[aisle] Tell Congress to defend the freedom to read

[Monica Caldicott]

I sent this email to all of my personal friends+family+important people,
and I was so pleased at their response and support for libraries! Maybe
they've been hearing my fears and worries for so long that they were glad
to help me take action.
Please share this call to action with your circles, too!

📚 Currently reading *We Are the Light
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60321061-we-are-the-light>* by Matthew
Quick
🐦 Also reading* Where Have All the Birds Gone?
<https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/rest/v2/go/5999/details/107388>
*by Rebecca E. Hirsch
🎧 Currently listening to *Solito
<https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/rest/v2/go/5999/details/108444>
*by Javier Zamora
⭐ Member of 2024 Lincoln Award Selection Committee, helping to choose the
20 books nominated for the Illinois Teen Choice Award; here is the 2023 list
<https://www.d128.org/vhhs/students/student-services/library/2023-illinois-teen-choice-award>


On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 4:22 PM Legislation Advocacy AISLE via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> From the ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Office.
> For your information and action
>
> Lou Ann Jacobs
> AISLE Legislation Function Representative
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Office <imanager at alawash.org>
> Date: Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 1:56 PM
> Subject: Tell Congress to defend the freedom to read
> >
>
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> We must speak up against censorship
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> Hello Lou!
>
> Like you, ALA is outraged at the extreme censorship efforts targeting
> local libraries around the country. *And we’re fighting back.*
>
> TELL CONGRESS: DEFEND FREEDOM TO READ
> <https://americanlibraryassociation.cmail19.com/t/i-l-qhidrc-tdzxjkir-y/>
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> We know that the Constitution and our values are on our side – and our
> polling
> <https://americanlibraryassociation.cmail19.com/t/i-l-qhidrc-tdzxjkir-j/>
> shows that voters agree. But the small minority of censorship proponents
> are loud. *We need to get loud, too.*
>
> In many cases, local leaders have successfully pushed back by using our
> greatest strength – *the overwhelming support of our communities*.
> Librarians, trustees, students, and parents have *come together to reject
> censorship.*
>
> A new Congress is just getting started, and we’re hearing more and more
> about censorship. On one hand, some of the dangerous ideas we’ve seen
> recently at the state and local level now are being proposed in Congress.
> On the other hand, some principled leaders are starting to speak out
> against censorship and in defense of the freedom to read.
>
> *We must* *speak up NOW* so that Congress understands exactly how
> important the freedom to read is to libraries and those who depend on them.
> TELL CONGRESS: HANDS OFF OUR BOOKS
> <https://americanlibraryassociation.cmail19.com/t/i-l-qhidrc-tdzxjkir-t/>
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> We've seen some very troubling censorship attempts in a number of states
> and localities, and we stand with the libraries fighting against those. We *all
> *must stand together to prevent these ideas from gaining traction at the
> federal level – today, and in the months ahead.
>
> Thank you for all you do for libraries!
>
> ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Team
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