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#righttoread

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Darren du Nord

Right to Read ND will host Read-Outs outside libraries across North Dakota on Saturday, March 1st, from 2 to 2:30 PM CST.
Current Read-Out locations:
📚#Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library
📚#Dickinson Area Public Library
📚#Fargo Public Library (Main branch)
📚#GrandForks Public Library
📚#Minot Public Library
📚#WestFargo Public Library
📚#Williston Community Library

📚Do you want to have a Read-Out in your community? Please send us a message or email us at righttoreadnd@gmail.com

North Dakotans are invited to bring a book and read silently on the public sidewalk outside their local library to show their opposition to Senate Bill 2307, a bill that targets library content. The North Dakota Senate passed the bill in a narrow vote last week, and it now heads to the North Dakota House for a hearing and a floor vote. #RightToReadND ✊✊

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#NorthDakota #Fargo #FargoND #libraries #censorship #fightfascism #FightCensorship #RightToRead #SB2703 #readout

A yellow poster with black text and images promoting Right to Read ND. At the top, in large black text, it reads "#RightToReadND READ-OUT OUR FAMILIES - OUR BOOKS OUR FREEDOM". Below this is a black box containing the text "RIGHT TO READ ND" with an image of an open book below it. To the left and right of the box are images of bookshelves with books. At the bottom, it reads "OPPOSING NORTH DAKOTA SENATE BILL 2307:". Below this is a paragraph of text describing SB 2307 as government censorship. To the right of the paragraph is a QR code and the text "LEARN MORE: righttoreadnd.org/join-us". At the very bottom, it reads "Organized by Right to Read ND".
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petersuber

Update. Last month, Canada's Prison Libraries Network (#PLN) issued an excellent statement on prisoners’ right to read.
cfla-fcab.ca/en/guidelines-and

"For incarcerated people inside Canadian correctional institutions, reading and access to information is a rare connection to the outside world. It is also a basic right. "

The statement was just endorsed by the Canadian Federation of Library Federations (#cfla, @cflafcab)
cfla-fcab.ca/en/advocacy/cfla-

Canadian Federation of Library Associations · Prison Libraries Network: The Right to Read (Position Statement)Visit the post for more.
#Canada#Libraries#Prisons
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azteclady

Via Kelly Jensen:
"Illinois becomes the first state to introduce anti-book banning legislation with the Right to Read Bill, thanks to Alexi Giannoulias (IL Sec of State). Here's what it says and how you can take action, whether or not you live in Illinois."

Given that other states are trying to ban book from *public libraries*, it behooves us to pay attention before it's too late.

#BookBans #FirstAmendment #RightToRead #Illinois

bookriot.com/illinois-right-to

BOOK RIOTIllinois Proposes First Anti-Book Ban LegislationIllinois is the first state to introduce anti-book ban legislation with the Right to Read Bill. Here's what it says & how to take action.
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Courtney Rosenthal

@jeffjarvis @hauntedhideaway The action needed varies from community to community. A good place to start is the ALA.
ala.org/advocacy/advocacy-publ

Here in #Texas, the lege session is just starting and there are some very bad bills filed -- including one that removes the affirmative defense for educational material that protects library staff. We need to get these bills stopped.

Advocacy, Legislation & IssuesAdvocacy and Public PolicyALA Public Policy and Advocacy Funding, broadband equity, and fair use of copyrighted material is more important than ever as libraries continue to serve their communities amid rapidly changing circumstances. Read an overview of some recent advocacy successes, including record levels of emergency funding and increased annual appropriations for federal library programs, thanks to the efforts from library advocates! Here's a round-up of our funding-related activity: Click to expand.
#RightToRead#FreedomToRead#Libraries
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Josiah Mannion

@hauntedhideaway @jeffjarvis We have a #RightToRead kind of group, I think soon to be officially named Community Library Network Alliance, that is dedicated to doing exactly this, showing up at Board of Trustees meetings to speak in support of public libraries inclusive policies, etc. There is definitely a growing and coordinated (political action templates executable at local levels) effort by far right conservatives against libraries, and attacking library funding.

This was us at the last meeting last week!

cdapress.com/news/2023/jan/20/

Coeur d'Alene PressCommunity members speak volumes about library booksIn a place normally known for its quietude, many voices were heard Thursday afternoon in the Hayden Library when the Community Library Network board of trustees held its regular meeting.
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Josiah Mannion

Had a meeting with our #RightToRead group here in #NorthIdaho; it was great! I have hope that we'll be able to counter far right #Republicans (#KCRCC), their attempts to take over the Board of Trustees of our #library system, their anti-queer cishet patriarchal #WhiteNationalist exclusionary, disinclusive policies, authoritarianism.

We believe in our libraries, real #community building.

And right after, a postcard campaign in support of #Drag in #Idaho!

#Queer#Gender#Libraries
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