It's National Right to Read Day. If you haven't yet, please call your Rep and demand they oppose this bill.
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Posts by Authors Against Book Bans
It's National Library Week. Here are the latest stats about the state of book bans in Oregon, including the rise in people hiding, stealing, and damaging library books.
Thank you, librarians, for standing up to bans.
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As of Sunday night this was over a 100 calls from its goal of 600 calls to House members to oppose HR 7661, the national book ban. Can we hit the goal by tomorrow?
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In order to keep winning elections, we need even more candidates who support the right to read. So our friends @everylibrary.bsky.social have launched Read. Lead. RUN! to help allies run for elected office. If you don't know who the bet person for your school board is, it might be you.
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Physical mail can be a very powerful tool for advocacy SOOOOOO your assignment this weekend is to send your Rep a postcard or letter this weekend urging them to oppose HR7661. Maybe make it a fun art project for the fam. Or have a party with your neighbors!
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If you have not already contacted your House Representatives about this, please do!
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If you would like to join us in opposing this dangerous legislation you can use this tool created by @everylibrary.bsky.social
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A core principle of democracy, freedom, and liberty is that the government does not choose what people get to read and who they get to be. This country has a long history of protecting our freedoms. H.R. 7661 goes against this. Together, we say that this bill goes against the U.S. Constitution, local self-determination, access to books, and a society that is welcoming for everyone, no matter who they are. Our schools deserve better than this. Our children and teens — all of them, without exception — deserve better than this. We urge the U.S. House of Representatives to vote NO on H.R. 7661 or, better yet, to not take it up for a vote at all.
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A Statement In Opposition to HR 7661 The freedom to speak and to read is a fundamental principle of the United States of America. That is why we have joined together — parents, students, educators, library workers, authors, free expression advocates, booksellers, and publishers — to stand in support of our nation’s school-aged children and teens and in opposition to H.R. 7661. H.R. 7661, if passed, will compel nationwide book censorship. It confuses obscenity with identity and stigmatizes vulnerable young people, particularly trans children and teens, based on who they are. It will continue to drain funding from our already underfunded schools and libraries. And it will threaten the creativity and critical thinking that are vital to education in the U.S.
Authors Against Book Bans has joined dozens of other organizations, nonprofits, publishers, & stores to issue this joint statement opposing HR7661
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Today at 1PM EST AABB National Leader Samira Ahmed &
@everylibrary.bsky.social Library Political Director Gwen Camp. will discuss how people who live in blue states can effectively stand up to HR 7661 on Instagram Live www.instagram.com/authorsagain...
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Book censorship has so many far-reaching consequences, especially in the world of children’s publishing. Whoever your audience, if you’re an author you should be screaming about this.
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Do you live in a Blue State? On Monday, April 13 at 1PM EST AABB National Leader Samira Ahmed & @everylibrary.bsky.social Library Political Director Gwen Camp. will discuss how people who live in blue states can effectively stand up to HR 7661 on Instagram Live
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Happy Friday Team! Go into the weekend knowing that in the elections on Tuesday the book banners lost. Everywhere. Great work!
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We need all hands on deck to stop H.R. 7661, the federal book banning bill.
Your voice matters. Congressional offices track every call—we CAN make a difference.
I hope you’ll join me in speaking out. There's a script you can follow here: action.everylibrary.org/callhr7661
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New date for the talk with Christina Soontornvat!
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Thursday! The great Christine Soontornvat chats with @everylibrary.bsky.social about how to fight HR 7661 from a red state over on our Instagram on Thursday at 1PM. And for the record: Yes, you can and yes it matters.
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a blue graphic with an outline of the United States. Red and white text reads: Call. National Book Banning Bill Proposed in US House of Reps. Tell your rep: Vote no on H.R. 7661.
a blue and red graphic with white text that reads: House Republicans have introduced a bill to effectively grant the federal government decision-making power over what books make it into the library. H.R. 7661 is a national-level book banning bill that would ban any book that, according to the bill's language, "(ii) involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism." This means any book about a trans person or the trans experience would be banned from every public school in the United States.
a blue graphic with red and white text that reads: Call your reps. Tell them they must oppose this bill at every turn. It is egregiously unconstitutional, targets ideas based on ideological disapproval, and misleads parents and the public about the content of children's books. It does nothing to protect kids and will badly harm education. It will tie school material funding into knots and hurt anyone who is a library materials vendor, regardless of content. If you are a bookseller, librarian, or author, tell them your livelihood depends on the next generation of readers.
Call your reps and tell them to vote no on H.R. 7661. Thanks to @authorsabb.bsky.social for these helpful graphics.
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Hey New Yorkers! Your Freed to Read Act still isn't law yet! Please sign this open letter so we can get the bill over the finish line: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The great Grace Lin on the senselessness of book bans and the harm they do do everyone in the world of books. We can protect ourselves here in Massachusetts by passing H.3594. Tell your House Rep to support it!
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Here we go again.
Here we go still.
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HR 7661, the Federal book banning bill, is unfortunately still alive. Please call your reps and say NO ON HR 7661! You can read the bill's full text here and see if your Congressperson is one of the 19 co-sponsors: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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Phone calls to reps are still the best way for citizens to influence legislation. If you've avoided the phone thus far, use this tool from @everylibrary.bsky.social to help oppose H.R. 7661. If you do that today, you can take the rest of the weekend off! :)
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🗣️ Testify in Austin- Tuesday, April 7 (register by 5PM Friday)
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If you weren't able to make our Day of Advocacy you can see the full press briefing here. But, you know who really needs to see the briefing? Our state reps who need to push this out of committee! Send them the link in your next email to them.
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Just like how it's never to late to start your book, it's never too late to join Authors Against Book Bans. The more of us there are, the more we win and we're adding new members every day. So be a part of something bigger & join AABB today
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As president of @authorsabb.bsky.social, I stand with all 10 toes down against this first of its kind federal book banning bigoted bullsh*t bill.
It's a Trojan Horse for the federal gov't to weasel its way into our classrooms, and decide what YOU and YOUR kids can read.
In short, I hate it.
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