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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Perry asked me to share this opportunity for youth with children’s and teen library staff. –Katie
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Perry Stokes via Libs-Or<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 25, 2022 12:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Libs-OR <libs-or@omls.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] OPB looking for youth activists resisting book bans<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Perry Stokes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Co-Chair, OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/intellectual-freedom-committee-home">https://www.olaweb.org/intellectual-freedom-committee-home</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Director, Baker County Library District<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Jenn Chávez <<a href="mailto:jchavez@opb.org">jchavez@opb.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 23, 2022 12:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ifc.chair@olaweb.org">ifc.chair@olaweb.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Media inquiry from Oregon Public Broadcasting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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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/">
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/">
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>
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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">
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>
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If anything comes to mind, please let me know. Thank you!<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Jenn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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