#freadom — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #freadom, aggregated by home.social.
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From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’
Amid a surge in book bans nationwide, the #Louisiana librarian Amanda Jones was targeted by vicious threats. So she decided to fight back. She went to court against her attackers, and then wrote a book. And, she still a #librarian.
https://portside.org/2024-09-05/school-librarian-activist-hate-level-and-vitriol-unreal
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#Illinois State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias will discuss #FreedomToRead with a panel of experts on Zoom, October 2. Hosted by ~75 Illinois libraries.
https://www.vapld.info/news/il-secretary-of-state-to-discuss-freedom-to-read-october-2#fREADom #OIF #ALA #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead #libraries @librarians [email protected]
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Are you a Florida parent who doesn’t want your child to use PragerU materials? You can opt-out. Here are two easy email templates to help you. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AUf3kbZpkbJsu2qrx9WYOlRFlXj7u9OB/view?usp=drive_link
Here's some information about PragerU's curriculum: https://tiktok.com/t/ZT889TnR7/ #DemCastFL #TeachTheTruth #Florida #LetThemLearn #FReadom #FreedomToLearn #ProtectOurFreedoms
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Recent #acquisitions (not from England):
📖 The #Irish Guyed: A #Fearless Peep Behind the #Emerald #Curtain by #ShamusOShamus and dekkorated by #Dekk
📖 The Complete #HansChristianAndersen #FairyTales: Little Known #Tales as Well as Treasured #Classics: With 60 Illustrations
📖 #Seeds in the #Wind: Early Signs of #Genius: From #VirginiaWoolf to #GrahamGreene edited by #NevilleBraybrooke -
Recent #acquisitions from #England part 9:
📖 #Shakespeare by #McBean
📖 #Olivier by #PhilipZieglerBoth purchased at the #RoyalShakespeareTheatre in #StratfordUponAvon
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Recent #acquisitions from #England part 8:
📖 #AShropshireLad and Other #Poems by #AEHousman
📖 The #VisionOfPiersPlowman by #WilliamLangland
📖 #Tales from #Wessex by #ThomasHardy -
Recent acquisitions from England part 1:
📖 #Medieval #London : #TheCity , #Westminster and #Southwark: Showing London in the Late #13thCentury with an Introduction and Directory
📖 The Stripping of the #Altars : #TraditionalReligion in #England , #1400 - #1580 by #EamonDuffy
📖 From #Becket to #Langton : #English #Church #Government #1170 - #1213 by #CRCheney
📖 The #BlackDeath ( #PitkinGuides ) by #BrianWilliams -
In #Florida, the complaint of just 1 parent can get a book moved off a school library shelf. This week, a local bookstore gave away free copies of "The Hill We Climb" by Amanda Gorman, "The ABCs Of Black History" by Rio Cortez, & "Love To Langston" by Tony Medina, as a way to push back against #censorship in Florida schools. The #Freadom book giveaway was hosted by Books & Books, & paid for by Gorman & a local donor.
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"The Monday of #NationalLibraryWeek - April 24, 2023 - will mark one year since the launch of the Unite Against Book Bans campaign... We're calling it Right to Read Day.
...The American #Library Association will release its list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2022. The list follows ALA's recent unveiling of data showing record-shattering attempts to remove books from school and public #libraries...
Join us on #RightToReadDay "
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@GottaLaff On April 21st
The largest student protest in Florida's history will take place.
Students across the state will walk out of their classrooms to learn a piece of history banned by Florida's legislature, sign an active voter pledge, and enroll in a virtual African American history course.
Learn more at Walkout2Learn.org
#Florida #DemCastFL #LetThemLearn #FReadom #FreedomToLearn #TeachTheTruth -
🎶Hey DeSantis "leave them kids alone..."
Put another brick in the wall on April 21.
Learn more here:
https://walkout2learn.org
#DemCastFL #TeachTheTruth #Florida #LetThemLearn #FReadom #FreedomToLearn -
Help Idaho Statesman and ProPublica Report on Idaho’s Deteriorating Public Schools
The Idaho Statesman and ProPublica need your help to get a full picture of school building conditions across the state. We want to understand the effects on students and teachers. https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/help-us-report-on-idahos-deteriorating-public-schools
#Idaho #TeachTheTruth #LetThemLearn #FReadom #FreedomToLearn -
Help Idaho Statesman and ProPublica Report on Idaho’s Deteriorating Public Schools
The Idaho Statesman and ProPublica need your help to get a full picture of school building conditions across the state. We want to understand the effects on students and teachers. https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/help-us-report-on-idahos-deteriorating-public-schools
#Idaho #TeachTheTruth #LetThemLearn #FReadom #FreedomToLearn -
Students Re-Think College Plans in States With Abortion Bans - U.S. News
https://thedemlabs.org/2023/04/16/choose-your-college-carefully/
#TeachTheTruth #FReadom #FreedomToLearn #LetThemLearn #AbortionRights #GirlsRights #AbortionIsHealthcare -
Amanda Jones is a hero, fighting #bookbanning in schools and public #libraries, and in 2022 Defenders article in #publishersweekly. Latest update on #GoFundMe: "...I signed with Sarah Fish of The Tobias Literary Agency to write a book about my ordeal and about the censorship attempts by extremist groups...If you know of an educator or librarian being defamed and/or harassed online, please reach out to them. Your messages mean the world." #harassment #Freadom
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I’m annoyed that #fREADom people (that is, #FreedomtoRead), #librarians (especially #schoollibrarians), and our national and statewide #library organizations are still on #Twitter after this week’s debacle. Twitter is now in direct opposition to our profession’s stated values. What will it take?
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Opinion: The library used to be a sanctuary. Now it's a battleground | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/opinions/school-libraries-banned-books-lgbtq-hickson/index.html #FReadom #StopBookBans #Education
