:#0070C0">Office for Intellectual Freedom</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">ALA</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">AmericanLibraryAssociation</span></b><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#257911"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">312.280.4221
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">800.545.2433 x4221</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0070C0">Censorship thrives in silence; silence is its aim. ~ James LaRue<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.ala.org/challengereporting"><span style="color:#0070C0">Report Censorship</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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