Thank you Katherine Applegate (kaaauthor.bsky.social)! #schoollibrarians are strong and amazing, but we are wearing down. We need to see people standing with us and for us, not just “know” they are there. #intellectualfreedom TXFReadomFighters

Sending love and hope.

This week, vow to yourself to do something about censorship. Write the school board. Email a legislator. Donate to a group fighting it. Built together our efforts will make a difference. 💪

To reiterate: most of this is happening before serious review of the books takes place or any other stakeholders have input. How is that fair? Rather than trust teachers or librarians, the bounds around literature in schools are being set by an ideologically-motivated minority /8

Why? How? A lot of this is treading on a mix of fear, hate, misinformation. Book banners have flooded schools with claims that LGBTQ+ characters make a book “sexual,” and that books with any sexual content make a book “pornographic” or “obscene.” /9

School librarians are one of the few educators on campus who teaches every student. Sharing with #txlege members so they can have the best information in front of them when making decisions that impact school libraries and our students. Texans for the Right to Read #TxASL

Welcoming amazing people to the Maryland Association of School Librarians Conference! AASL #wysla Maslmd

ALA calls for national day of action to protect the freedom to read, designates Monday of National Library Week as Right to Read Day. bit.ly/RightToReadDay #AASLslm #RightToReadDay

Representation Matters! Look at who is challenging what and why. #Freadom

❤️❤️❤️⁦@Meg_Medina⁩ Supporting ⁦TXFReadomFighters⁩ ⁦American Library Association⁩ #Alaac23

Now, this is an endorsement.

School librarians are the gateways to knowledge for our students. They help foster a love of learning and promote reading! #TLChat #PaLibChat

LGBTQIA+ library workers play a vital role in promoting diverse perspectives and ensuring equitable access to information for all users. ALA condemns discrimination against these valued members of the library workforce and announces steps to support them: bit.ly/45fRTUU

Practice your elevator speech wherever you can! #schoollibrariestransformlearning

People have decided that it is okay to target, harass, & abuse Library Staff. It is not okay. They think it’s okay to threaten people, scare them, & make them feel unsafe at their workplace in a job they {probably} love doing. It is not okay. It is not okay to terrorize us.

WTE OPINION: As they prepare for Monday night’s meeting, members of the Laramie County School District 1 Board of Trustees should spend some time thinking about whether their priorities are aligned with the district’s most pressing needs. buff.ly/3ro7eoc