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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2019/04/freedom-read-foundation-announces-intellectual-freedom-course-and-scholarship">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2019/04/freedom-read-foundation-announces-intellectual-freedom-course-and-scholarship</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#494949">For Immediate Release<br>
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Fri, 04/19/2019</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#111111">Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949">Yumeka Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949">Program Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949">Freedom to Read Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949">American Library Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949">312-280-4223<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949"><a href="mailto:ybrown@ala.org"><span style="color:#337AB7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">ybrown@ala.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949">The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) is excited to partner with the San Jose State University School of Information (SJSU iSchool) and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign iSchool
(iSchool at Illinois) on two Fall intellectual freedom courses. In addition to encouraging students throughout the country to take the course, FTRF is offering one half-scholarship per course for current library and information science (LIS) students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949">Professor Carrie Gardner will lead a 3-credit, asynchronous Intellectual Freedom Seminar, INFO 234, through the SJSU iSchool between August 21 and December 9, 2019. Gardner has taught
an intellectual freedom course since 2002 and her courses explore topics ranging from the legal foundation of the First Amendment to intellectual freedom history, policies, ethics, and privacy, and the ways these topics intersect in our libraries. Students
interested in the course can contact SJSU iSchool online or by calling (408) 924-2490 for more information. You can find the school online at <a href="http://ischool.sjsu.edu/"><span style="color:#337AB7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">ischool.sjsu.edu</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;margin:1rem 0rem;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;font-size:1.4rem">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949">iSchool at Illinois Professor Emily Knox will offer a 2-credit synchronous online course, Intellectual Freedom and Censorship. Her course approaches intellectual freedom as an ethical
issue based in interpretations of the First Amendment of the United States and the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. It meets from October 22 through December 10, 2019. Students interested in the course can contact Karla Lucht, <a href="http://klucht@illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#337AB7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">klucht@illinois.edu</span></a> or
visit <a href="http://ischool.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#337AB7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">http://ischool.illinois.edu</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;margin:1rem 0rem;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch: inherit;font-size:1.4rem">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949">Students interested in one of the courses are encouraged to apply for a scholarship. <strong><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Applications
for the scholarships are due May 3, 2019</span></strong>. For more information and to apply for the scholarship visit <a href="http://www.ftrf.org/?Krug_Education"><span style="color:#337AB7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">www.ftrf.org/?Krug_Education</span></a> or
contact Yumeka Brown at <a href="http://ybrown@ala.org/"><span style="color:#337AB7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">ybrown@ala.org</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The Freedom to Read Foundation (<a href="http://www.ftrf.org/"><span style="color:#337AB7">www.ftrf.org</span></a>) is a First Amendment legal
defense and education organization affiliated with the American Library Association. In 2009, following the death of its founding executive director Judith Krug, FTRF created the Judith Krug Memorial Fund. The Krug Fund has two purposes: to support Banned
Books Week via event grants to organizations, and to provide intellectual freedom education. For more information on the Krug Fund, or to make a donation to support its work, please visit <a href="http://www.ftrf.org/?Krug_Fund"><span style="color:#337AB7">www.ftrf.org/?Krug_Fund</span></a>.</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#111111">Tags<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#494949"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/taxonomy/term/845"><span style="color:#337AB7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Awards (Scholarships & Grants)</span></a>, <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/taxonomy/term/786"><span style="color:#337AB7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Intellectual
Freedom</span></a>, <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/taxonomy/term/640"><span style="color:#337AB7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Intellectual Freedom Round Table</span></a>, <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/taxonomy/term/618"><span style="color:#337AB7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Office
for Intellectual Freedom</span></a>, <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/taxonomy/term/632"><span style="color:#337AB7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Freedom to Read Foundation</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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