[Libs-Or] REQUEST - Celebrate Banned Books Week, Sep 26 - Oct 2 2021 plus upcoming IFC meeting info

[Perry Stokes]

Two weeks to go until Banned Books Week 2021 (Sep 26 - Oct 2)! How will your
library be helping to celebrate? 

 

Librarians, library staff, teens, and educators are encouraged to submit any
censorship-issue questions they might have for Jason Reynolds, author of
"Stamped" (#2 on 2020 Banned Books List) and Honorary Chair of BBW 2021, for
a Facebook Live event at 10:00 a.m. PT on September 28. Submissions are due
by 5:00 p.m. EDT on September 17, 2021.
https://bannedbooksweek.org/teen-contest/

 

Vigorous cheers and congratulations to Curry Public Library District for
securing a virtual author talk with Reynolds on 9/30!
https://www.currypubliclibrary.org/event/jason-reynolds-author-talk/  

 

For more Banned Books Week information and promotional tools, see

https://bannedbooksweek.org/ 

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned 

https://www.facebook.com/bannedbooksweek 

 

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ALSO.

The next meeting of the Oregon Library Association's Intellectual Freedom
Committee will be taking place this coming Friday, 9/17/21, from 9:30 to
11:30 AM. 

 

This is a virtual meeting and any OLA members are welcome to attend. The
meeting agenda is available at
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S-wcZadcpunSrvbSBImu2MLvo7bWPxmz/edit?us
p=sharing
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S-wcZadcpunSrvbSBImu2MLvo7bWPxmz/edit?u
sp=sharing&ouid=110538357701766400626&rtpof=true&sd=true>
&ouid=110538357701766400626&rtpof=true&sd=true . Instructions for remote
access are in the agenda.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!

 

Perry Stokes and Emily O'Neal

Co-Chairs - Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee

<http://www.olaweb.org/if-home>

Email:  ifc.chair at olaweb.org

 

 

From: Perry Stokes <director at bakerlib.org> 
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2021 4:41 PM
To: 'Libs-OR' <libs-or at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: REQUEST - Celebrate Banned Books Week, Sep 26 - Oct 2 2021

 

Banned Books Week is coming soon, Sep 26 - Oct 2.  The OLA Intellectual
Freedom Committee invites all libraries, library workers, and supporters to
join us in celebration of the right to read!

 

Despite the pandemic, more than 273 titles were challenged or banned in
2020, with increasing demands to remove books that address racism and racial
justice or those that shared the stories of Black, Indigenous, or people of
color. As with previous years, LGBTQ+ content also dominated the list
<https://bannedbooksweek.org/ala-unveils-top-10-most-challenged-books-of-202
0/> .

1.       George by Alex Gino. Challenged, banned, and restricted for
LGBTQIA+ content, conflicting with a religious viewpoint, and not reflecting
"the values of our community."

2.       Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason
Reynolds. Banned and challenged because of the author's public statements
and because of claims that the book contains "selective storytelling
incidents" and does not encompass racism against all people.

3.       All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. Banned and
challenged for profanity, drug use, and alcoholism and because it was
thought to promote antipolice views, contain divisive topics, and be "too
much of a sensitive matter right now."

4.       Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Banned, challenged, and restricted
because it was thought to contain a political viewpoint, it was claimed to
be biased against male students, and it included rape and profanity.

5.       The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references, and allegations of
sexual misconduct on the part of the author.

6.       Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial
Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated
by Jennifer Zivoin. Challenged for "divisive language" and because it was
thought to promote antipolice views.

7.       To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Banned and challenged for
racial slurs and their negative effect on students, featuring a "white
savior" character, and its perception of the Black experience.

8.       Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Banned and challenged for racial
slurs and racist stereotypes and their negative effect on students.

9.       The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Banned and challenged because it
was considered sexually explicit and depicts child sexual abuse.

10.   The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Challenged for profanity, and because
it was thought to promote an antipolice message.

 

Stay tuned for information coming soon from the State Library about this
year's Annual report on challenges in Oregon

 

For more Banned Books Week information and promotional tools, see

https://bannedbooksweek.org/ 

 

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned 

 

https://www.facebook.com/bannedbooksweek 

 

Keep curious and carry on.

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Perry Stokes

Co-Chair, OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee 

Library Director, Baker County Library District 

2400 Resort St | Baker City, OR 97814

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director at bakerlib.org

  

 

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