Hi SRRT Community,
Sharing a few recent advocacy initiatives that have rolled out from ALA in this past week. As we know, there's a lot coming out from the new administration and ALA's Offices of Intellectual Freedom and Public Policy and Advocacy are focused on addressing immediate challenges:
ALA to U. S. Department of Education: Book bans are real | ALA
The American Library Association released the following statement in response to the January 24th announcement that the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools' documented acts of censorship and discrimination:
New ALA Initiative Asks Advocates to "Show Up for Our Libraries" | ALA
Libraries are facing unprecedented challenges: the increase in attempts to ban books, elimination of funding for libraries, reduction in school librarian jobs, and undermining of the rights of library workers – including at the federal level. We must face these threats by showing up: for the people who work in libraries… for everyone's right to read freely… for a well-resourced library in every community, every school and institution of learning.
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Hillary Pearson
she/her/hers
Program Manager, Accessibility Services, Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS)
American Library Association
P: (312) 280-5020
hpearson@ala.orgwww.ala.org |
www.ala.org/diversity------------------------------