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A win yesterday! #readbannedbooks #readingispolitical #resist

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Bookriot has a story on Georgia's “Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl,“ a statewide program to promote reading in Georgia schools. According to the story, this year the program caved to pressure from book banners and removed 8 (40%!) of the already-announced 20 titles from the high school list.

You'll be shocked, I'm sure, to hear that they left only one work by a Black author on the approved list. And they spelled her name wrong. Shocked.

Today is the 102nd anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. As the occupier in chief & many others are trying to disenfranchise many. It‘s important to remember all those women who fought hard for our right to vote (they were not perfect & were not intersectional feminists). If our vote wasn‘t so important they wouldn‘t constantly be trying to take it away. #resist

People choices to actively fight against a regime like Hitler‘s always result in my questioning of myself: would I be so committed to, so brave? I really don‘t know. Rose Valland chose to outwit the Nazis to save France‘s art, passed critical information to the Resistance& faced death.I know of her, but am excited to read this well researched biography. #grateful #libraryfind #resist

Book Riot had a good article on what we can do to help save IMLS. Contact your reps!

https://bookriot.com/we-can-still-save-the-institute-for-museum-and-library-serv...

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From Threads #resist

The oppressors only win if we give up hope ✊🏼🦅🌟🇺🇸💖.

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I shed happy tears this morning. 5,000 protesters in Marquette. 7% of the county's population. Up from 3,500 at the last big protest. I have hope today.
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