<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://bookriot.com/illinois-right-to-read-bill/"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://bookriot.com/illinois-right-to-read-bill/" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E9E9EB;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center" align="center"><img style="width:300px;filter:brightness(0.97);height:160px;" width="300" height="160" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-mediaImage" alt="illinois-state-capitol-building.jpg.optimal.jpg" src="cid:D739267D-164C-4569-ADBF-15BF8FCBFD38"></td></tr><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E9E9EB" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(233, 233, 235, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://bookriot.com/illinois-right-to-read-bill/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">Illinois Proposes First Anti-Book Ban Legislation</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://bookriot.com/illinois-right-to-read-bill/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">bookriot.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div>Contact your state Legislators supporting <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(1, 1, 1); color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2789&GAID=17&GA=103&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=147915&SessionID=112" target="_blank" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgb(255, 208, 7) 0px -0.175em inset; caret-color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">House Bill 2789</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(1, 1, 1); color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"><font face="HelveticaNeue">–the Right to Read Bill</font><font face="PT Serif, serif" size="4">. </font></span></span>School Librarian’s voices and experiences make a difference.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Bobbie Kocim</div><div dir="ltr">Retired<br><div>bkocim@sbcglobal.net</div><div><br></div></div></body></html>