Advocacy

10 Apr
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the weeks of April 3, 2024 and April 10, 2024.

 

 

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09 Apr
ABFE

Planning a Secure Drag Story Time Event

In the current climate, drag story time events are powerful statements of inclusion. They also entail risk of online harassment, confrontational protests, and even bomb threats. Here are some things to consider when planning a drag story event in your store.

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05 Apr
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: Second Star to the Right

Dea Lavoie is the owner of Second Star to the Right Books in Denver, CO and a founder of the nonprofit book access organization Books to Kids. Sophie Nogar is the Store Manager and Event Coordinator for Second Star and an organizer of the Gay It Forward program, among many others.

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29 Mar
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: Florida Freedom to Read Project (Raegan Miller)

Raegan Miller is the Director of Finance and Development at the Florida Freedom to Read Project and a Florida parent.

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28 Mar
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of March 28, 2024.

 

 

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27 Mar

Visa, MasterCard Offer Retailers “Token” Relief in Antitrust Settlement

A proposed antitrust settlement announced Tuesday for Visa and Mastercard to reduce “swipe” fees charged to merchants to process credit card transactions would provide “very small relief” and does not end the need for Congress to pass legislation, the Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC) said.

 

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20 Mar
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of March 20, 2024.

 

 

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20 Mar
ABFE

Celebrate the Trans Rights Readathon 2024: March 22–29

Rebecca Skyhart and KC Norton are part of the volunteer leadership team of the Trans Rights Readathon. Rebecca is a co-owner of the Be Yourself Bookshop. KC is an author. Learn more about the Trans Rights Readathon and find their tools and graphics on their website

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18 Mar
ABFE

Luis Correa, Avid Bookshop, on Indie Booksellers and Carceral Justice

Luis Correa is the Operations Manager of Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia. Avid recently filed a legal complaint challenging the constitutionality of Gwinnett County Jail’s policies restricting who can send books to those incarcerated at the jail.

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15 Mar
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: Read Freely Alabama (Angie Hayden)

Angie Hayden is a founding member of Read Freely Alabama, an Alabaman, a mother, and a passionate advocate.

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13 Mar
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of March 13, 2024.

 

 

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08 Mar
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: White Rose (Erin Decker)

Erin Decker is the co-owner of White Rose Book & More, Kissimmee, FL, and is a former librarian.

 
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06 Mar
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of March 6, 2024.

 

 

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29 Feb
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: Book Resumes (Eric Stroshane)

Red Wine & Blue is a national advocacy organization dedicated to friend-to-friend organizing among suburban women to fight extremism and book bans. Ronna Dewey is the Pennsylvania Program Director and a passionate advocate for education and inclusion. 

 
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29 Feb
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: Book Resumes (Eric Stroshane)

Red Wine & Blue is a national advocacy organization dedicated to friend-to-friend organizing among suburban women to fight extremism and book bans. Ronna Dewey is the Pennsylvania Program Director and a passionate advocate for education and inclusion. 

 
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