Huge shoutout to everyone who joined a truly powerful event, The Bronx Against Book Bans: #FreedomToLearn Day of Action!

We spoke up against educational censorship, book bans, and voter suppression, and celebrated the power of the vote!

Truth, justice, and equity will win out.

'Freedom to Learn Coalition Rally Country-Wide for National Day of Action' -Black Enterprise blackenterprise.com/freedom-to-lea…
#FreedomSummer2024 #FreedomToLearn

New on The Forum : A S Hamrah on Alex Garland's film Civil War, which—like the press it valorizes—capitalizes on the idea of polarization without politics.forummag.com/2024/05/01/mak…

Civil and human rights leaders rallied Friday outside the U.S. Supreme Court to denounce book banning, curriculum censorship and other “politically motivated” actions in schools. trib.al/OgOBcvE

AAPF is thrilled to join NationSwell and @caseygrants in Chelsea, NY on May 10th for the #MCFBookClub discussion on #SAYHERNAME : Black Women’s
Stories of Police Violence and Public Silence with Kimberlé Crenshaw

'We stand on the steps where we argued in this very court to ensure that our children could sit in the seats at the very universities that they are now protesting.'

—Wisdom Cole, National Director of NAACP Youth & College, during Friday's #FreedomToLearn rally. 👉🏾 bit.ly/4bkcfj0

More on the #FreedomToLearn campaign: 'It was designed to expand our freedom to learn... It was designed to make sure that if they are teaching history ‒ history includes everybody's story.” Black Mommy Activist, PhD🎙 African American Policy Forum usatoday.com/story/news/nat… #UniteAgainstBookBans

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Today at 2nd National Day of Action, hosted by African American Policy Forum and the #FreedomToLearn Coalition. We marched from the Library of Congress to the Supreme Court.
“When our rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up. Get organized. Get activated. And…

Today at 2nd National Day of Action, hosted by African American Policy Forum, We marched from the Library of Congress to the Supreme Court
The Morgan State University students showed up to demand the #FreedomToLearn - they posed at the end with me and Kimberlé Crenshaw
#FreedomSummer2024

You made a difference today through the Freedom to Learn National Day of Action. Help imagine a world where every story matters and information flows freely. #freedomtolearn 2024 Day of Action. everylibrary.org/2024_freedom_t…

A #FreedomtoLearn #DayofAction in the Bronx was a success 🙌🏾📚✨ s/o to @NYCPA and African American Policy Forum for inspiring the community to read; in alignment with the ASNEAA mission to promote cultural literacy + advocacy ✊🏾

Thanks Jumaane Williams Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams African American Policy Forum for inviting me to deliver remarks at #Freedom2Learn #UnbanningBooks Event today! ParentActionComittee chauncy young UFT Banning Books is Censorship youtu.be/eF15QpvLlmQ?si… via YouTube

Conservatives promote a destructive agenda that would attack education, undermine Black history, and suppress democratic power. 📚M4BL is participating in this years #FreedomToLearn to protect our right to education!✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽Learn more at FreedomToLearn.net #FreedomSummer2024

Civil rights activists gathered on Friday in Washington D.C. to protest book bans and limitations on DEI and critical race theory.

The Hill's Race and Politics reporter cheyanne m daniels (your alien superstar) is following the march live.

The AFT hosted the students and group for a luncheon with Dr. Crenshaw Kimberlé Crenshaw following today’s rally

Students from Howard University & Morgan State University joined a coalition of national organizations convened by African American Policy Forum for their second annual #FreedomToLearn Learn day of action + to kick off Freedom Summer 2024. Fighting the attacks on books, DEI, and higher education institutions.

Civil rights leaders from around the nation gathered in D.C. to protest book bans and rising attacks on DEI, saying limitations on education were hurting teachers, students, and democracy as a whole. trib.al/5UK9NFe

“This institution has lost its way,” says Kimberlé Crenshaw. “It’s gotten into the business of eraser.”

I’m outside the Capitol where civil rights activists have begun to gather to protest book bans and limitations on DEI and critical race theory. They’ll march from the Capitol down to the Supreme Court. I’ll keep y’all updated throughout the day. #OnAssignment for The Hill

Today is a National Day of Action to protect the #FreedomToLearn .

People of diverse faiths and beliefs can play a key role in the fight to defeat book bans and protect religious diversity.

Check out our resource with UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/banned-books-b…